Cityscape of downtown Pretoria in South Africa.
The 2025 Times Higher Education (THE) Africa Universities Summit will take place in Kigali, Rwanda on 18–20 March 2025. The summit will bring together cross-continental partners from higher education, industry, policy, and civil society to discuss the greatest challenges and opportunities facing African higher education and broader society.
The discussions will center around the topic of “United leadership: Harnessing African education for sustainable growth” and will bring together a diverse selection of experts from Africa and beyond.
Over three days, 350+ delegates will hear from 100+ thought leaders, experts, and changemakers to explore the importance of equitable partnerships for Africa, promoting sustainability in higher education, harnessing digital transformation for good, and improving the quality of research and employability.
The agenda will cover:
- Equitable partnerships: How inclusive and balanced partnerships across and outside the continent can foster greater regional collaboration for higher education
- Sustainability in and for higher education: How context-specific sustainable development can position African institutions to lead the way in addressing environmental, economic, and social challenges for long-term regional growth
- Digital transformation: Opportunities and challenges presented by digital innovation and technology for expanding access to quality education and improving institutional efficiency in Africa
- Research and employability: The power and potential of leading, quality African research as the continent works to align higher education with the employability needs of the future workforce
Phil Baty, THE’s Chief Global Affairs Officer, said: “Africa is vital to the future success of the world, and we are delighted to be hosting such a timely and relevant event to explore development in the higher education and sustainability sectors. This event in Kigali will be a real highlight and gathering of great leadership to showcase the growth of this exciting emerging education hub, and Africa’s position at the centre of this,”
The agenda will also feature two data masterclasses run by one of THE’s expert data scientists to delve into the methodology and results of THE Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2025 and THE Impact Rankings 2025. The Interdisciplinary Science Rankings recognize, incentivize, and celebrate interdisciplinary science in higher education, whilst THE Impact Rankings assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals to benchmark higher education institutions’ academic and scientific performance.
“Africa is vital to the future success of the world, and we are delighted to be hosting such a timely and relevant event to explore development in the higher education and sustainability sectors. This event in Kigali will be a real highlight and gathering of great leadership to showcase the growth of this exciting emerging education hub, and Africa’s position at the center of this,” commented Phil Baty, THE’s Chief Global Affairs Officer.
Tickets for delegates representing a university, association, public sector, or NGO are US$199 until 28th February; subsequently, they will cost US$299. Tickets for delegates representing a corporate organization are US$299. Attendees are invited to register here (http://apo-opa.co/3Ql6IQH).
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Times Higher Education.
