“The SU Africa Platform is a community where staff and students from SU can come together to share information on seminars, workshops, research and other, related activities with a distinct focus on SU’s engagement with other African countries,” says Dr Nico Elema, manager of the Centre for Collaboration in Africa (CCA) at SU International.
Part of the SU Africa Platform is an online portal with information for prospective and current students and staff, researchers, partner institutions, governments, business and members of the public. The portal will highlight partnerships, networks as well as student and staff mobility opportunities on the continent. The CCA will also distribute a newsletter. To receive the newsletters, please subscribe on the SU Africa Platform.
True to its vision of becoming Africa’s leading research-intensive university with a global impact, SU has developed and nurtured numerous partnerships with universities and research institutions across the African continent over the years. These collaborations have resulted in formal bilateral partnership agreements with 26 higher education institutions in Africa, which offer students and staff access to exchange programmes, full degree programmes, research collaborations and staff exchange opportunities.
During the launch, Prof Hester Klopper, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Strategy and Internationalisation, also highlighted that “through its purposeful partnerships and inclusive networks, SU wants to ensure its local relevance, regional impact and global reach to promote transformative partnerships”. She told the audience that SU had more than 120 collaborative projects with approximately 100 institutions in at least 30 countries on the continent. “Through these initiatives, and the fruit that they bear, SU is strengthening the important message that Africa is capable of developing itself, of creating a better future for its people, and of being a full-fledged player on the international stage.”
For further information on the CCA’s work, or to discuss how you could build or extend your African network, please contact us.
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