Reforms in Higher Education in Africa: Revitalising Africa’s Higher Education Systems Through Research

Abstract

In this paper, I am particularly interested in interrogating how Africa’s higher education institutions can ensure that higher education responds to the growing demands and needs of the continent. As a starting point, this paper poses two key questions; firstly, what do we educate our people for? Secondly, what should our universities be educating our citizens for? These questions are important since it is my conviction that African universities continue to teach for the same reasons that our universities taught, half a century ago - the pursuit of diplomas and degrees. Such type of education has outlived its usefulness.