Washirika

Kuanzia mwanzo ESSA imekuwa ikishirikiana na washirika wa ndani na nje ya Afrika ambao wanashiriki maono na imani yetu kwamba kwa kufanya kazi pamoja kila mmoja wetu atafanikiwa zaidi katika kufanikisha malengo yetu

Ashesi
Ashesi

Ashesi is increasingly recognised as one of the finest universities in Africa, with an educational experience proven to prepare students for successful lives and careers.

Ashesi has partnered with ESSA through ESSA’s paid internships for African students, giving them the opportunity to fully take part in a number of educational projects.

Ashesi

Atelier de Recherche sur l’Education au Burkina Faso (AREB)
Atelier de Recherche sur l’Education au Burkina Faso (AREB)

Atelier de Recherche sur l’Education au Burkina Faso (AREB)  ni Mradi ya kujiunga na watafiti wa elimu wa Bukinafaso na kutoa fursa za mazungumzo pamoja na watunga sera nchini humo. ESSA imefurahia kusaidia kazi ya AREB kwa kuunga mkono kongamano lao "L’éducation au Burkina Faso: progrès, défis actuels et perspectives" la mwezi Novemba 2017

Atelier de Recherche sur l’Education au Burkina Faso (AREB)

Decent Jobs for Youth
Decent Jobs for Youth

Decent Jobs for Youth was launched in 2016 as a UN system-wide effort, focusing on the youth employment challenge that is central to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 

They work together to share knowledge, leverage resources, and take action at the country and regional level to support young people in accessing decent work and productive employment worldwide.

Decent Jobs for Youth

eBase
eBase

eBASE Africa is an international charity registered in Cameroon that works to make basic services more effective by ensuring the best available research evidence is applied in service delivery.

We have been working with eBase on a data alliance for education, making the best use of data to improve education in sub-Saharan Africa.

eBase

GTEC
Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC)

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) is an agency of Ghana mandated to assure quality at the tertiary education level. 

GTEC is ESSA’s first government partner for the pilot on “Demographics of Faculty.”

GTEC

Inter University Council for East Africa (IUCEA)
Inter University Council for East Africa (IUCEA)

The Inter University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) was established in 1980 and originally called the Inter University Committee. IUCEA is hosted in Kampala, Uganda, with its main objective being to facilitate networking among universities in East Africa and with universities outside the region.

IUCEA works with ESSA on the Demographics of Faculty (DAF) initiative.

IUCEA

Kepler
Kepler

Kepler empowers young people with 21st-century training and new pathways to employment through degrees, upskilling and refugee preparation programmes.

ESSA is collaborating with Kepler in Rwanda to implement the systems change programme.

Kepler

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Mtandao wa sera na ushirikiano wa kimataifa katika elimu na mafunzo (NORRAG)

Mtandao wa sera na ushirikiano wa kimataifa katika elimu na mafunzo (NORRAG) jukumu lake kuu ni kuzalisha, kusambaza na kutoa maarifa muhimu na kujenga uwezo kwa ajili ya na pamoja na wadau mbalimbali. Wadau hawa wanatengeneza na kubuni sera na mazoea ya elimu, katika ngazi za kitaifa na kimataifa.

NORRAG na ESSA wameungana na AFD ili kusaidia utafiti kuhusu elimu barabi Afrika Magharibi ya Frankofoni, hasa Bukina Faso. Mkurugenzi wa ESSA pia amezungumza katika kikao cha kimataifa cha NORRAG kuhusu "Utoaji Misaada katika Elimu: Mitingo ya Ulimwengu, Tofauti za Kikanda na Mitazamo Tofauti" mwezi Novemba 2017, mjini Geneva, Uswisi.  

Mtandao wa sera na ushirikiano wa kimataifa katika elimu na mafunzo (NORRAG)

Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR)
Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR)

The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) is an independent, non-partisan, pan-African not-for-profit organisation working to enhance research excellence in governance and public policy that contributes to the overall wellbeing of women and men.

Partnership for African Social and Governance Research

Quilt.AI
Quilt.AI

Quilt.AI is a technology company that creates empathy at scale between organisations and the billions of people on the planet.

ESSA worked with Quilt.AI in developing a digital analysis to understand students' views on scholarships and faculty motivations and challenges in sub-Saharan Africa.

Quilt.AI

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Chuo Kikuu cha Cambridge

Kituo cha Utafiti wa Ufikiaji Sawa na Mafunzo (Kituo cha REAL) ni mojawapo ya taasisi kuu ulimwenguni za utafiti kuhusu elimu, kilichoko katika mojawapo ya vyuo vikuu vikuu zaidi duniani. Misheni ya Chuo Kikuu cha Cambridge ni kuchangia kwa jamii kwa njia ya kutafuta elimu, kujifunza na utafiti katika ngazi za juu zaidi kimataifa za ubora. Vipaumbele vya Kituo cha REAL vinaambatana na, na kuchangia kwenye, mkakati wa kimataifa wa Chuo Kikuu hiki.

Kitivo cha Elimu ni muhimu kwa misheni ya Chuo Kikuu na kila wakati kinapata matokeo bora. Matokeo ya mafundisho na utafiti wake thabiti ni athari kubwa ulimwenguni na wasomi wake wanashauri serikali mbalimbali kote duniani kuhusu sera na miradi yake ya ushirikiano ya kimataifa inayoathiri mabadiliko mashinani.

Kituo cha REAL kinatumia rekodi hii nzuri, na kuunganisha na kuimarisha uwezo wa Kitivo na kuunda utaalamu umuhimu katika elimu na maendeleo ya kimataifa ili kuendeleza ajenda yake. Inajenga juu ya kazi muhimu iliyofanyika hapo awali chini ya Kituo cha Elimu ya Jumuiya ya Madola na Kituo cha Elimu na Maendeleo ya Kimataifa (CEID), hasa mpango wa RECOUP.

Kituo cha Utafiti wa Ufikiaji Sawa na Mafunzo (Kituo cha REAL)

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Southern Hemisphere

Southern Hemisphere is an African, women-owned socio-economic development consultancy with the single-minded focus of creating meaningful social change. Its participatory approach involves collaborating with its clients to achieve a shared end vision for beneficiaries.

Southern Hemisphere 

Chama cha Vyuo Vikuu Afrika (AAU)
Chama cha Vyuo Vikuu Afrika (AAU)

AAU ni mmoja wa washirika muhimu katika elimu ya juu barani Afrika. Ikiwa na zaidi ya wanachama 400, misheni yake ni kuongeza ubora na umuhimu wa elimu ya juu barani Afrika na kuimarisha mchango wake katika maendeleo ya Afrika.

Kutoka makao yake makuu nchini Ghana, AAU inahudumu kama jukwaa la Vyuo Vikuu vya Afrika kushirikiana katika utafiti na kutafakari na kushauriana juu ya masuala ya Elimu ya Juu. Ina uwezo wa kipekee wa kuungana na kuwasiliana na viongozi wa taasisi na watunga sera kutoka sehemu zote za Afrika. 

AAU iliunda ushirikiano na ESSA mwaka 2017 na tumekuwa tukifanya kazi pamoja katika miradi mbalimbali, hasa "Demografia za Kitivo" na kuundwa kwa "Bodi ya Kazi za Usomi ya Pan-Afrika".  AAU pia iliipa ESSA jukumu kubwa katika kongamano lake la 2017 la Maadhimisho ya Miaka 50 mjini Accra, katika kupanua mtandao wa ESSA na sifa katika hatua ya mwanzo katika maendeleo yake.

"ESSA ni mshirika mkuu kwa AAU na ninafurahia sana mawazo yao safi, mkabala thabiti na njia yao ya ushirikiano ya kufanya kazi. 'Kuunganisha' ni sehemu ya DNA yao!"

Prof. Etienne Ahile, Katibu Mkuu, Chama cha Vyuo vikuu vya Afrika

 

Chama cha Vyuo Vikuu Afrika (AAU)

The Education Collaborative
The Education Collaborative

In 2017, Ashesi University started the Education Collaborative initiative. The initiative leads a collaborative of Higher Learning Institutions in Africa to collectively and sustainably raise the bar for higher education outcomes. 

Education Collaborative

Chuo Kikuu cha Jacobs
Chuo Kikuu cha Jacobs

Chuo Kikuu cha Jacobs ni chuo kikuu cha lugha ya Kiingereza, kinachotoa viwango vya juu zaidi katika utafiti na mafundisho, kilichoko mjini Bremen, Ujerumani. Ina wanachama wengi ambao ni wanafunzi Waafrika kutoka nchi na asili mbalimbali.

Chuo Kikuu cha Jacobs kimeshirikiana na ESSA kwa njia kadhaa ikijumuisha warsha pamoja na wanafunzi wake Waafrika, miradi iliyolipwa ili kusaidia shughuli zetu za mitandao ya kijamii.

"Tumekuwa tukifanya kazi pamoja na ESSA kwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja sasa, hasa katika miradi ya wanafunzi, na kuwaruhusu wanafunzi Waafrika kutoka Chuo Kikuu cha Jacobs kuwa sehemu ya kazi nzuri ya ESSA kuhusu elimu. Tunathamini sana kwamba ESSA inawaweka vijana Waafrika katika kitovu cha yote wanayofanya."

 Tanja Woebs, Afisa wa Uhusiano wa Kampuni na Mipango ya Talanta, Suluhu za Biashara, Chuo Kikuu cha Jacobs

Chuo Kikuu cha Jacobs  

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Ofisi ya Idadi ya Watu (PRB)

Ofisi ya Idadi ya Watu (PRB), mjini Washington DC, ni mojawapo ya taasisi za kidemografia zinazoongoza duniani. Inawafahamisha watu kote duniani kuhusu idadi ya watu, afya, na mazingira, na kuwawezesha kutumia taarifa hiyo ili kuendeleza ustawi wa vizazi vya sasa na vijavyo. Bidhaa yake kuu ni Karatasi ya Takwimu za Idadi ya Watu Duniani.

PRB hufanya kazi na AAU pamoja na ESSA kwenye mradi wa Demografia ya Kitivo 

"ESSA ina malengo makubwa ya kukabiliana na vikwazo vya utaratibu katika kuongeza faida katika uwekezaji unaofanywa kwenye elimu ya juu katika nchi za Afrika."

Jeff Jordan, Rais na Afisa Mkuu Mtendaji

Ofisi ya Idadi ya Watu (PRB)

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)
The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), established by ten vice chancellors in 2004, is a consortium of 121 African universities operating within 38 countries spanning the African continent. The consortium will be a key partner for ESSA in the next phase of our strategy. 

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM).

Chuo Kikuu cha Warwick
Chuo Kikuu cha Warwick

Chuo Kikuu cha Warwick kimekuwa mshirika muhimu kwa ESSA, hata kabla haijaanzishwa.  Kichocheo cha kuunda ESSA kilikuwa uzoefu wa mwanzilishi wake aliyekuwa mwanafunzi wa zamani wa Warwick, Patrick Dunne, katika kuanzisha na kukuza msaada mwingine pamoja na Warwick, Warwick barani Afrika (WIA).  Tangu mwaka wa 2006 WIA imewafaidi zaidi ya vijana 465,000 Waafrika katika maeneo yaliyopunguzwa na ya mashinani kwa mafundisho ya Hisabati na Kiingereza.  Warwick pia ilitoa msaada na hamasisho katika ushahidi wa kwanza wa utafiti wa dhana ya ESSA.

Tangu kuanzishwa kwa ESSA, Warwick imehusika moja kwa moja katika miradi mitatu muhimu:

  • Kama sehemu ya mbinu ya ESSA ya kuweka Waafrika kwenye kitovu cha yote ifanyayo, wanafunzi na walimu katika Warwick barani Afrika (link) wameshiriki katika msururu wa warsha kwa kipindi cha zaidi ya miaka miwili nchini Tanzania na Afrika Kusini. Warsha hizi hazijaimarisha mkakati na vipaumbele vya ESSA tu bali pia zimeongeza sauti imara ya Afrika.   

  • Mradi wa Hali ya Takwimu wa ESSA unafaidika sana kutokana na jukumu la ushauri ambao Profesa Jane Hutton ni kucheza na hatimaye;

  • Tovuti ya kazi za kitaaluma ya Warwick Jobs.ac inashirikiana na Chama cha Vyuo Vikuu Afrika na ESSA ili kuunda bodi ya kazi ya kitaaluma za mtandaoni za Pan-Afrika.

Chuo Kikuu cha Warwick

Warwick barani Afrika

Zizi Afrique
Zizi Afrique Foundation

Zizi Afrique Foundation consolidates evidence and innovates solutions through collaborative networking. This is with the aim of shaping policy and practice to equip all children and youth with competencies for life and work.

We are working on a data alliance for education, ensuring that data is used to improve education in sub-Saharan Africa.

Zizi Afrique Foundation 

Current Funders

BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has provided funding to ESSA to augment its work in promoting African researchers.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is a family foundation established in 1944 to provide funds to nonprofit organisations working to improve the lives of individuals living in poverty and experiencing disadvantage throughout the world.

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation’s $1.5 million commitment will support ESSA’s research project in collaboration with the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the University of Cambridge, UK.

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Carnegie
Carnegie Corporation of New York

Carnegie Corporation of New York is one of America’s oldest grantmaking foundations that seeks to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding.

ESSA, together with IUCEA, AAU, and PRB, have secured $390,000 of funding from Carnegie Corporation of New York for a two-year research project focusing on understanding and addressing ‘faculty challenges’. 

Carnegie Corporation

Imaginable Futures
Imaginable Futures

Imaginable Futures is a global philanthropic investment firm driven by impact first and the belief that learning is key to well-being and equitable, healthy systems. 

ESSA got funding from Imaginable Futures to augment its work promoting African researchers.

Imaginable Futures

EdTech Hub
EdTech Hub

The EdTech Hub leads rigorous academic research and gives evidence-based advice about how to use technology in education.

We have been working with the EdTech Hub on a data alliance for education, making the best use of data to improve education in sub-Saharan Africa.

EdTech Hub

Robert Bosch Stiftung
Robert Bosch Stiftung

The Robert Bosch Stiftung is a leading European private foundation and ESSA’s major funder at start up.

The Bosch Foundation has also provided considerable non-financial support, including seconding ESSA’s founding director, Olaf Hahn, providing board support through the trusteeship of their CEO, and providing access to its broad network of relationships in Africa and around the world.

Robert Bosch Stiftung

IDRC
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

As part of Canada’s foreign affairs and development efforts, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) champions and funds research and innovation within and alongside developing regions to drive global change. 

ESSA has been supporting IDRC's research, particularly the IDRC-funded COVID-19 research in West Africa.

IDRC

Previous Funders

Dubai Cares
Dubai Cares

Dubai Cares has been working towards providing children and young people in developing countries with access to quality education.

Dubai Cares partnered with ESSA in 2019, providing $1.5 million to strengthen ESSA as an organisation and accelerate its vision of high-quality education in sub-Saharan Africa that enables young people to achieve their ambitions.

Dubai Cares

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Mastercard Foundation

The Mastercard Foundation is one of the world’s leading foundations in the higher education space, with a strong presence in Africa, especially in capacity building and scholarships. The Mastercard Foundation was a natural partner for ESSA on the "Demographics of Faculty" project, providing funding for the Ghana pilot as well as other support and insights.

The Mastercard Foundation

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The Jacobs Foundation

The Jacobs Foundation has a main focus on the promotion of child and youth development all over the world. Seeing the value of ESSA’s partnership with the REAL Centre at the University of Cambridge to promote African researchers, the Jacobs Foundation was a key funder of that work.

As a significant foundation in the education space, the Jacobs Foundation supported ESSA in building its profile and relationships in West Africa.

The Jacobs Foundation

The Schaufler Foundation
The Schaufler Foundation

The Schaufler Foundation aims to combine entrepreneurship with science, research, education, and the arts.

In the field of education, the foundation supports a variety of universities in Germany. It collaborated with ESSA to expand its activities into Africa. The Schaufler Foundation contributed significantly to ESSA's Pilot Scholarship Impact Hub project.

The Schaufler Foundation

UNHCR
UNHCR

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights, and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people.

UNHCR and ESSA mapped tertiary education and vocational opportunities in West and Central Africa.

UNHCR