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Universities should strive to increase research output.
2. African Universities have begun receiving honorary lecturers and visiting professors from
international Universities. While this is encouraged for universities to create linkages and
collaborations, it is also a challenge because the visiting professors and honorary lecturers
charge very high rates that universities can barely afford. This also poses as a challenge and
hindrance to capacity development of local staff.
Prof. Peter M.F. Mbithi – Vice-Chancellor, University of Nairobi
UoN has collaborated with certain international universities that have opened universities in
Nairobi and this widens linkages for research. This is a new paradigm to be explored by
African universities.
Prof. Adam Mahomed Habib - Vice Chancellor, University of the Witwatersrand
Establishing international institutions locally may weaken African universities. They are likely
to end up using local academics to teach their programs and this is not empowerment. The
partnership should promote the educational development of a country.
Prof. Alex Ezeh, Co-Director, CARTA
In the last 5 years, USAID moved its resources to local and international institutions with 60
% of it being to Africa. The strategy to respond to this is to have local offices with the
capacity like that of the international office that can articulate the countries position on these
partnerships and support.
Prof. Göran Bondjers – Representative, University of Gothenburg
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Looking at the CARTA experience, far more of graduate projects are nested on existing large
projects.
2. Researchers should be encouraged to sign agreements with industry players on usage of
patents. A percentage of profits are normally paid out to the inventor.
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CARTA’s 2 nd Vice Chancellor’s Meeting –Report of meeting proceedings – July 10-11, 2017