The Landscape of Research and Development THEP Opportunities

Partnerships have emerged as the preferred and predominant contemporary approach for organizing transnational-collaborative initiatives in support of higher education in most sub-Saharan countries. However, the landscape of higher-education research and development partnerships in Africa is complex and uncoordinated. The fragmented nature of available information about the scope, functioning, and potential of transnational higher-education partnerships has complicated efforts to analyze the emerging African partnership landscape in comparative perspective. In this chapter, we arrange, refine, and expand the contemporary landscape of knowledge-advancing support opportunities within which African universities navigate.