The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) has paid tribute to former Vice Chancellor Ambassador Dr. Nicholas Alfred Kuhanga, remembering him as a humble and generous leader whose patience, commitment to dialogue and lifelong service left a lasting mark on the University and Tanzania’s education sector.

African universities and their international partners must rethink the meaning of collaboration by ensuring that partnerships leave behind stronger institutions, better-equipped researchers, new knowledge and lasting solutions for communities, higher education leaders have said.

African universities must move beyond producing knowledge for academic shelves and build stronger pathways that turn research into innovation, entrepreneurship, investment, jobs and solutions to society’s most pressing challenges, higher education leaders have said.

As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly changes how people work, African universities are being called upon to do more than prepare graduates to look for jobs—they must help create a generation capable of innovating, solving problems and shaping the future of work.

What does it take to prepare the next generation of university teachers—and, ultimately, improve the learning experience of students across Africa?

University graduates should look beyond searching for employment and develop the mindset, leadership skills and initiative to identify and create opportunities in an increasingly competitive professional world, a professional development programme at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) has emphasised.