Assessment of industry’s perception of effective mechanisms to stimulate academia–industry collaboration in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nsanzumuhire, Silas U.; Groot, Wim; Cabus, Sofie; Ngoma, Marie-Pierre; Masengesho, Joseph

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“…From collaborations, the collective process of goal setting, designing, implementation and the assessment of curricula and the use of technology for the enhancement of learning can be achieved. Furthermore, collaboration creates an avenue for one to learn how and how not to incorporate reforms and innovations in diverse settings, on campuses with diverse missions and circumstances [72]. The 21 st -century engineers in the United States of America to be specific do not assume that there is a particular way to transform the learning environment, however, they believe that one should take advantage of the diversity of higher education.…”

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Challenges, Strategies and Recommendations for Reengineering Engineering Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review

Mashiyane,

Salifu,

Ogunbiyi

et al. 2023

Sci. Eng. Technol.

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With the continent of Africa occupying the front seat of underdevelopment in the world, and its population increasing exponentially, there is an urgent need to come up with strategies to tackle the underdevelopment ravaging the continent and the demand posed by its constantly growing population. Engineering through appropriate engineering education is the answer to these challenges. In this review article, some of the challenges facing engineering education in sub-Saharan Africa such as responsiveness and relevance in the design of the undergraduate curriculum, shortage in the engineering capacity, etc. were studied. The factors that influence engineering education, in general, were also discussed and the strategies that are required for producing engineering graduates capable of taking up the challenges facing the 21st century engineers in the region were highlighted. Lastly, the review presents a guide for future engineering education and recommendations on how to re-engineer engineering education in sub-Saharan Africa to produce engineering graduates who are qualified technically and otherwise.

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Section: Collaborationsmentioning

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Challenges, Strategies and Recommendations for Reengineering Engineering Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review

Mashiyane,

Salifu,

Ogunbiyi

et al. 2023

Sci. Eng. Technol.

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Toward the identification of mechanisms to ensure effective university-industry collaboration in sub-Saharan Africa

Nsanzumuhire

Groot

Cabus³

et al. 2023

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Purpose This study aims at advancing the understanding of University-Industry Collaboration (UIC) by proposing an adapted conceptual model for comprehensive contextual analysis taking industry perspective and identifying effective mechanisms for stimulating UIC in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Design/methodology/approach This study was designed as a multicase qualitative study. Data were collected through interviews of focus groups representing 26 agro-processing companies operating in Rwanda. The process consisted of two sessions evaluating the current collaboration patterns, and two sessions identifying the desired future and the mechanisms to realize it. Data were analyzed using ATLAS.ti software with the grounded theory techniques. Findings Findings indicate that current interactions are unidirectional and focus on educational collaboration. Results are short-term and do not yield sufficient benefit for the companies involved. Industry aspirations for future collaboration were identified, along with linkages between inputs, activities and outcomes. Research limitations/implications This study has two noteworthy limitations. First, this study did not consider the capacity of firms to collaborate. Second, for simplification purposes, this study did not integrate other complementary sources of knowledge for firms. To overcome these omissions, a short introduction of University–Industry Collaboration (UIC) was presented to participants highlighting and justifying the scope of the study. As research implications, this paper presents a new integrated conceptual framework, which can be useful for studies focusing on a comprehensive analysis of the UIC context and identifying effective mechanisms for improvement in the future. A construct of policies that stimulate UIC is proposed, thereby facilitating further operationalization and testing of context-specific hypotheses on policy stimuli. Practical implications In practice, the identified conceptual framework allows to holistically capture and reflect on the interrelationships between UIC factors and outcomes for a specific context, hence, informing better UIC decision-making. In this way, this paper advances the operationalization of the argument for reconciling organizational theories with their practices. Social implications This paper presents a systemic means for organizational theories to perform their adaptive role in society. Indeed, as demonstrated by the empirical results, the proposed framework is effective not only in systematically assessing the current situation, but also in predicting the desired state in the future. In other words, the proposed framework facilitates prescience theorizing, which is a mechanism for ensuring that organizational theories adapt to future requirements of the society. Originality/value This study develops a new integrative conceptual framework to accommodate the interaction between UIC’s institutional decision-making and existing macrolevel frameworks of innovation ecosystems. In terms of methodology, the value of this study lies in its adoption of an ex ante approach to the development of mechanisms to stimulate UIC. This use of prescience theory (Corley and Gioia, 2011) constitutes an important – but long-neglected – approach to UIC and its adaptive role in society.

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Whether mismatch finds match in the digitalized era: A comparison of five types of graduates to align business education and banking jobs

Rahman,

Alam,

Aziz

et al. 2024

Industry and Higher Education

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Reasons for the emerging mismatch between education and the labor market, its impact and the resolving mechanisms have been well studied. However, mismatch continues to be very problematic. Moreover, the new era of digitalization and artificial intelligence is accelerating this crisis. Acknowledging this tenet, we investigate further—whether a mismatch finds a match in the digitalized era. An individualist approach to answer each research question was considered so descriptive statistics, multinomial logistic regression and interviews are adopted under were implemented using the framework of both quantitative and qualitative methods. Findings suggest that the overall performance of the fully mismatched group (Science graduates) is comprehensively better compared to their counterpart (Business graduates). Digitalization has further generated a mismatch since business graduates are now increasingly irrelevant. This paper supplements the discourse on education and job market mismatch by using a distinct measurement strategy. We argue that digitalized skills are now the required competence to do jobs in any sector. Hence, all types of schools (business, science, social sciences) should equip their graduates with digitized skills in order to prevent them being replaced by science graduates.

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Assessment of industry’s perception of effective mechanisms to stimulate academia–industry collaboration in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 4 publications

References 66 publications

Challenges, Strategies and Recommendations for Reengineering Engineering Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review

Challenges, Strategies and Recommendations for Reengineering Engineering Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review

Toward the identification of mechanisms to ensure effective university-industry collaboration in sub-Saharan Africa

Whether mismatch finds match in the digitalized era: A comparison of five types of graduates to align business education and banking jobs

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