People and networks
African HE network
African HE network
Dr Fareeda Khodabocus (M.Eng Quality Systems and PhD TQM) is currently the Director Quality Assurance at the University of Mauritius. She has been very active in teaching and research in the field of Quality Assurance, Total Quality Management and Benchmarking in the field of Engineering. She has also been an Assessor/Lead Assessor for MBNQA model with industries over the past years. Switching to Quality assurance in Higher Education is a challenge and it is indeed a valuable experience to contribute to the HERANA Project.
Florence Nakayiwa is the Director of the Planning and Development Department at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. As Director of Planning, she is charged with the responsibility of preparing corporate plans; setting budget priorities and assessing the budget proposals for their coherence with strategic goals of the university; and ensuring information flow is synthesised for effective decision-making. Florence was a coordinator of the Innovations at Makerere Committee, a capacity-building programme for decentralisation that aims to link research and teaching to community development. She was a Fellow of the University Leadership Programme at the University of Oldenburg, Germany and was a fellow to the International Visitors Leadership Programme organised by the United States Department of State.
Prof. George de Lange is the Director of the Centre for Academic Engagement and Collaboration at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He is a Board Member of the South African Higher Education Directors Forum and has previously served two terms as President of the South African Society for Cooperative Education. His areas of expertise include university-industry engagement, partnership development; work integrated learning; and quality assurance and risk management of aspects and processes related to non-formal and customized short learning programmes in South African Universities. He has published in the fields of university engagement and work integrated learning.
Dr Henri Li Kam Wah is currently Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Mauritius. From 2002 to 2006, he was the Director of Quality Assurance at the University of Mauritius before assuming the post of Dean of the Faculty of Science from 2006 to 2009. His areas of research and interest include coordination, environmental and natural product chemistry, forensic science, quality assurance and audit in tertiary institutions.
Isaac Mazonde is an Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Botswana where he has worked as the Director of Research and Development since 2005. From 2000 to 2005 he was Deputy Director of Research and Development. Prof. Mazonde’s area of research includes food security, appropriate technology and research management. His research in these areas has been published in international journals. He has travelled widely across southern Africa, Europe and north America, where he has studied Science and Technology arrangements as well as research management operations at universities. At the University of Botswana, the focus of his work is to development strategies for the effective coordination of research and to bring the institution’s research outputs to the attention and use of stakeholders.
John Murage is Senior Assistant Commission Secretary at the Kenyan Commission for Higher Education. He graduated from the University of Nairobi with a BEd, and obtained an MA in Information Studies from Loughborough University (UK).
Mrs Margaret Baiketsi is an employee of the Tertiary Education Council for Botswana (TEC). The TEC is responsible for the promotion and coordination of tertiary education, and for the determination and maintenance of standards of teaching, examination and research in tertiary institutions. She is currently responsible for directing and coordinating policy and planning interventions targeting the tertiary education sector in Botswana. She holds a masters degree in education and is currently pursuing a PhD in educational research and evaluation.
Patricio is a member of the Education Faculty at Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo. has established the first joint Masters degree in education at Eduardo Mondlane University (with the University of Oslo and UWC), is the new Deputy- Director of the HE Quality Committee of Mozambique and is coordinating the new strategic plan for Eduardo Mondlane University. He is also the Director of the Sociological Association of Mozambique and of an NGO focusing on higher studies in Mozambique.
Dr Achanga is the Acting Head of Quality Assurance Department at the National Council for Higher Education, Uganda. His main role is to oversee the planning and development of the strategic framework guiding institutions of higher learning. Prior to this, Dr Achange was a Research Associate with the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) at the School of Engineering, the University of Cambridge, UK. His previous industrial experience includes working with Rolls Royce Derby Civil Aerospace, specifically in the design of the feature-by-feature cost modeling system of the Compressor Discs and Drums. He holds a BSc (Honours) in Computer Science (Hull), a MSc in Management and Information Systems (Cranfield) and a PhD in Manufacturing Systems (Cranfield). His doctoral thesis investigated the application of high-level computational techniques (fuzzy logic) in optimizing processes. Dr Achanga has published over 20 research articles. He is also a Reviewer and an Editor of scholarly articles with Fountain Publishers and the International Journal of Production, Planning and Control, and was Winner of the Emerald Literati-Network Awards Excellence, 2007 – for the most outstanding and highly commended paper. Dr Achanga holds memberships with a number of professional bodies such as the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network (HERANA), and the Ugandan Universities Quality Assurance Forum (UUQAF) amongst others.
Dr Mohadeb is Director of the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) in Mauritius. He has filled various positions within the organization and has done much to promote higher education in Mauritius since he started at the Commission in 1991. He also lectures part-time at the Mauritius College of the Air and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a member of the Institute of Management Services (England).
Samuel Kiiru is a Project Assistant/Researcher at the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Nairobi. He is also a part-time lecturer at the School of Journalist and Mass Communication and also co-teaches Research Methods to Postgraduate Diploma students at the Extra Mural Centre.
Prof. Sylvia Shayo Temu is the Director of Planning and Finance and Associate Professor in Business Management at the University of Dar es Salaam where she has served the University as the Director of the University Consultancy Bureau, Deputy Director, Centre for Continuing Education, Deputy Interim Director, of the Centre for Continuing Education and Head of Accounting Department in the Business of School. Prof. Temu has been a member of UNESCO’s Expert Group on Financial and Administrative Matters, Member of the Board of Directors and Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee of the CRDB Bank Plc and a member of Ethics and Compliance Committee of Board of the National Board of Accountants and Auditors. Prof. Temu was educated at University of Bremen, Technical University of Berlin, Germany and University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
