Strategic Partners
The Conversation partners with leading institutions to help us develop the service by funding specific projects. This may be a new editorial section or a strategic initiative, such as establishing an intern program or creating a multi-media unit.
Barclays Africa
Barclays in Africa offers a full range of financial services, comprising Retail and Business Banking, Corporate and Investment Banking, and Wealth, Investment Management and Insurance. Together, we employ… More
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works with partner organizations worldwide to tackle critical problems in four program areas. Its Global Development Division works to help the world's poorest people… More
Media Partners
Graham Watts
Graham Watts helps people write better. Mostly journalists, since he was a journalist for more than three decades. But also research analysts and academics. He also occasionally edits articles, chapters… More
International Center for Journalists
The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is at the forefront of the news revolution. Our programs empower journalists and engage citizens with new technologies and best practices. ICFJ’s networks… More
Reuters
Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest international multimedia news provider, reaching more than one billion people every day. Founded over 160 years ago, Reuters… More
Funders
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
The Cape Peninsula University of Technology is the only university of technology in the Western Cape of South Africa and is the largest University in the region. The University has six faculties focused… More
University of the Free State
The University of the Free State (UFS) is increasingly being seen as an exciting scholarship destination, as evidenced by an unprecedented level of interest by academics and students from around the world… More
University of Johannesburg
The University of Johannesburg, one of the largest, multi-campus, residential universities in South Africa, seeks to achieve the highest distinction in scholarship and research. Born from the merger between… More
University of Kwa-Zulu Natal
The University of KwaZulu-Natal was formed on 1 January 2004 as a result of the merger between the University of Durban-Westville and the University of Natal. The new university brings together the rich… More
National Research Foundation
The NRF is an independent statutory body established through the National Research Foundation Act (Act No. 23 of 1998). As a government mandated research and science development agency the NRF funds research… More
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, as a dynamic African University, is committed to excellence and innovation, and fostering a pioneering and inventive spirit among our students and scholars. It is… More
University of Pretoria
The University is a values-based, research-intensive university that equips its students to succeed in a rapidly changing world by providing students with inquiry-led training and learning opportunities… More
University of South Africa
The University of South Africa, also known as Unisa, is the largest open distance learning institution in Africa and the longest standing dedicated distance education university in the world. We enrol… More
Endorsing Universities
Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa University (AAU) was established in 1950 as the University College of Addis Ababa and is the oldest and the largest higher learning and research institution in Ethiopia. Since inception, the… More
University of Cape Town
Located on the slopes of Devil's Peak in Cape Town, the University of Cape Town is a leading, research-intensive university in South Africa and on the continent, known for its academic excellence and pioneering… More
Central University of Technology
Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) is the foremost higher education institution in the heartland of South Africa, dedicated to quality education and training in science, engineering and… More
University of Fort Hare
The University of Fort Hare is redefining its role as the producer and disseminator of new knowledge, particularly focusing on its central place in the reshaping of post apartheid South Africa, and repositioning… More
University of Ghana
The University of Ghana, the premier and largest university in Ghana, was founded as the University College of the Gold Coast by Ordinance on August 11, 1948 for the purpose of providing and promoting… More
Great Zimbabwe University
While the Great Zimbabwe University grows into a fully fledged institution of higher learning that will cover a full range of disciplines, it seeks to play a major role in the restoration and preservation… More
University of Ibadan
The University of Ibadan is the oldest and one of the most prestigious Nigerian universities, and is located five miles from the centre of the major city of Ibadan in Western Nigeria. Besides the College… More
University of Lagos
Founded in 1962, the University of Lagos has, for over five decades, provided qualitative and research-oriented education to Nigerians and all those who have entered its domain in search of knowledge… More
University of Malawi
In October 1964, the University of Malawi was founded. Teaching started in September 1965 at the newly established campus which was formerly an Asian Secondary School in Blantyre. Only 90 students were… More
Mulungushi University
Established in January 2008, Mulungushi University (MU) is a multi-level curriculum university offering a wide range of degree, diploma and certificate programmes in its nine academic faculties. As one… More
Mzumbe
Mzumbe University was established by the Mzumbe University Charter of 2007. As a training institute, the university boasts of over 50 years experience of training in the administration of justice, business… More
National University of Science and Technology
The National University of Science and Technology strives to become a flourishing and reputable institution not only in Zimbabwe and in Southern Africa but also among the international fraternity of Universities… More
Rhodes University
Founded in 1904, Rhodes University is a well-established University located in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is a small research intensive university which enjoys the distinction… More
University of Rwanda
The University of Rwanda (UR) was established by the Government of Rwanda. It resulted from the merge of the nation’s seven public Higher Learning Institutions into a consolidated entity governed by the… More
University of Seychelles
The University of Seychelles – or UniSey as it is popularly known – is a fast-growing knowledge hub in the Indian Ocean. It is a key partner in transforming the Seychelles into a knowledge-based society… More
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University (SU) is among South Africa's leading tertiary institutions based on research output, student pass rates and rated scientists, and is recognised internationally as an academic institution… More
Hosting Institutions
African Population and Health Research Center
APHRC is a leading pan-African research institution headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, that conducts high quality policy-relevant research on population, health, education, urbanization and related development… More
University of Western Cape
The University of the Western Cape is a national university, alert to its African and international context as it strives to be a place of quality, a place to grow. It is committed to excellence in teaching… More
University of the Witwatersrand
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, also known as Wits University, is a leading, internationally-ranked, research-intensive university located in Johannesburg, South Africa, the economic… More
