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The Animation School chooses Honoris United Universities for its pan-African expansion

With this announcement, Honoris responds to the increasing potential for African Creative Industries to offer wide-ranging employment opportunities for the next generation of African creative talent

Cape Town, South Africa – 23 November 2023 – Honoris United Universities, the first and largest pan-African network of private higher education institutions, is pleased to announce the latest addition to its group: The Animation School in South Africa. Renowned as one of the global leaders in animation training, The Animation School will join Honoris to cultivate the creative trailblazers of tomorrow in one of the fastest-growing sectors on the continent.
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Honoris United Universities Increases Impact to Transform 1 Million Lives Across Africa

CASABLANCA / DURBAN / TUNIS / ABUJA, 26 September 2023 – As the United Nations concluded its critical SDG Summit as part of the 2023 General Assembly in New York City, Honoris United Universities, the first and largest pan-African private higher education network, today celebrates the release of its second Annual Impact Report 2022, marking significant growth and success in its Education for Impact mission across Africa.
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Laura Kakon named Top 10 finalist for Africa Education Medal 2023

Founded by T4 Education and HP in collaboration with Microsoft, the Africa Education Medal is Africa’s most prestigious education accolade

Casablanca, Tunis, Durban, Abuja, May 16 2023 – Laura Kakon, Chief Growth and Strategy Officer of Honoris United Universities, has been named as a Top 10 finalist for the Africa Education Medal 2023. Founded last year by T4 Education and HP in collaboration with Microsoft, the Africa Education Medal is Africa’s most prestigious education accolade.
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Honoris United Universities Appoints Melindi Britz to Lead New Digital Division

Digital Division will build upon the success of the Honoris Online Academy and the network’s pan-African Digital Transformation Strategy

Casablanca, Tunis, Durban, Abuja, 17 April 2023 Honoris United Universities, the first and largest network of private higher education institutions in Africa, today announced the appointment of Melindi Britz as Managing Director to the new Honoris Digital Division.
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Honoris United Universities Achieves International Recognition for Medical Research

Research from the pioneering Honoris Medical Simulation Center in Tunis was presented at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare in Orlando, USA

Tunis, January, 23 2022 Honoris United Universities (HUU) attended the worlds largest conference dedicated to innovation in the field of medical simulation (IMSH 2023). The Honoris Medical Simulation Center in Tunis, Tunisia presented the results of a randomized controlled trial in medical simulation undertaken at its world-class facility.
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Honoris United Universities Announces New Partnership to Re-Envision Medical Education in Africa

The pan-African network will implement the latest technology in medical training initially in Tunisia before wider roll-out

Tunis, December, 12 2022 – As part of its commitment to leveraging new technologies to improve student outcomes, today, Honoris United Universities announces a new partnership with Lecturio, one of the world’s leading online medical education platforms, to train tomorrow’s healthcare professionals.
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Honoris United Universities Celebrates Five Years of Education for Impact in Metaverse Event

CASABLANCA / DURBAN / TUNIS / ABUJA 14 July 2022 – Honoris United Universities, the first and largest network of private higher education institutions in Africa, celebrated its fifth anniversary in a unique metaverse event in the virtual Honoris Africa Campus bringing together 3,500 staff from 15 institutions across the continent.
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The world’s #1 coding bootcamp, Le Wagon, has arrived in Cape Town.

Cape Town, 14 June 2022 – This week marks the launch of Cape Town’s newest and most exciting coding school, Le Wagon, held in partnership with the Red & Yellow Creative School of Business.
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IMSET aligns with international standards to foster employability in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)

Ministers, multinational officials as well as training and employment experts contributed to a live forum to discuss the importance of TVET provision for the country’s economic development.

Tunis, 31 May 2022 – Employability is emerging as a crucial topic as training institutions around the world strive to create added value for their students beyond acquiring a degree. The same speech takes place at IMSET, the flagship institution and pioneer of private vocational training in Tunisia, which is part of the Honoris United Universities network. With the support of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), IMSET organized a symposium on 31 May 2022 entitled ‘Towards Excellence in Employability Strategies in Africa.’
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Honoris Educational Network Announces International Partnership to Provide Critical Skills in Mauritius

Mauritius, 26 May 2022 – South Africa’s Red & Yellow Creative School of Business joins Mauritius-based Honoris Educational Network to offer Digital Marketing to emerging talent in the country from July 2022. Not only is this a key milestone for both institutions, and the first international expansion for Red & Yellow, but also celebrates the introduction of the island’s first-ever, fully online digital marketing course.
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Honoris United Universities transforms the lives of 770,000+ people across Africa

CASABLANCA / DURBAN / TUNIS / ABUJA – 9AM UTC, 19 May 2022 – Today Honoris United Universities, the first and largest pan-African network of private higher education institutions in Africa, releases its inaugural impact report. The report highlights Honoris’ commitment to Education for Impact for students, their families and communities across Africa and assesses that Honoris has so far transformed over 770,000 lives across Africa by preparing its students to pursue rewarding regional and international careers.
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Leading South African Fashion School, FEDISA selects Honoris United Universities for pan-African expansion

FEDISA strengthens Honoris’ focus in high-growth sectors in Africa such as Creative Industries to bolster student employability

Cape Town – January 17, 2022 Honoris United Universities, Africa’s first and largest network of private higher education institutions, today welcomes the pioneering FEDISA Fashion School, South Africa’s leading fashion and design institution, into its network. The addition of FEDISA illustrates Honoris’ continuous investment in the future of African talent by strengthening the Creative Arts, Fashion and Design vertical across the educational group.
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Honoris United Universities announces Adaptive Learning partnership to bolster academic innovation in Africa

Casablanca / Durban / Tunis / Abuja, June 7 2021 – As part of its ongoing commitment to educate and prepare future leaders and professionals in Africa with 21st century skills, Honoris United Universities – the first and largest pan-African network of private higher education institutions – has announced a new partnership with Area9 Lyceum, a world-renowned leader in personalized and adaptive learning platforms.
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Globally renowned Le Wagon selects Honoris United Universities to tackle Africa’s digital skills gap

Proven coding bootcamps will bolster Honoris innovations across the continent for future-ready student employability

Casablanca / Durban / Tunis/ Abuja, January 26th, 2021 – Today, world-leading coding bootcamp, Le Wagon, announced its expansion into Africa by partnering exclusively with Honoris United Universities, the first and largest pan-African network of private higher education institutions, to open coding bootcamps across the continent.
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Honoris United Universities Appoints Luis Lopez as Non-Executive Chairman and Introduces Dr. Jonathan Louw as its New CEO

As Honoris’ Education for Impact mission scales and the network’s expansion accelerates across the continent, these appointments strengthen the organization’s agility and strategic focus on future-ready, world-class human talent in Africa.

Casablanca / Durban / Tunis/ Abuja, January 13th, 2021 – Today, Honoris United Universities, the first and largest pan-African network of private higher education institutions, today announced two significant enhancements to its senior leadership as the organization expands across Africa, with Luis Lopez moving from CEO to the role of Non-Executive Chairman of the Board and the appointment of Dr. Jonathan Louw as CEO from January 1, 2021.
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ESPRIT Group and Honoris United Universities Join Forces to Accelerate STEM Education in Africa

As a member of the Honoris pan-African network, engineering centre of excellence ESPRIT bolsters its STEM education capabilities across Francophone Africa and beyond

Tunis, 1st December 2020 – Today, Honoris United Universities, the first and largest pan-African network of private higher education institutions, deepened its focus on STEM education for the next generation of African leaders and entrepreneurs by welcoming ESPRIT Group into the organization.
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African Medical Simulation Center joins ranks with the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSIH), the world’s largest healthcare simulation accreditation body

The prestigious international recognition demonstrates Honoris United Universities’ commitment to the development of cutting-edge health training in Africa

Tunis, 20th October 2020 Opened in 2018 in Tunis, the Honoris Medical Simulation Center (MSC) offers excellence in multidisciplinary clinical training and education through simulators for all levels of care. To date, more than 2,000 students, 200 paramedics and 24 obstetricians from across Africa have benefited from the services of the MSC.
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Honoris United Universities Welcomes Red & Yellow Creative School of Business to its Pan-African Network

Red & Yellow enhances Honoris’ position as a leading provider of future-oriented learning as the network expands further in South Africa

Cape Town, 5th October 2020Honoris United Universities, Africa’s first and largest pan-African network of private higher education institutions, today welcomed Red & Yellow Creative School of Business into its network in South Africa, serving to enhance its provision of education in the advertising, marketing and design professions, with added focus on the digital skills and creative thinking required to thrive and to be competitive in the 21st Century world of work.
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Honoris United Universities launches 21st Century Skills Certificate to skill up graduates for the future world of work

Blending the most in-demand soft and digital skills, the 21st Century Skills Certificate will be issued through blockchain technology

Casablanca / Durban / Tunis / Abuja, September 23, 2020Honoris United Universities, the first and largest pan-African network of private higher education institutions, today announced the launch of the Honoris 21st Century Skills Certificate to further enhance the employability of its students by equipping them with the most in-demand soft and digital skills required to thrive and be competitive in the 21st century world of work.
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Honoris United Universities Announces Senior Leadership Appointments

Promotion and additions to the leadership team will contribute to Honoris’ core mission of developing world-class human talent in Africa
Laura Kakon named Chief Growth and Strategy Officer
Luis Ramirez-Alonso appointed Chief Human Resources Officer
Pepe Peran appointed Chief Business Development Officer

Casablanca / Durban / Tunisia / Abuja, September 09, 2020Honoris United Universities, the first and largest pan-African network of private higher education institutions, today announced a series of significant additions to its senior leadership team as the organization expands across Africa, with Laura Kakon promoted to the role of Chief Growth and Strategy Officer, Luis Ramirez-Alonso moving from interim to permanent Chief Human Resources Officer and Pepe Peran joining as Chief Business Development Officer.

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Honoris United Universities Welcomes Nile University of Nigeria to its Pan-African Network

Expansion into Nigeria marks a major milestone in Honoris’ mission to provide Education for Impact across the continent

Abuja, July 2nd 2020 Honoris United Universities, Africa’s first and largest pan-African network of private higher education institutions, today announced its expansion into West Africa by welcoming Nile University of Nigeria, known for its strong academic credentials and best-in-class faculties, into the network.

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Scientists and Economists from Honoris United Universities In Global Selection for Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings

The selection of eight young scientists and economists from the network represents the strengthening of ties between Honoris and Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings in promoting research in Africa

Casablanca, Tunis, Durban, June 10th 2020 Honoris United Universities the first and largest pan-African network of private higher education institutions, today announced that five science and three economics students from across the network have been selected amongst 1,034 young scientists and economists from over 100 countries to participate in the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting and the 7th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences in 2021.

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Honoris and Le Wagon join forces to offer free online coding course across Africa

Honoris United Universities and Le Wagon join forces to offer free online coding course across Africa
Course introduces the next generation of professionals to ‘the new language for the future of work’ – Coding

Tunis / Casablanca / Durban, 5th May 2020Honoris United Universities today announced that it has joined forces with the internationally acclaimed and world #1 coding bootcamp, Le Wagon, to provide a free online web development course as the network integrates coding as a skill into its employability ecosystem.

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Honoris United Universities develops 3D-printed respirator

Honoris United Universities develops 3D-printed respirator and potentially lifesaving diagnostics and equipment in support of global efforts to combat COVID-19

Tunisia / Casablanca / Durban, 8th April2020 – Teams of scientists, doctors, engineers, students and professionals from Honoris United Universities, the first and largest pan-African network of private higher education institutions, have developed a prototype for a new non-invasive respirator, as well as face shields and splash protection masks, which can be affordably and quickly manufactured via 3D printing. The teams have also developed innovative testing and pharmaceutical interventions during a pan-African hackathon.

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Honoris Board Director, Professor Yusuf Karodia, named African
Education Person of the Year

Prof. Karodia, the founder of MANCOSA and of REGENT Business School
is recognized as an African impact leader in education

Johannesburg, 3rd March 2020 – Professor Yusuf Karodia, founder of two member institutions of Honoris United Universities, Africa’s first and largest private higher education network, has been named African Person of the Year 2019 by African Leadership Magazine, in the category Development of Education.

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Honoris United Universities launches the MANCOSA School of Education to elevate teacher training in Africa

New School of Education reflects Honoris’ continent-wide goals of improving quality of education in Africa and reimagining teacher education in the 21st century

South Africa, July 18th, 2019Honoris United Universities, the first private pan-African higher education network, announces the official launch of the MANCOSA School of Education in South Africa, designed to meet the education and training needs of aspiring teachers and education professionals within the continent.

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Honoris United Universities Signs MoU with the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings

MoU marks Honoris’ partnership with this elite academic establishment, which collaborates with the most renowned science and research institutions worldwide, and details future plans for Honoris to form a delegation of outstanding Natural Sciences and Economics Graduates from Africa

Lindau, Germany, July 4th 2019 – During the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, the Council and Foundation for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Honoris United Universities, the first private pan-African higher education network, to increase participation and to promote research in natural sciences and economics across Africa.

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Honoris United Universities Announces Academic Council and Appoints New Independent Board Member

Academic Council will focus on providing Honoris students with access to 21st century workplace skills

May 21st, 2019Honoris United Universities (Honoris), the first private pan-African higher education network, has appointed a new independent Board Member and established the ‘Honoris Academic Council’ in an effort to boost the sharing of academic best practices and to develop a broad ‘employability agenda’ designed around entrepreneurial and workplace skills and credentials.

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Honoris United Universities adds a leading health sciences school and pioneering medical simulation centre to its pan-African network

UPSAT Group joins the network and world-class medical simulation centre opens in Tunisia, firmly cementing Honoris as a leading provider of health education in North Africa

Tunis, November 12th, 2018Honoris United Universities, the first private pan-African higher education network announces two major developments, with Tunisia’s leading health sciences education Group, UPSAT and its three schools – SUPSAT Tunis, UPSAT Sousse and UPSAT Sfax – joining its network. This coincides with the official opening of Honoris’ cutting edge purpose-built Medical Simulation Centre in the heart of Tunis.

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EAC, the Leading School of Architecture in Casablanca, Morocco, joins Honoris United Universities

The school represents the pan-African network’s first specialised architecture institution

Casablanca, November 1st, 2018Honoris United Universities, the first private pan-African higher education network, has acquired École d’Architecture de Casablanca (EAC) in Morocco, a development that builds on the vision and breadth of its distinctive program offerings and employability focus.

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ESCP Europe Signs Comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding with Honoris United Universities

ESCP Europe Expands Through First Ever Partnership with a Pan-African Network

Paris, May 22nd, 2018Honoris United Universities, the first private pan-African higher education network, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ESCP Europe to further its transnational network of leading academic centres of excellence and to support ESCP Europe’s mission to participate in the future training of African leaders.

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Honoris United Universities formally welcomes two leading institutions to its pan-African network

Ecole Marocaine des Sciences de l’Ingénieur (EMSI) in Morocco and YK Business School (YKBS) in Mauritius join the Honoris network, furthering its mission to provide education for impact across the continent

Casablanca, February 14th 2018Honoris United Universities, the first private pan-African higher education platform, announced that Ecole Marocaine des Sciences de l’Ingénieur (EMSI) – Morocco, and YK Business School (YKBS) – Mauritius, formally joined the network as member institutions. With these institutions, Honoris United Universities reaffirms its status as the referential pan-African education organization focused on nurturing the next generation of African leaders and professionals.

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Honoris Network Institutions Collaborate to Offer Global Pan-African MBA

REGENT Business School join forces with Université Centrale and Université Mundiapolis to offer its Global Pan African MBA programme via distance learning in North Africa

London, December 12th 2017 : Honoris United Universities, the first private pan-African higher education network, today announced that its network institutions from Southern and North Africa have formed a partnership to offer a Global Pan-African MBA programme through distance learning to students in the Maghreb region.
As part of this partnership, Regent Business School, which is one of South Africa’s leading private distance learning institutions will launch its distance-learning MBA in North Africa through the Honoris United Universities network institutions that include Université Centrale Group in Tunisia and Université Mundiapolis in Morocco. The former is a leading post-secondary education group in Tunisia whilst Université Mundiapolis in Morocco is renowned for its international approach and focus on employability.

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Honoris United Universities announces planned expansion in Egypt

REGENT Business School signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Higher Education to establish a branch in the country

London, December 19th 2017 : Honoris United Universities, the first private pan-African higher education platform, announced that its network institution in South Africa, Regent Business School, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education to establish a branch in the capital city of Cairo. The MoU was signed during the recently held “Africa 2017” Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, and reflects Honoris’ commitment to be a leading and referential pan-African education organization. Programme offerings are expected to launch during 2018/2019.

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Actis sponsors international scholarships for students or alumni of Honoris United Universities

October 10, 2017, London: Actis, today announced that it will be providing US$100,000 in sponsorship for two Honoris United Universities graduates to complete a postgraduate qualification at the world’s leading educational establishments.

The graduates will have the opportunity to apply for these scholarships to study at world-class institutions (such as University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, or a Russell Group University in the UK or at an Ivy League or similarly prestigious university in the US). The first beneficiaries of the scholarship are expected to start in October 2018.

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Actis launches Honoris United Universities, the first pan-African private higher education network

July 11, 2017, London: Actis, a leading investor in growth markets, announced today a major pan-African higher education initiative – Honoris United Universities.
Honoris United Universities is the first African private higher education network bringing together the leading tertiary education institutions in North and Southern Africa for the first time. Honoris United Universities will harness the collaborative intelligence and the pioneering efforts of these institutions to educate Africa’s next generations of leaders and professionals.

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