OVERVIEW OF KPIs
MEASUREMENT OF IMPACT

• Transforming lives

• Effect direct impact on the lives of students and indirect impact on the lives of those in their sphere of influence

• The Honoris pan-African educational network is transforming lives of learners for lifetime success across the continent now and into the future, through the focus on “Education for Impact”. This transformation is achieved in two forms i.e., directly (those who study with Honoris) and indirectly (Alumni - those who studied with Honoris and are economically active, influencing the people around them – e.g., their households). The extent to which Honoris is transforming lives is shown below. Honoris achieves direct impact with its current students (total enrollment) who attend one of the institutions in the country’s where they operate and through the Alumni who continue their relationship with the organization. Some 777, 640 lives have been impacted since the formation of Honoris in 2017*
• Honoris has its sights set on reaching the 1,5 million lives mark in the short to medium term. The intention is to achieve this through the commitment to educating and preparing future leaders which Honoris believes will contribute to the transformation of the African continent.
• *This was calculated taking into account the total enrollment of students and alumni within each country and multiplying it by the average household

• Transform the lives of students and those in their sphere of influence to achieve economic growth for their communities and transformation of Africa

• Continue transforming lives through relevant education for lifetime success

• Pan-African footprint

• # Countries and cities present

• 10 Countries across Africa
• 32 cities

• Growing quality and accessible education across the African continent

• Future expansion in Egypt, Kenya, Senegal and the Ivory Coast

• Student reach

• % Contribution to relevant population and GDP of Africa

• Honoris has grown from 27,000 students in 2017 to 61,000 students in 2021
• The countries in which Honoris operates cover a population of 320 million and the aspiration is to reach 5.8 million people eligible for higher education
• Today the private sector is still small, but Honoris is contributing to a larger private sector population. Approximately 1/5 students in private Higher Education in Honoris’ markets of reference, choose an Honoris institution to invest in their future

• Transforming more lives through relevant education to impact economies and communities

• New enrollment and total enrollment targets exceeded

• Continue to expand audience of learners in existing markets and where the need is through sustainable and relevant education solutions

• Honoris institutions

• #Universities

• The Honoris platform comprises 14 institutions (at 31 December 2021)
  • Nigeria x 1
  • Morocco x 3
  • South Africa x 3
  • Tunisia x 6
  • Mauritius x 1
  • (View our Honoris institutions and their founders)

• Honoris’ strategy of focusing on beacon markets for education and industries (education hub, tech hubs, industrial hubs) and then looking at additional hubs for further market expansion

• Honoris entered into Nigeria, the largest country in Africa in July 2020

• Grow presence in new markets (i.e., Egypt, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Senegal) and expand in existing markets (i.e., South Africa)

• Growing the network

• Timeline of acquisitions regionally

• Honoris has reinforced its positions in historical core cities:
  • Tunis
  • Casablanca
  • Durban
• In all its markets, Honoris has managed to reinforce its positions in historical core cities (Tunis, Casablanca and Durban) while fostering additional growth through strategic regional expansion, new programs and learning environments
• (View the Honoris journey and highlights 2017-2021)

• Morocco (Tangiers, expansion in Rabat, Marrakech and Casablanca) Tunisia (additional educational hub in Sousse) South Africa (Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town)

• Regional and international expansion of Honoris’ institutions

• Market share

• % Growth in market share

• 61,000 students in 2021 chose Honoris’ institutions to obtain their tertiary education
• This translates into an 18% market share (+2bps vs last year) in its combined markets
• The growth Honoris is experiencing is greater than the market growth

• Strong growth to achieve overall targets

• Further raising of awareness of institutions in Southern Africa, Nigeria and Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa

• Student growth rate and attrition

• % Student growth and attrition

• 61,000 students, +4,000 students and families chose to invest in their future and personal development at Honoris’ institutions
• 9.8% decrease in drop out and attrition vs LY

• Increased student population and retention

• (higher retention rates despite COVID-19)

• Honoris aims to transform the lives of 124,000 students by 2027, which in turn will impact 1.5 million lives

• Exclusive Honoris partnerships

• # Partnerships with leading institutions

• +190 academic partnerships with leading institutions across Africa, Europe, Asia, and the USA
• 8 students selected and participated in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings
• Exceptional partnership formed with Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings (view more)

• Quality partnerships

• Increase student and faculty exchange

• Building capacity in the STEM vertical, Education vertical

• Building capacity in STEM Education:
  • Morocco
  • Tunisia
  • Nigeria

North African Engineering Schools EMSI and ESPRIT, enrollment

• From 5,200 total enrollment in 2018 to 20,400 in 2021 at a +58% compound annual growth rate
• Building capacity in STEM has allowed for significantly more students to pursue these studies. Total enrollment has grown from representing 16% total enrollment in 2018 to 34% total enrollment in 2021

Building capacity in the Engineering/IT vertical

• UNIVERSITÉ CENTRALE POLYTECHNIQUE and ESPRIT provided over 3,400 additional seats in Tunisia

• UNIVERSITÉ MUNDIAPOLIS Engineering School and EMSI (The leading Engineering School and largest private institution in MOROCCO) contributed to almost 4,000 additional seats over the last 4 years

Building capacity in the Health vertical

• UNIVERSITÉ CENTRALE Health School & UPSAT, have successfully supplied a capacity of 700 additional seats over the last four years in Tunisia
• NILE University of Nigeria has created additional seats in Medical Studies, from an admission quota of 50 to 100

Building capacity in the Education vertical

• MANCOSA, South Africa, has created the School of Education and trained nearly 500 educational professionals to narrow the gap

Growing Skillsets

• Honoris has responded with agility to the requirements for skillsets driven by the 4IR by adding new programs such as Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Fintech, Cyber Security as well integrating coding as the new second language through the platform with the Honoris 21st Century Certificate (see link) as well as virtual internship pilots with EdTechs

• To grow engineering and IT in Morocco, Tunisia, Nigeria
• To continue to grow Health vertical in Tunisia and Nigeria
• To develop Education vertical in Southern Africa

• Leaders in Morocco, Tunisia, Nigeria

• Continue to strengthen the STEM vertical across the continent
• Grow Creative Arts, Fashion and design
• Grow Technical and Vocational Training

• Student centricity and satisfaction from student recruitment, experience and employability

• Understand and meet student needs, interests and expectations across the student journey

Assessment of the entire student journey to ensure delivery of relevant education

• 45 surveys
• 20,00 students reached

Digitization and digitalization strategy

• 10,000+ students surveyed

Honoris’ strategic response to meet student needs

• Accelerated digitization and digitalization strategy to improve student experience across their journey
• An enhanced customer experience through interactive services

Student acquisition

• 61% digital enrollment, accounted for 61% of total new enrollment, with an evolution of +12%

Robust social media strategy

• Reaching 490 million users: 69% more than last year

Website optimizations to enhance the customer experience

• 3.3 million unique visitors
• +52% more than last year

Student experience

• Blended learning approach to meet 21st century need
• 30% increase in online learning delivery

Employability and alumni engagement

• Launch of Career Centers to improve employability outcomes (physical and digital)
  • 11 physical career spaces
  • These physical career spaces are currently active across Morocco, Nigeria, and Tunisia, including the flagship Honoris Career Center in Tunis
• Ongoing engagement with alumni to track career success - 100,000 Alumni

• Continuously meet the changing needs of students to ensure higher student satisfaction and outcomes

• Institutional awareness across markets and sophisticated digital strategies

• Continue to expand innovative academic models, 21st century learning environments, digitization and digitalization strategy, expand employer partnerships and tracking of employability success through digital platforms and ongoing surveys with Alumni

• Student offering

• # Degrees
• # New programs

• 420 degrees are offered in Medicine, Health Sciences, Engineering, IT, Business, Law, Architecture, Creative Arts, Fashion, and Design, Media, Political Science and Education
• Honoris offers undergraduate, postgraduate, Masters and Doctorates
• 38 new programs developed in 2021
• Work integrated learning such as co-ops programs and bootcamps – academic models focused on employability

• New verticals added Medicine, Education

• Hybridity of verticals, new verticals such as Creative Arts, Fashion and Design

• Student success rate

• Academic outcomes

• Average success rate for the 2021 academic year is 88% across the Honoris network

• Ensure a high success rate of students

• Increased retention by improving academics results despite COVID-19

• Maintain the high success rates of students and continue to invest in faculty development and academic innovation to support this

• Quality of teaching

• High retention of staff by providing an environment to foster good relations, high quality of teaching and opportunities

• +3,500 fixed term employees across the network
• 90%+ employee retention rate despite the pandemic
• Code of Conduct implemented
• Equality – gender balance: in total Honoris 47% of teachers are male and 53% are female
• BBBEE targets set and managed
  • REGENT Business School: level 1 BBBEE status
  • MANCOSA: level 6 BBBEE status

• Equality
• Creating an environment of integrity and respect
• Whistle blowing
• BBBEE in SA

• Preparing and training teachers for tomorrow and building capacity of teachers in Africa

• Preparing teachers for the 21st century

• Reimagine education program for the Honoris academic community to improve the quality of teaching
• This short program will be delivered across the Honoris academic community in order to strengthen the existing academic models and explore new ones, thereby developing expertise and tech solutions across the network’s faculties. (read more)
• EMSI partnership with public universities - EMSI has partnered with public universities to prepare PhD graduates to become teachers
• Faculty development program at ESPRIT - high quality training for educators, keeping up with the research and innovation in teaching methods and educational technologies
• ‘Licence to teach’ at MANCOSA and MANCOSA School of Education - to respond to the gap in the market for skilled teachers, especially South Africa, MANCOSA created a school of education and has trained nearly 500 education professionals to narrow the gap. (read more)

• Relevance – teaching methods

• Developed Honoris Reimagine Education Program, MANCOSA Licence to teach

• Rollout of the Honoris Reimagine education Program
• Develop a bespoke approach for faculty development programs across institutions

• Academic excellence

• National recognition and accreditations
• International recognition and accreditations

• All Honoris institutions meet the highest national and academic standards
• Most of Honoris institutions have international recognition and awards (read more)

• Local and international accreditations across the network

• Accreditation and renewals

• Maintain the level of accreditations and continue to improve international recognition

• Preparing graduates for the future world of work

• Providing students with a certificate that attests their skills and capacity to navigate the 21st century

• 10,000 students enrolled in the Honoris 21st Century Skills Certificates
• 100,000 students will be trained in the next 5 years

• Meeting the eight critical skills that are critical for 21st century:
  • behavioral intelligence
  • creative and design thinking
  • critical thinking
  • communication
  • coding
  • data analytics
  • entrepreneurship

• Continue to address 21st century skills including important skills for the continent such as ethics and sustainability (economic, environmental and social)

• Mutually rewarding stakeholder relationships

• # Employer partnerships to increase student opportunities for employment

• Over 160 employer partnerships across the network featuring household names, government organisations, SMEs and NGOs to increase opportunities for student employability success and employer success

• Quality and sustainability of employer partnerships

• Build more continental partnerships

• Enhanced employability services

• Career preparation and development

• 14,000 students on employability digital platform delivering a range of services including job boards, career readiness training, workshops/events, and mentorship
• 8 new career centers including a flagship in Tunisia

• Support students for successful employability outcomes

• Continue to support students for employability success and ongoing engagement with Alumni to track career success

• Employability outcomes

• Employability success rates

80% of students are employed or in further education within 6 months of graduation

• 70% (2020: 63% in 2019) of students are employed or in further education within 6 months of graduation in the school-leaver markets - The rate of employability for school leavers has improved despite the most critical pandemic and disruption in the world of work. This has been achieved through the efforts of the Honoris Career Centers Team across the network who have been focused on ensuring preparedness of the graduates through physical interactions when possible or via digital career centers across the network (more than 14 digital career centers have been implemented to date)

• 89% (2020: 92% in 2019) of students are employed or in further education within 6 months graduation in the mature markets - Overall, the employability rates remain stable despite the highest retrenchment rates in most of the economies across Honoris countries
• Students take between one and three years to pay back the total tuition cost of their program (Calculated as: total program tuition fee/Annual Gross Salary)
• Graduate Net Promoter Score (NPS) across institutions was 9% for 2020 graduates
• International placement of health professionals
  • Specialities: Anaesthetists, Nurses, Physiotherapists in Europe, such as Germany

Virtual internship pilot - 69 students across all Honoris institutions

• Offering virtual internships to go beyond traditional internships to provide students with access to the global market – piloted in 2021
• Internships took place across Asia, Europe, Africa, Middle East and United States

• Employability is at the heart of Honoris’ purpose and a takes highest priority
• Measurement of student outcomes method implemented in each Honoris institution

• Continuous improvement and development of relevant international partnerships with the employability ecosystem and employability focused programs
• Further improvement of student outcomes
• Champion the role of women and their value in the work place
• Dedicated employability services and programs to increase access to work for female graduates

• International recognition

• Recognition for innovation and progressive education

• Winner in the Higher Education Institution category for The Education Investor Awards 2021
• Finalist of the PIEoneer Award in Progressive Education for Honoris Medical Simulation Center
• Best Educational Establishment for Honoris in Mauritius
• Actis recognised as Impact Investment Firm of the Year and the recipient of the Private Equity International Awards 2018
• Honoris and its institutions mentioned in 1,422 articles from July 2020 to June 2021

• Innovation and how Honoris is advancing education

• Advance Honoris’ academic models in Africa to provide relevant and transformative education

• Innovative academic models

• Academic innovation combining the delivery of courses both online and in-person with state-of-the-art learning centers

• 8 pilots in new academic models and approaches
• Exploring tech-rich academic models and learning systems +500 students involved
• Partnership with world-leading coding bootcamp, Le Wagon, adaptive learning (view our academic models)

• Implement a digital-first mindset and experiment with new approaches

• Further explore new academic models, innovation at scale to reimagine education

• Immersive learning environments

• Innovation hubs, makerspaces, and cutting-edge laboratories

• 9 new 21st Century Learnings Environments
• Immersive learning, MANCOSA iTeachLab (read more on our immerse learning environment)
• SMARTiLab (read more on our innovation center)

• At least one makerspace, 1 new learning environment (out of the classroom) in each institution

• In some – more than one achieved

• Constantly adapt learning environments to the new ways of teaching inside and outside the classroom (Physical or digital)

• New technology-based learning methods

• Honoris has implemented the augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR) platform in partnership with California-based AR/VR world leader, EON Reality. (read more)

• Augmented AR and VR platform in Morocco and Nigeria institutions

• Scale across institutions

• Entrepreneurship

• % Graduates opting for entrepreneurial ventures

Increasing emphasis on entrepreneurship with focus on partnerships, skills development, 21st century learning environments and women’s entrepreneurship through:

• Partnership with La French Tech Morocco "#Hacktonfutur", an entrepreneurial competition for youth (read more)
  • 30+ Workshops conducted
  • 1,800 students trained
  • 8 Conferences
• Le Wagon launch in Mauritius and Morocco push Honoris into the midst of the Tech ecosystem
• REGENT redHUB providing start-ups and small business owners with a range of services to nurture entrepreneurship (read more)
• COLLECTIVE LAB in Tunisia, a hub dedicated to entrepreneurs of ideas for innovative projects Link (read more)
  • 1,788 students trained across the Honoris Tunisia group
  • Supporting around 40 startups (6 supported startups have a commercial activity in Tunisia)
  • Six national entrepreneurship awards have been received with the trained start-ups
  • 26 entrepreneurship events were held with partners

Partnership with Women in Africa since 2017 (read about WIA)

• Since start of the program 718 women entrepreneurs have been trained
• Honoris Entrepreneurship annual boot camp (540 women in 2021 from 53 countries in Africa)
• 50+ Honoris scholarships granted to African women in context of Women in Africa partnership

Integrating Entrepreneurship in the curricula (dedicated module in Honoris 21st Century skills certificate)

• 150+ Honoris 21st Century Skills Certificates awarded

Honoris partnership with AfriLabs supporting the provision of entrepreneurship and innovation across the continent.

• The AfriLabs network consists of 292 technology and innovation centers across 49 countries in Africa
• 30 innovative projects currently underway

• Promoting entrepreneurship
• Developing dedicated environments, such as Incubators, programs
• Forging partnerships with AfriLabs, the largest pan African innovation and incubators network

• Remains a top priority to develop entrepreneurial skills across our student’s community

• Access and affordability

• Value and # of need based scholarships, financing aid and loans disbursed, YoY
• Pricing

+ 1,000 scholarships and bursaries were awarded in 2021

• As a student-centric organization, Honoris conducts comprehensive research to understand the affordability constraints of potential students and their families, to balance the quality of education and the cost of it
• Across Africa, many students struggle to afford quality education. It is through foundations and scholarships that Honoris seeks to meet this challenge and provide opportunities for less privileged students to fund their education

• Minimize price increases
• Provide larger access to programs, providing the best return on investment for students and their families

• Limited price increases and flexible payment plans

• Continue to assess the power of purchase within the Honoris communities, students and families

• Improving young people's access to education

• Initiatives to increase access to education, improve literacy and address unemployment

MANCOSA Million Books Project – 2 million pupils, 60,000 books, 167 mobile libraries (read more)

• Since its inception in February 2018, the MANCOSA “reading revolution” has touched more than two million pupils in 55 schools across the country. To date 60,000 books have been donated in 167 mobile libraries

Nile University of Nigeria: Abuja Global Shapers Community

• This mentorship program has further boosted the capacity of NUN to provide its students with an impactful high-quality education to prepare them as value-adding members of society (read more)

Le Wagon Partnership with Frenchtech – Free online web development course

• Honoris integrates the skill of coding into its employability ecosystem – 2 x bootcamp in Morocco, 1 x bootcamp in Mauritius (read more)

RBS South Africa: MAHALABox – Free access to online resources to increase employability success

• These resources include, for example recruitment agencies, job placements (aptitude tests, CV templates, downloadable books and videos) (read more)

Red & Yellow: Learn to Earn

• 13,583 people trained with market related skills (read more)

UNIVERSITÉ CENTRALE assists Primary School in Kram

• 550 students assisted to return to school after the collapse of the school roof (read more)

• Honoris institutions across Africa actively participate in community social initiatives

• Encourage further participation in developing communities by increasing access to educational initiatives

• Women leadership and entrepreneurship

• Promotion of women in leadership roles

• MANCOSA Women Leadership Program – creates an enabling environment for women in leadership roles
• Women in Africa initiative – 540 women entrepreneurs participated in the 2021 bootcamp (read more)
• UNIVERSITE CENTRALE – Tunisia, Women Board Ready Certificate – prepares women to acquire tools and expertise to access managerial/ board positions (read more)
• EMSI, Morocco, Women in Engineering Science (WiES) – promotes the role of women engineers, researchers and entrepreneurs (read more)

• Create an enabling environment for the promotion of women in leadership roles
• Gender Balance across Honoris

• Scale across the network and Africa

• Going green

• Creating a positive impact on the environment

• UNIVERSITÉ CENTRALE, Tunisia: Plant trees – positive impact on climate change by each student planting a tree to create a green space (read more)
• EAC Morocco: More than a simple link – creating a pedestrian bridge to promote urban quality and freedom of movement for pedestrians and cyclists (read more)
• EMSI and UNIVERSITE MUNDIAPOLIS, Morocco: Renewable Energy – designed a Smart House which is self-sufficient, modular, well insulated and cost effective (read more)
• Nile University of Nigeria – Two solar installations at NUN that allow flexible switching from grid power. (read more)
  • 14,888 tons of CO2 emissions are anticipated to be prevented.

• Increase consciousness

• Develop a framework to address climate change priorities