The Challenge of Change in Africa's Higher Education in the 21st ...

Chapter 1

Africa's 21st-Century
Renaissance in
Higher Education

The Need for Strategic Planning

Gerry Nkombo Muuka and Mutinta Milimo Choongo

Introduction

The onset of the 21st century saw the World Bank release its widely publicized report Can Africa Claim the 21st Century? In the report, the World Bank (2000) proposed a four-pronged strategy for what it described as the need to “usher in self-reinforcing processes for economic, political, and social development.” (p. x) The report's core coverage was