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Honoris United Universities
Honoris United Universities (HUU) , is a group specialising in private higher education and professional education on the African continent. It owns several higher-learning institutions in Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia and South Africa. The group is run by a board and an academic council and led by a chief executive officer. As of 2021, the Honoris network consists of 14 private higher-learning institutions in 10 countries and 32 cities with 57,000 students. In 2017, Actis Capital announced the launch of Honoris United Universities as an educational group in which it was investing $275 million. The group announced Luis Lopez as its chief executive officer. He was made a non-executive chairman in January 2021 and Jonathan Louw became the new CEO. History Founding In 2014, Actis entered into an agreement with Université Centrale Group, a post-secondary education group in Tunisia, to build a higher-education platform. Slah Ben Turkia became the first CEO of the platform. By 2016, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private University
Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public student loans, and grants. Depending on their location, private universities may be subject to government regulation. Private universities may be contrasted with public universities and national universities. Many private universities are nonprofit organizations. Africa Egypt Egypt currently has 20 public universities (with about two million students) and 23 private universities (60,000 students). Egypt has many private universities, including The American University in Cairo, the German University in Cairo, the British University in Egypt, the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Misr University for Science and Technology, Misr International University, Future University in Egypt and Modern Sciences and Arts University. In ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
