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

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and

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. 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,

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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, the group expanded into Morocco by incorporating

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. In 2017, the group made its first foray into

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Africa, partnering with both Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA) and

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. In that same year, Honoris United Universities was established and began recruitment of management staff with Luis Lopez appointed as CEO. In May 2018, Honoris partnered with the European Business School (ESCP Europe) for the purpose of sharing knowledge and resources as well as providing scholarships and financial aid to students admitted by the latter institution. In 2019, Honoris launched MANCOSA School of Education and in 2021, partnered with Le Wagon to open coding bootcamps across the continent as part of its expansion into Africa. In 2020, Honoris United Universities launched 21st Century Skills Certificate to skill up graduates for the future world of work, in partnership with the start-up BCdiploma. In 2021, the network announced work on a potential entry in

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Schools and subsidiaries

South Africa

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(2017) *

(2017) * Red and Yellow Creative School of Business (2020) * FEDISA, Fashion School, South Africa (2022)

Morocco

* Mundiapolis University (2017) * École Marocaine des Sciences de l’Ingénieur (EMSI) (2018) * École d’Architecture de Casablanca (EAC) (2018)

Nigeria

Nile University of Nigeria Nile University of Nigeria (NILE) is a private multidisciplinary university established in 2009 and located in Abuja, Nigeria. It is a member of the Honoris United Universities Network and accredited by the National Universities Commission. Curre ...