Higher education's Africa strategy?

Much to the discussion today is about expanding higher education opportunity in Asia, with China and India the primary countries of interest. Africa is growing both in number of people and economic vitality and Grant Harris says that every institution serious about internationalization should be working on a strategy to partner throughout the continent. One of the critical variables related to Africa strategy is that China is already deeply involved in building infrastructure in Africa and more African students already study in China than in the U.S.A., U.K., or elsewhere. Harris writes, "Academic institutions aiming to maintain their global brand will need to more purposefully engage with the continent. At the same time, savvy and scrappy universities that aspire to have greater global impact have an opportunity to leverage their own comparative advantages when adapting to the major demographic, cultural, economic and political shifts that are already underway in Africa -- and that will be felt around the world."