About the Authors
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS Tibelius Amutuhaire trained as a Science teacher in the Faculty of Science at Mbarara University, Uganda and was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree in 2006. In 2008 he received a NORAD scholarship to undertake Masters studies at Makerere University, Uganda in collaboration with the Universities of Oslo, Norway and the Western Cape, South Africa. He is currently a lecturer at Kampala International University in the Dar es Salaam constituent college. Christiana Badoo is currently a Project Coordinator with Green Advocacy Ghana, and is responsible for quality assurance, proposal development and general administration. She is also the Assistant Country Coordinator for the Global Inventory Project (GIP) Ghana, a joint effort by the Blacksmith Institute, UNIDO, Green Cross Switzerland and the European Commission, to develop a comprehensive database of polluted places across the planet. She holds an MPhil in International Affairs, a BA in Political Science and a Diploma in Marketing, all from the University of Ghana. Laura Nelima Barasa Lalampaa is a professional economist working on her PhD in Economics at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, where she is currently a lecturer in Economics. She has recently published “Economic impact of relocating hawkers from the Nairobi central business district to the New Ngara market” in the International Journal for Professional Practice. Ms Barasa’s research focuses mainly on the application of economic theory to social studies. She is a recipient of the ANIE research grant and a member of the Network of Emerging Scholars on Internationalisation (NESI), a special interest group of ANIE. Joshua Eshuchi is a Kenyan citizen and currently a doctoral student pursuing a PhD in Human Development in the Research School: Education and Capabilities (EduCap) at Bielefeld University in Germany. His research interests lie in the intersection of culture, poverty and gender, with particular focus on how these concepts are framed in paradigms and discourses prevalent in international education and development. In particular, he is interested in the application of the Capability Approach as a framework to evaluate the effectiveness of the Millennium Development Goals in pursuit of human development in Africa. His other research interests include South-South cooperation in education policy, development of an international development agenda post-2015, and reform of the Kenyan education system in line with the new Constitution of Kenya (2010). Jane Kimbwarata is currently the Deputy Coordinator of the INEE-GIZ Pan- African Knowledge Hub which develops and facilitates activities premised on linking education colleagues together across Africa and fostering South-South cooperation and learning. As a qualified educator, and knowledge and communication intermediary with 17 years’ experience, Jane has previously worked in the public and private sectors with achievements in teaching, setting up and managing resource 195 ABOUT THE AUTHORS centres and a knowledge network, and developing/reviewing organisational knowledge products, among others. She has an MPhil degree in Information Sciences, a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Relations, and a BEd (Arts) degree. Jane Knight of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, focuses her research and professional interests on the international dimension of higher education at institutional, national, regional and international levels. Her work in over 65 countries with universities, governments, and United Nations agencies helps to bring a comparative, development and international perspective to her research, teaching and policy work. Dr Knight is the author of numerous publications on internationalisation concepts and strategies, quality assurance, institutional management, trade, and cross-border education. She is a co- founder of the African Network for the Internationalisation of Education (ANIE) and sits on the advisory boards of many international organisations and journals. In 2010 the University of Exeter, UK awarded her an Honorary LLD for her research and policy work on the international dimension of higher education and in 2013 she received the Gilbert Medal from Universitas 21. Marko Kwaramba is a PhD Student at the University of the Witwatersrand. Marko was a lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe from 2005 to 2009, prior to doing his PhD coursework at the University of Cape Town. His research interests lie in regional integration and the internationalisation of higher education. Samson Mukanjari is currently a researcher in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town. His research interests lie in the broader field of economics and the role of the internationalisation of higher education in African development. Samson was educated at the University of Cape Town and the University of Zimbabwe. Milton Obamba is currently a Research Fellow at the Centre for Higher Education Policy Research at Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, where he has been a Carnegie Centenary Scholar since 2007. Dr Obamba is an Associate Lecturer in the School of Politics and Applied Global Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University and also a Research Associate of the John and Elnora Ferguson Centre for African Studies at the University of Bradford, UK. Dr Obamba earned the MPhil i n International Education from the Norsk Laerekademiet in Bergen, Norway. He has served as a Visiting Fellow at the Nordic Africa Institute at the Uppsala University, Sweden as well as the African Studies Centre at Leiden University, Netherlands. Dr Obamba’s current research interests focus on the interdisciplinary domains of higher education; including education policy analysis, governance, international and comparative education, transnational research partnerships, and the interface of education and international development. Tiafack Ojuku is a Cameroonian citizen and currently a senior lecturer in Geography at the University of Yaoundé in Cameroon. His research interests lie in human geography, in particular how demographic and climactic shifts affect human livelihoods and processes of socio-economic development. He is particularly interested in how migration and demographic settlement patterns intersect with 196.