Higher Education Marketing in Africa Explorations into Student Choice

This book explores the key players, challenges and policies affecting higher education in Africa. It also explores the marketing strategies and the students’ selection process, providing theoretical and practical insights into education marketing in Africa.  

In particular, it focuses on the competition for students. The growing number of student enrolments, the public sector’s inability to meet the ever-increasing demands and new private universities springing up mean that it is essential for universities to identify their market and effectively communicate their messages. Although there has been substantial theoretical research to help shed light on students’ choices and universities' marketing strategies, little work has been undertaken on higher education in the African context. Filling that gap in the research, while at the same time acknowledging the regional differences in Africa, this book offers empirical insights into the higher education market across the continent.

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Contributing Author(s)

Proposed Chapter Title

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Godwin Tindyebwa Muhangi

Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda

gomuti@gmail.com

Adrian Mwesigye

Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda

Email: arm@must.ac.ug

2

Sunday Olaleye

University of Oulu, Finland

sunday.olaleye@oulu.fi

Social Media Marketing: A Strategy to reach University Stakeholders

Cosmos Nike Nwedu

Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Nigeria

cosmosnike.nwedu@gmail.com

Strategies and Opportunities for Student Recruitment and Retention in African Universities: Lessons from Western Universities

4

Adefulu, Adesoga

Babcock University

Evaluating Student Choice Criteria for Selecting University in Nigeria

5

Dandison Ukpabi

University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Sunday Olaleye

University of Oulu, Finland

sunday.olaleye@oulu.fi

Public vs Private Universities in Nigeria: Market Dynamics Perspective

Emmanuel Ojo

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Emmanuel.Ojo@wits.ac.za

Sustainability Marketing in Africa’s higher education: The Case of South Africa and Nigeria

7

Christine Charity Mwebesa

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Felix.Maringe@wits.ac.za

An Integrative Model for Marketing Higher Education: Branding beyond survival to posterity

8

Samia Chasi

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

13988@students.wits.ac.za

Partnerships with Universities in South Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Student and Staff Mobility

9

Ajayi, Oluseyi

University of Ibadan, Nigeria

seyican.doit@gmail.com

Government Policies on Education

101

Abina, Musiliu Babatunde*

Ajayi, Oluseyi and

University of Ibadan, Nigeria

babsabina@yahoo.com

11

Mikail Alan

Adesina, Kola

Crescent University, Nigeria, Nigeria; folarinjamiu@gmail.com

Challenges and Prospects of Islamic Universities in a Multi-Religious Society

12

Felix Maringe

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Felix.Maringe@wits.ac.za

Marketization in African universities in an era of decolonization: continuities and discontinuities

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Babcock University, Nigeria

ajilorek@babcock.edu.ng

Joshua Suleiman

Babcock University, Nigeria

suleimanj@babcock.edu.ng

Corporate identity and student enrolment in Nigerian universities

14

Osuntubo, Oladipo

Queen Margaret University, UK

OOsuntubo@qmu.ac.uk

The proliferation of Non-Public universities in Sub-Saharan Africa: History and Drivers

15

Stella Amara Aririguzoh

Covenant University, Nigeria

Odion Oscar Odiboh

Covenant University, Nigeria

odion.odiboh@covenantuniversity.edu.ng

Marketing Private Christian Higher Education in Nigeria

Emmanuel Mogaji holds a Ph.D. in Marketing, and is a Lecturer in Advertising and Marketing Communications at the University of Greenwich, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and a Certified Management & Business Educator (CMBE). Emmanuel's primary area of interest is ABCDE – advertising, branding, communications, digital and ethics – of marketing communications, with a strong focus on higher education and financial services marketing. He has published several peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and presented his work at numerous national and international conferences. He has also co-edited books on marketing higher education in Africa. He received the 2019 Emerald Literati Highly Commended Paper Award.  

Robert Ebo Hinson is Professor and Head of the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at the University of Ghana. He is also the Acting Director of Institutional Advancement at the same institution, Research Associate at the University of the Free State Business School; and an Extraordinary Professor at the North-West University Business School in South Africa. Robert has authored/edited several books and has been involved in over a hundred scientific publications. He has also served as the Rector of the Perez University College in Ghana. He holds two doctorate degrees: one in International Business from the Aalborg University in Denmark and the other in Marketing from the University of Ghana. He has consulted for and trained staff in the general areas of marketing, sales and service excellence at several institutions around the globe, and has also served on the boards of local and international institutions.