Our Partners

Discover the key organizations and institutions that collaborate with the African Institute in Indigenous Knowledge Systems.

Key Partnerships

AIIKS collaborates with a diverse network of partners across Africa and around the world to advance indigenous knowledge systems and promote sustainable development.

National Research Foundation (NRF)

South Africa

Funding AIIKS Hub (CIKS) in areas of research, human capital development, knowledge brokerage, networking and service rendering, including community engagement.

Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSI)

South Africa

IKS Policy development and Funding AIIKS Hub (CIKS) research, human capital development, knowledge brokerage, networking and service rendering, including community engagement.

Forum for African Former Heads of State and Government

South Africa

Provision of AIIKS with lived experience in leadership and governance through networking and high-level colloquia, workshops and other platforms networking with former African Heads of State and government.

Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS)

South Africa

AIIKS Partnership in IKS research, human capital development, knowledge brokerage, networking, and service rendering including community engagement.

Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs

South Africa

Human capital development in indigenous leadership and governance, nationally and internationally.

African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD)

Continental

Continental networking and resource mobilization.

Research Centre, Cultures, Environments, Arctic (CEARC)

France

Comparative exchange in lived experiences, research and human capital development on African and Artic Indigenous Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation.

Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures (TESF)

United Kingdom

Multi-institutional project funded by Global Challenges Research Fund through the Economic and Social Research Council Network Plus scheme, involving higher education, research institutions and local communities in UK, South Africa, Rwanda, India and Somalia.

John Langalibalele Chair in Rural Education

South Africa

Multi-institutional project funded by Mellon Foundation, involving Universities of KwaZulu-Natal, Pretoria and Western Cape, on the integration of IKS/humanities in Food Studies.

Institute of African Studies, Hankuk University

South Korea

Promoting African Multilingualism in Teaching and Learning Kiswahili and African Home-grown Philosophies for localization of UN SDGs.

Indigenous Knowledge Research Institute for Africa (IKRIA)

Zimbabwe

Development and promotion of Indigenous Knowledge Research and Publication. It is managed by AIIKS Node, (Africa Leadership and Management Academy (ALMA), in Zimbabwe).

Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services

Namibia

Incorporation of AIKS in Health policy development through establishment of the Traditional Health Practitioners Council of Namibia.

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Interested in collaborating with AIIKS? We welcome partnerships with organizations that share our vision for advancing indigenous knowledge systems.

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