Research on sustainability in higher education institutions (HEIs) is unequally distributed globally. The existing publications on sustainability in HEIs have largely focussed on the Global North. Meanwhile, little is known about the state of sustainability in HEIs located in the Global South, and within African HEIs in particular. This study aims to fill this gap and investigates the status of sustainability activities in participating African HEIs.,A Delphi study involving 32 experts from 16 African countries and a total of 29 HEIs was conducted between December 2017 and May 2018. Experts were asked to share their insights on sustainability and Africanisation through an online questionnaire in two rounds.,Although 30 of the 32 participants agreed with the provided definitions of sustainability and sustainable development (two participants did not answer), 11 of the participants commented that important issues such as governance and culture were missing. This trend indicates that the sustainability discussion is still led from a western vantage point. Nevertheless, Africanisation plays a role in around two-thirds of participating HEIs’ sustainability activities, with the language factor representing the most pressing issue.,The findings of this study provide valuable insights into the current state of sustainability activities and Africanisation of participating African HEIs, and the importance of language and culture in this process.,This study is one of few works that have investigated the state of sustainability activities in African HEIs. Furthermore, it adopts a positive stance on sustainability in Africa, rather than focussing on negative circumstances.

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非洲高等教育机构（HEIs）的可持续性

高等教育机构（HEIs）中的可持续性研究在全球范围内分布不均。现有的关于高等教育机构可持续性的出版物主要集中在全球北部。同时，对于位于全球南部，尤其是非洲HEI中的HEI的可持续性状况知之甚少。这项研究旨在填补这一空白并调查参与的非洲高校的可持续性活动的状况.2017年12月至2018年5月，德尔菲进行了一项研究，涉及来自16个非洲国家的32名专家和总共29家高校。通过两轮在线调查问卷，他们对可持续性和非洲化的见解。尽管32名参与者中有30名同意所提供的可持续性和可持续发展的定义（两名参与者未回答），但11名参与者评论说缺少重要的问题，例如治理和文化。这种趋势表明，可持续性讨论仍是从西方的角度出发。尽管如此，非洲化仍在参与的高校的三分之二的可持续发展活动中发挥着作用，其中语言因素是最紧迫的问题。本研究的结果为参与可持续性活动的现状和参与非洲高校的非洲化提供了宝贵的见解。 ，以及语言和文化在此过程中的重要性。，这项研究是调查非洲高校可持续发展活动状况的少数作品之一。