Honoris United Universities is the largest private pan-African higher education network, serving over 100,000 students across 76 campuses in 26 cities and 16 institutions. This institution is powerfully mission-driven, and transforms lives in Africa through future-oriented education designed to meet the demands of the digital present and future.
Honoris has even been recognised by theWorld Economic Forum as a New Champion and a force for innovation, entrepreneurship, and cross-border collaboration to develop globally competitive African talent.
These high achievements are the result of the Honoris team’s visionary leadership. At the heart of the Honoris Digital Division is Managing Director, Melindi Britz, who is helping to redefine tertiary education in Africa by combining technology with a clear-eyed mission.
Background: Honoris United Universities
Honoris recognises that one of the biggest gaps in tertiary educations comes from the question – what happens after students graduate? That’s why the network brings a fresh approach to this traditional sector by focusing strongly on student employability beyond graduation. This vision is even in the network’s mission – educate for impact.
By strategically partnering with global institutions, employers, and industry leaders, Honoris equips students with 21st-century skills. With a presence in both Anglophone and Francophone Africa, the network spans multidisciplinary universities, vocational institutes, and online education hubs, offering over 490 degree programs in fields ranging from medicine and engineering to digital arts and political science.
Honoris is deeply committed to employability, with 86% of graduates entering the job market within six months. It is a point of professional pride for Melindi Britz and her colleagues, for good reason.
Introducing Melindi Britz
How does one develop the skills to help pull off such a grand plan? As a leader in education, Melindi’s career path was shaped by her early passion for education and technology. Over the years, she gained experience with leading universities developing online learning models that taught her how to balance innovation with the practical needs of students. She says:
“The challenge is to accelerate online education in Africa, to unlock significant potential through online, hybrid, and also on campus by digitising our education.”
Vision and Goals within Honoris
Honoris is committed to improving digital literacy in Africa. One of the ways to do this is by embedding software training into curricula and creating inclusive digital ecosystems.
Melindi plays a strategic role in accelerating Honoris’s digital transformation, particularly in hybrid and online education. She sees digital tools as a game-changer for African education, saying: “Digital tools are democratising access to world-class education, breaking down barriers, and providing access to industry-standard skills and fostering innovation.”
She remains focused on ensuring that every student can benefit from these resources – “Technology enhancements give us the ability to give quality education no longer bound by our campus locations and requesting students to stop their lives and move to campus. We can now provide the same quality education to all learners.”
Introducing industry-standard software can only be achieved in partnership with leading brands such as Adobe, and its Elite Partners, such as local software company, Learning Curve.
Partnership Model: Honoris, Learning Curve, and Adobe
Honoris’s ambitious digital transformation journey is being accelerated through partnerships with leading software vendors and partners such as Learning Curve and Adobe. This link-up is enabling the integration of leading software solutions such as Adobe Creative Cloud seamlessly across Honoris’s creative schools – like Red & Yellow,The Animation School, and Fedisa’s leading fashion design academy in South Africa—ensuring that students and faculty are equipped with world-class, industry-standard tools. Learning Curve is instrumental in this rollout, offering hands-on support from license management to integration and continuous technical training.
Learning Curve has helped the network localise and optimise Adobe’s global offerings. This includes tailored license allocations, centralised administration to control costs, and smooth integration into Honoris’s various learning environments, whether entirely online, hybrid, or on-campus.
Melindi recognises the strength of this collaboration. “For our creative verticals, these partnerships provide our students with the real tools of the trade they will need in the work environment, and it also gives our educators the confidence to innovate,” she explains.
Adobe Creative Cloud provides students with hands-on experience in industry-leading software, while Learning Curve ensures that the infrastructure and technical support are in place to maximise these resources. “Collaboration ensures that our education remains relevant and bridges the gap between academia and industry,” she adds.
The Transformative Creative Campus Initiative
Adobe Creative Campus partners are known for their forward-thinking approach to education, using technology to enhance student outcomes and equipping students with the skills employers really want: creative thinking, content creation, visual communication, collaboration, and the responsible use of AI. This industry-relevant training is embedded into the very fabric of Honoris’s academic programs.
At its core, the initiative enables learners to engage deeply with the tools that power the global creative economy. It could reshape higher education across Africa. Producing digitally fluent, industry-aligned graduates ensures that all students, regardless of their field, are better prepared for the demands of modern work environments.
The Creative Campus initiative is a cornerstone of Honoris’s employability mission. Melindi envisions broader adoption across the network, scaling digital literacy and innovation capability in a way that aligns tightly with industry needs. “In the modern workplace, there is increasing demand for digital literacy and creative skills. Adobe Creative Campus prepares students for this reality by providing them with the tools and experience they need to succeed in their careers,” she says.
Honoris’s fully online division is designed to make quality education accessible to students across the continent. Melindi explains – “We can widen access to quality relevant education in Africa that focuses on employability and our mission to transform lives. It is not just training within their vertical, but giving them the knowledge to apply what they have learned within the workforce. By the time they leave, they have that rounded experience.”
Future Vision for Education in Africa
Melindi Britz’s long-term vision for education in Africa is rooted in the transformative potential of digital innovation. It’s about creating scalable, inclusive learning models that meet learners where they are, in a format they already use and trust. This vision aligns perfectly with Honoris’s broader mission to transform lives through relevant education for lifetime success. In her view, the future of education in Africa is agile, digital-first, and deeply integrated with everyday technologies that shape how people live and work.
Conclusion: Education for Impact
Melindi Britz’s work shows the transformative power of education and technology. Her message is clear: access to leading digital tools will transfer to real-world skills that define the future of learning in Africa. Honoris has found two partners in Learning Curve and Adobe that will bring Melindi’s transformative vision to life. African students will be the biggest winners, as they will get exposure to world-class tools, which will in turn, make them workplace-ready right after graduation.