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This review examines the integration of AI in African higher education, focusing on its transformative potential and contextual challenges.

August 5, 2026Discover EducationOpen Access

A systematic scoping review of transformative potential and contextual challenges of integrating AI and collective intelligence in African higher education

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ANAyubu Ismail NgaoUniversity of Dar es Salaam ABAnna Benson BorekaUniversity of Dar es Salaam MPMichael A. PetersBeijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence

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Systematic scoping review explores the challenges and transformative prospects of AI in African higher education, suggesting a digital transformation model.

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This review examines the integration of AI in African higher education, focusing on its transformative potential and contextual challenges.
Systematic scoping review of 41 sources selected via a PRISMA-ScR-guided protocol.
Evidence analyzed through thematic synthesis, categorized into empirical studies, theoretical/policy, and grey literature.
Focus on three interconnected layers of AI integration and collective intelligence in higher education.
Identified promise in context-adapted tools for enhancing access and collaborative research, though scalable impact is limited.
Implementation faces barriers such as infrastructural deficits, data scarcity, and unaligned epistemologies.
Current AI trajectories risk deepening inequities and perpetuating neocolonial dependencies without targeted interventions.

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Ngao et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a72e7f4226790f370657544 https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-026-01804-3

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Systematic scoping review explores the challenges and transformative prospects of AI in African higher education, suggesting a digital transformation model.

A systematic scoping review of transformative potential and contextual challenges of integrating AI and collective intelligence in African higher education

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A systematic scoping review of transformative potential and contextual challenges of integrating AI and collective intelligence in African higher education

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