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Students & learners
Enter through an official learning pathway, study the source material, and apply knowledge with discipline and integrity.
Institutional standard · Version 1.0 · 2026
The Governance Protocol
The rules by which students, creators, partners and institutions enter, contribute to and represent The African Harvard.
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Entry pathways
Participation begins with declared purpose.
Every stakeholder enters through a clear role and accepts the standards attached to it.
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Creators & contributors
Bring useful work, respect intellectual ownership, credit collaborators, and distinguish original work from interpretation.
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Partners & institutions
Present a clear purpose, proposed contribution, responsible contact, intended beneficiaries, and measurable shared outcome.
Six standards govern the work.
These standards protect the institution, its people, its intellectual work and the trust of the communities it serves.
Purpose before access
Engagement begins with a stated learning, contribution, collaboration or development purpose.
Evidence before claims
Represent qualifications, outcomes, affiliations and opportunities truthfully. Do not promise guaranteed results.
Attribution before distribution
Credit BISONG SIMON TV, The African Harvard, named authors and collaborators whenever their work is quoted, adapted or shared.
Permission before representation
No person or organization may imply endorsement, partnership, appointment or authority without written authorization.
Contribution before extraction
Participation should strengthen knowledge, opportunity, community or institutional capacity—not merely take attention or access.
Dignity in every exchange
Discrimination, intimidation, harassment, exploitation and deliberate misinformation are incompatible with this institution.
Partnership review
Proposals are reviewed for mission alignment, legitimacy, mutual benefit, safeguarding, intellectual-property clarity and practical delivery. Submission does not create a partnership. Public representation begins only after written authorization.
Institutional independence
The African Harvard is an independent BISONG SIMON TV initiative. It is not affiliated with Harvard University, any government or the European Union. Geographic references express connection, not endorsement.
Call to governance