In late 2007, as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations, CHET hosted a seminar in Cape Town on differentiation in African tertiary education - or more accurately, the lack of it. This is a problem hampering human development and preventing access to and the production of the range of skills across a variety of fields, types and levels that the continent needs to support its rapidly growing economies.

The Association of African Universities (AAU) has announced the appointment of Professor Goolam Mohamedbhai, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mauritius, as the new Secretary-General of the Association of African Universities. The appointment takes effect on 1st August 2008.

On 2 October 2008, CHET hosted a dinner-seminar with Professor Hans Weiler to discuss the topic "National Unification, Global Competition and Institutional Reform: The Dynamics of Change in Higher Education". In his presentation, he poses the question: "Is the ‘luxury of ambivalence’ sustainable in the contemporary university?"