ANIE works with institutions and higher education systems to engage with the new opportunities, challenges and risks that the internationalization of higher education process portends. The organization builds on the extensive work and information gleaned from the existing experiences from the continent and from sister organizations around the world, to support and nurture new research to examine trends, new developments and challenges related to the international dimension of higher education at the institutional/organizational, and national and regional levels. As such, ANIE seeks support and meaningful collaborations with other organizations interested or working in the field of internationalization of higher education. ANIE is grateful to the following organizations for the support they have given so far:
1. Ford Foundation
2. Carnegie Foundation
3. Association of African Universities (AAU)
4. The Inter University Council for East Africa (IUCEA)
5. Moi University
6. Ministry of Higher Education and Technology, Kenya
7. International Association of Universities (IAU)
8. International Institute for Education (IIE)
9. UK Department for International Development (DfID)
10. International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA)
11. Norwegian Center for International Cooperation in higher education (SIU)
12. African Council for Distance Education (ACDE)
13. Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)
14. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU)
ANIE still seeks support and mutual partnerships or collaborations from funding agencies, development partners, institutions and other relevant research organizations to support its growth.