**4.1 Existing TNE partnerships in TEIs in Ghana**

The first research question sought to identify TNE partnerships that exist in the Ghanaian tertiary education institutions. **Figure 1** presents TEIs in Ghana that are engaged in TNE partnerships disaggregated by public and private TEIs.

**Figure 1** indicates as at 2019 when this study was conducted, 28 TEIs were found to be engaged in TNE partnerships and majority (71%) of them are private TEIs.

**Figure 1.** *TEIs with TNE partnerships.*

**Figure 2.** *Year of establishment of TEIs with TNE partnership(s).*

From **Figure 2**, six of the TEIs engaged in TNE partnerships were established and accredited as such before 1996. 22 of the TEIs with TNE partnership arrangements were established and accredited from 1996 to 2019.
