Hassan O. Kaya is Director of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) at the National Research Foundation (NRF) Centre of Excellence in Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) in South Africa. He is also a Patron of the African Young Scientists Initiative on Climate Change and Indigenous Knowledge Systems. He holds a PhD in Sociology of Development (Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany) and Bachelors (Honours) and Masters Degrees in Development Studies (University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania). He has researched, presented papers, lectured, and initiated various IKS-related community projects. He has recently published “African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Relevance of Higher Education in South Africa” (International Education Journal, 2013).