ANAQ-GN

What ANAQ-GN does

ANAQ-GN (Autorité Nationale d'Assurance Qualité dans l'Enseignement, la Formation et la Recherche) is Guinea's national quality assurance authority for higher education, research, and technical/professional training, established by presidential decree on January 12, 2017 as a public administrative establishment (Etablissement Public Administratif) with legal personality, financial autonomy, and organizational independence. The agency operates under the administrative supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the financial supervision of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Its mandate covers institutional habilitation (authorization to deliver recognized degrees), accreditation of training programs, research structure labeling, external evaluations, institution ranking, and quality assurance capacity-building for higher education institutions (IES), research institutions (IRS), doctoral schools (ED), and documentation centers (CDI).

ANAQ's core service infrastructure rests on the PGEL platform (Plateforme de Gestion des Evaluations en Ligne), introduced in 2021, which digitizes the self-evaluation report submission and evaluation tracking workflow. The process follows a structured cycle: calls for expressions of interest (Appel à Manifestation d'Intérêt), institutional self-evaluation, external evaluation by expert panels, and binding decisions issued by the Scientific Council. A Digital Strategy 2024-2028 governs ongoing modernization. Operational scale is small — approximately 15 staff per firmographic records (with ~30 listed on the website) — and recent throughput includes 88 programs accredited in the 2023-2024 session (83.01% pass rate) and 19 of 29 programs accredited in the 2024-2025 session (65%).

ANAQ generates no commercial revenue. It is funded through Guinean government budget allocations with supplementary support from external partners including the World Bank's BoCEJ project, the African Union HAQAA initiative, and bilateral cooperation agreements. Customer segments are regulated entities (higher education institutions in Guinea) rather than paying customers; pricing is set administratively and not publicly disclosed. The agency has actively expanded its scope beyond undergraduate program accreditation into doctoral schools (QA-Doc), research institutions, and continental harmonization through HAQAA3, and has launched a student-facing product (ONUGUI national olympiads) to reinforce the value of accreditation.

Name

ANAQ-GN

Legal name

Autorité Nationale d'Assurance Qualité dans l'Enseignement, la Formation et la Recherche (ANAQ)

Website

https://anaq-edu.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ANAQ-GN is Guinea's national public-sector quality assurance authority for higher education, research, and technical training. It conducts habilitation and accreditation evaluations of institutions and programs through its PGEL digital platform, funded by government budget and continental partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education Quality Assurance

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDADACAH

Accreditation Coordination, Recognition & Meta-Accreditation Bodies

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Accreditation Bodies (Institutional & Programmatic)

SECONDARYEDAMAGAB

Model United Nations (MUN)

Education/Supplemental & Enrichment Programs (Arts, STEM, Language)/Academic Clubs & Competitions (Debate, Model UN, Olympiads)

Keywords

• Higher education quality assurance
• Institutional accreditation services
• Program accreditation evaluation
• Education quality assessment
• Research structure certification

Headquarters

HQ city

Conakry

HQ country

Guinea

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Funding: ANAQ is a public administrative establishment (EPA) funded by government budget allocations under the administrative supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education and technical/financial supervision of relevant ministries.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ANAQ-GN is Guinea's national quality assurance authority that conducts institutional habilitation (authorization to deliver recognized degrees), program accreditation, research structure labeling, external evaluations, and annual ranking of higher education institutions. It also delivers quality assurance training and capacity building to institutions, research centers, and doctoral schools. The agency applies rigorous reference frameworks and expert panel assessments to certify quality standards across Guinea's higher education ecosystem, supported by its online PGEL evaluation management platform.

Product overview

ANAQ-GN (Autorité Nationale d'Assurance Qualité dans l'Enseignement, la Formation et la Recherche) is Guinea's national quality assurance authority for higher education, research, and technical/professional training. The organization operates as a unified service focused on institutional evaluation and program accreditation rather than a multi-product platform. Its core offerings consist of: Habilitation (institutional accreditation), Accreditation of Training Programs, Research Structure Accreditation/Labeling, Institution Ranking, External Evaluations, and Quality Assurance Training and Capacity Building services. These services work together to ensure quality standards in Guinea's higher education system through systematic evaluation, certification, and continuous improvement frameworks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Habilitation (Institutional Accreditation)
• Accreditation of Training Programs
• Research Structure Accreditation/Labeling
• Institution Ranking
• External Evaluations
• Quality Assurance Training and Capacity Building

Quantifiable outcome

• 404 programs accredited (50.5% accreditation rate)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ANAQ-SUP SenegalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 April 2019Partnership agreement with Senegal's National Quality Assurance Authority for Higher Education. Includes exchange of expert evaluators, training of evaluators, staff mobility, and joint activities under a three-year cooperation plan.
• ANEAQ MoroccocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 April 2019Partnership agreement with Morocco's National Agency for Evaluation and Quality Assurance. Cooperation in quality assurance expertise and best practices.
• FrAQ-Sup (Francophone Quality Assurance Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMembership in the Francophone Network of Quality Assurance Agencies for Higher Education, promoting harmonization of quality practices in francophone Africa.
• RAFANAQ (African Francophone Quality Assurance Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMembership in the African Francophone Network of National Quality Assurance Agencies. Active participation in annual general assemblies and continental harmonization initiatives.
• INDIGO Project (University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternationalization and Development of Indicators for better Governance of Higher Education in Guinea. Partnership with University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France for institutional development and strategic planning support.
• AMA-ES MauritaniaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership agreement with Mauritanian Authority for Quality Assurance in Higher Education.
• AMAQ MaliminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership agreement with Malian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education.
• ANAQ-Sup NigerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership agreement with Niger's National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education.
• Agence Tunisienne d'Évaluation et d'AccréditationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership agreement with Tunisia's Evaluation and Accreditation Agency.
• QA-Doc ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational project supporting quality evaluation of doctoral schools through an international consortium that Guinea participates in.
• HAQAA3 (Harmonization of African QA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAfrican Union initiative for harmonizing quality assurance and accreditation systems. ANAQ underwent external evaluation by HAQAA3 panel of experts in 2026.
• OBREAL GlobalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization coordinating HAQAA3 initiative for African higher education quality harmonization.
• CAMEScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAfrican and Malagasy Council for Higher Education. ANAQ participates in CAMES activities and contributes to continental higher education harmonization.
• AUF (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrancophone University Agency, partner in INDIGO project and higher education development initiatives.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AMAQ Mali: Malian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education; counterpart agency with the same institutional accreditation and program evaluation mandate and a bilateral partnership with ANAQ-GN.
• ANEAQ Morocco: Morocco's National Agency for Evaluation and Quality Assurance; shares ANAQ-GN's scope of program/institution evaluation and is a bilateral cooperation partner.
• ANAQ-SUP Senegal (ANAQ-Senegal): Senegal's National Quality Assurance Authority for Higher Education, with an identical mandate (institutional habilitation and program accreditation) and a formal cooperation agreement with ANAQ-GN covering expert exchange and joint training.
• Agence Tunisienne de l'Evaluation et de l'Accréditation: Tunisia's national evaluation and accreditation agency; long-established francophone peer with comparable program/institution accreditation scope and a cooperation agreement with ANAQ-GN.
• AMA-ES Mauritania: Mauritanian Authority for Quality Assurance in Higher Education; operates the same habilitation/accreditation model in a neighboring francophone country and is a partnership counterpart of ANAQ-GN.
• ANAQ-Sup Niger: Niger's National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education; sister agency in francophone West Africa with cooperation agreement with ANAQ-GN.

Others

• AUF (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie): Francophone University Agency supporting higher-education development through the INDIGO project; an ecosystem partner of ANAQ-GN for capacity building and reform support.
• World Bank (Project BoCEJ): Financing partner through the Boosting Skills for Youth Employability (BoCEJ) project that supported ANAQ-GN's installation and institutional capacity building; a key development-funder counterpart.
• OBREAL Global: Coordinator of the HAQAA3 African higher-education quality harmonization initiative; a strategic ecosystem partner that benchmarks ANAQ-GN against ASG-QA standards.

Broad incumbents

• CAMES (Conseil Africain et Malgache pour l'Enseignement Supérieur): Continental body coordinating higher-education harmonization across Africa; ANAQ-GN participates in CAMES activities and 43rd expert-committee session, making it a key institutional peer and umbrella.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/anaq-gn

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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