The Aga Khan Development Network has been active in the field of education in Africa for over a century. The first Aga Khan School was established in Zanzibar in around 1905. Since then, thousands of students have been educated at Aga Khan Schools across various parts of East Africa.

Prince Rahim and Princess Salwa Aga Khan travelled to Pakistan for a six-day working visit in late October 2018, which included stops in several districts of Gilgit-Baltistan as well as in Chitral district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, along with the capital city of Islamabad and the southern city of Karachi.