Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Egypt’s minister of higher education and scientific research, said that the government was looking to introduce a …
Private providers of Africa can help meet demand for higher education
The private sector – already providing about 30% of higher education places in Africa – can do more to meet …
Knowledge City to boost science education and research
In an effort to establish itself as a regional hub for higher education, science and technology, Egypt plans to set …
VIRTUAL INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA
In January 2017, the Virtual Institute for Higher Education in Africa will reopen its digital doors with a new set …
DOCTORAL EDUCATION – NEED FOR MORE RADICAL RETHINKING?
The just-published Doctoral Education in South Africa by Nico Cloete, Johann Mouton and Charles Sheppard reveals new approaches South Africa …
JOINT PRE-ADMISSION OFFICE IN NIGERIA
[metaslider id=1638] Within the framework of Ukrainian-Nigerian cooperation on the November 27, 2015, the agreement on the establishing the pre-admission …
DEVELOPMENT OF COOPERATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION: AFRICA-EUROPE
As part of efforts to advance legal migration and mobility, an action plan adopted at the recent European Union-Africa Valletta …
AFRICA’S SCIENCE ON THE RISE
Africa’s rose to 33,300 publications last year, up from 21,000 in 2008, according to UNESCO Science Report: Towards 2030. Africa’s …
RANKINGS COULD BOOST UNIVERSITIES
Amid concerns that global rankings of universities prejudice African institutions, Peter Okebukola, former executive secretary of Nigeria’s National Universities Commission …
AFRICA’S ‘TEACHING SHOPS’: THE RISE OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES
In the expansion of higher education, the establishment of private, for-profit universities has become “almost a defining principle”. So says …