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26 février 2018

Banks pledge funds for STI research and training

By Ashraf Khaled. Africa is to benefit from a multi-million-dollar boost for research and training in science, technology and innovation (STI), including the establishment of a pan-African university with funds from the African Development Bank, and a US$500 million fund from the Islamic Development Bank to finance projects in healthcare, education, water and agriculture. More...
26 février 2018

Espionage and denial – Breaking the silence of the lambs

By Damtew Teferra. News of alleged Chinese espionage at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has been circulating for the past several weeks. The reports triggered a rather long public rebuttal by the Chinese ambassador to South Africa in which he fiercely denied the allegations while stressing the constructive dimension of the partnerships between the two regions. More...
26 février 2018

University graduates to lose out in oil industry take-off

By Esther Nakkazi. As the Ugandan oil and gas industry nears take-off, experts say skilling workers for gainful employment in this sector should be concentrated in the country’s vocational institutions rather than its universities. More...
26 février 2018

Staff union blames government for poor HE access

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the federal government under President Muhammadu Buhari is doing nothing to increase access to public university education in Nigeria, writes Daramola Adebayo for the Daily Post. More...
26 février 2018

Lecturers plead for help to rescue 'broke’ universities

Academic staff have painted a gloomy picture of the financial status of public universities in Kenya and called for national dialogue to support the institutions of higher learning, writes Augustine Oduor for the Standard Digital. More...
26 février 2018

Turning silent ‘lambs’ into academic champions of intellectual capital

By Sharon Dell – Africa Editor. In Africa Analysis, Damtew Teferra writes in the wake of alleged Chinese espionage at the African Union headquarters that it is critical for Africa’s intelligentsia to step up to protect the continent’s strategic interests through the consolidation of its intellectual citadels, while Ekkehard Wolff laments that universities in Africa are doing little to address the issue of linguistic imperialism.
   In this week’s Special Report, we interview Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams, the principal investigator of a unique 21-country, four-year research project which explores the uses and impact of open educational resources in the Global South. The study, and the volume produced from it, fills a major gap in empirical research and has given educators in the South space to participate in a global conversation about open education. We also include a series of articles by Henry Trotter which give an overview of the findings.
   In Africa Features, Tunde Fatunde covers the story of the deportation of Cameroonian academics from Nigeria, and Gilbert Nakweya highlights the impact of new admissions reforms on the higher education sector in Kenya.
   In Africa News, three stories coming out of Zimbabwe, by Kudzai Mashininga and Tonderayi Mukeredzi, highlight the changes taking place in the higher education sector in the wake of the country’s recent leadership changes, while Ashraf Khaled covers the third edition of the Africa STI Forum from Cairo, Egypt.
   Finally, in World Blog this week, Philip G Altbach and Hans de Wit argue that we are seeing not just a temporary challenge from rising populism in some parts of the world but a fundamental shift on higher education internationalisation that will mean rethinking the entire approach. More...
25 février 2018

Les réalisations éducatives de l’Afrique subsaharienne : sortir de l’Afro-pessimisme

The ConversationLorsque l’on parle de l’évolution de la situation éducative en Afrique subsaharienne (ASS), c’est généralement pour tirer la sonnette d’alarme et mettre en avant le retard pris par la région. Or cette vision pessimiste occulte l’ampleur sans précédent des efforts fournis par la région dans un contexte de forte croissance démographique. Certaines idées reçues sont ainsi à confronter aux chiffres. Plus...
25 février 2018

Financer l’éducation en Afrique subsaharienne : les idées reçues à l’épreuve des chiffres

The ConversationAlors que le 2 février prochain à Dakar, le Sénégal et la France co-président la Conférence internationale de financement du Partenariat mondial pour l’Éducation, il est essentiel de remettre en question un certain nombre d’idées reçues qui parasitent les débats sur le financement de l’éducation en Afrique subsaharienne. Plus...
23 février 2018

Promoting the value of useful and used research

By Stephen Coan. The Africa Evidence Network at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, recently launched the first annual Africa Evidence Leadership Award to honour and recognise those who have increased awareness of evidence-informed decision-making in Africa. More...
23 février 2018

Private universities have the potential to ‘take over’

By Francis Kokutse. Some investors in private universities are cutting corners by not maintaining quality assurance levels, short-circuiting official quality assurance bodies and procedures and generally giving a bad name to the sector. But there are exceptions, according to the acting chairman of Ghana's Council of Independent Universities. More...
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