The number of African students in Morocco is growing, from 1,040 African students in 1994 to 16,000 today, reports Morocco World News. More...

There are still deep racial disparities among young adults at universities in South Africa, the General Household Survey released last week shows, writes Alex Mitchley for News24. More...

As the end of the university year approaches, a controversial promise by President Paul Biya more than a year ago to give students 500,000 Chinese laptops has failed to materialise. More...

By Tonderayi Mukeredzi. Infrastructure development financier, the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe, or IDBZ, says it has begun work on the construction of student halls of residence at five of the country’s state universities under the first phase of its university students and staff accommodation project. More...

By Tunde Fatunde. In the wake of a series of suicide bomb attacks this year on the University of Maiduguri by Islamic extremist terror group Boko Haram, academics have called for the government to revamp education and vocational training in order to discourage the recruitment of young men and women as cannon fodder by the militant extremist group. More...

By Sharon Dell – Acting Africa Editor. In Africa News, Tunde Fatunde writes about the response of academics in Nigeria to the intensification of attacks by Boko Haram on the University of Maiduguri, while in our Academic Freedom section, Ashraf Khaled highlights the findings of a recent report by the Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression on increased curbs by state authorities on academics in Egypt.
   In Africa Analysis, Eric Fredua-Kwarteng outlines the concept of an African developmental university, whose mission and role is determined by the needs of local society. A ‘pedagogy of connection’ is a critical necessity for the university to function effectively as a partner for development, he argues. Kajsa Hallberg Adu describes how a deep engagement with ethics at Ashesi University College in Ghana, founded by internationally respected leader Dr Patrick Awuah, is introducing new benchmarks for business and universities in the region, continent and world.
   In Africa Features, Reuben Kyama interviews a former university academic and Kenyan presidential candidate about his plans to redeem the image of higher education if elected to office, while Ochieng’ O Benny highlights the findings of a report by the Internet Society on the power of connectivity to transform higher education on the continent.
   In Q&A, Yojana Sharma interviews Kakha Shengelia, head of Georgia’s Caucasus University in Tbilisi, about his impending presidency of the International Association of University Presidents during a period of global uncertainty. And in World Blog, Patrick Blessinger argues that engaging more students in research activities as part of their educational experience will help to transform learning. More...