By Christabel Ligami. The French Development Agency, or AFD, has given a US$30 million concessional credit line to commercial banks in Kenya to finance new and ongoing university infrastructure investment initiatives in strategic faculties. Read more...

By Brendan O’Malley – Managing Editor. In Commentary, Philip G Altbach, Georgiana Mihut and Jamil Salmi report on their research and recommendations on international advisory councils, which many top universities have established to draw benefit from the perspectives of international experts. Lucy Leske looks at what it takes to lead a university’s international strategy and at the leaders who take on this tough job. Mary M Kritz says an analysis of differences in overseas study, including outbound mobility ratios, provides insights into why students of different nationalities go abroad to study.
Our World Blog provides a view of Brexit from the Continent, with Hanneke Teekens looking at the why and where to now of Brexit, which she describes as a wake-up call.
In our series on ‘Transformative Leadership’ in which University World News is partnering with The MasterCard Foundation, Sharon Dell tells how Malawi-born Mphangera Kamanga has followed her vision to study agriculture to help smallholder African farmers, particularly women, to improve their yields.
In Features, Jane Marshall discusses a new guide produced to raise awareness of MOOCs – massive open online courses – in developing countries, particularly among policy-makers.
And in a Special Report from the ‘Siyaphumelela’ or student success conference held in South Africa last week, Nicola Jenvey reports how Dr Tim Renick from Georgia State University in the US emphasises changing universities – not students – to boost success. She also reports on the major revamp of South Africa’s National Student Financial Aid Scheme. Read more...