More output than aviation industry! How Africa's universities can bring big change to cities - a few examples

By Samantha Spooner. South African universities employed about 50,000 permanent and temporary faculty members by 2011.
The role of universities in driving economic growth is widely known and was canvassed at the summit. But something very valuable, yet often overlooked, is the pivotal role they play at the core of the economic infrastructure and activity of Africa’s cities and towns. Read more...