By Geoff Maslen. More than five months of fighting between the government and rebel forces in South Sudan has further devastated the country's already neglected higher education system.
Two of South Sudan’s five public universities fell in the path of some of the war’s heaviest clashes. Read more...

By Ruth Olurounbi. The President of University of the People (UoPeople), Shai Reshef, the world’s first non-profit, tuition-free, accredited, online university, has said that a tuition-free, online model for tertiary education can solve the vast shortage of university seats, impacting millions of people in Africa and around the world.
Reshef, who has 20 years of experience in the international education market, said a private sector partnership, would, in no small way, solve the problem of unavailability of university seats in Africa. More...