By Christabel Ligami. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, or ECA, has relaunched its fellowship programme in line with Africa’s transformative agenda to provide a platform for young African graduates to gain professional on-the-job experience in a range of development-related fields. More...

By Maina Waruru. Kenyan students studying in Germany on government of Kenya scholarships are facing serious difficulties accessing the government remittances meant to support their stay and are turning to protest action. More...

By Munyaradzi Makoni. South African veteran activist Ahmed Kathrada, who died on Tuesday aged 87, has been hailed by universities for selflessly dedicating his life to fighting for freedom, justice, non-racialism and democracy. More...

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed a readiness to purge Nigerian universities of corruption and other related unwholesome practices damaging public higher institutions, reports The Guardian Nigeria. More...

By Onyi Nwaneri. In South Africa, 3.4 million young people do not have jobs, are not in school and are not receiving a proper education. With no income or education they are likely to be poor and unemployed for the rest of their lives. More...

By Christabel Ligami. The Rwandan Ministry of Education has temporarily suspended the operations of four universities and courses in six other universities as part of a strategy to deal with sub-standard educational offerings. More...

By Maina Waruru. Returning to the department of chemistry at Multimedia University of Kenya after completing his PhD studies at the State University of New York in the United States, Dickson Andala was frustrated by the lack of local laboratories that could analyse his samples he needed for his research. More...