WENR, May 2017: Africa
South Africa: Law Programs at Four Universities May Lose Accreditation
Quality challenges at South African law programs; Kenyan reforms seek to address degree fraud; Zimbabwe focuses on ways to combat degree mills.
WENR, April 2017: Africa
Kenya: Multiple Universities Put On Notice After Identification of Degree Irregularities
A recent government audit found quality issues at most of Kenya’s 70 universities, many affecting the integrity of degrees.
WENR, March 2017: Africa
Algeria: Government to Launch University-Research Clusters to Decrease Graduate Unemployment
University-industry partnerships are expected to be clustered in important fields like management, health and medicine, communication technologies, computing, civil and industrial engineering, aeronautics and operational research.
WENR, February 2017: Africa
East Africa: Cross-Border Credit Transfer Moves Forward
Under a proposal of the Inter-university Council for East Africa, an estimated 150 million people in Eastern Africa will soon be able to freely engage in cross-border education…
WENR, December 2016: Africa
Uganda: Busoga University Accused of Issuing 1,000 Fake Degrees
The incident caused diplomatic tension with South Sudan, as most of the students are high-ranking South Sudanese government officials and army members.