Regional Transnational Distance Learning Project for Medical Studies Launched The inaugural class of students to take classes though a huge e-learning project based on the establishment of a North-South network of inter-university diplomas recently completed the project’s first online program in obstetrics ultrasound in Dakar,…
Regional Ministers Sign Inter-university Cooperation Agreement The Ministers for Higher Education of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi met in Bujumbura, Burundi in January 2010 and signed an inter-university cooperation agreement. Under the agreement the states from the Communauté économique des Pays des…
Regional Building Regional Research Capacity The Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) launched an experimental program in November aimed at growing the number of West and Central African faculty members with doctoral degrees. Horizons Francophones, as the initiative is known, has a principal objective of…
Regional China Announces Plans for Research Cooperation with African Nations China increased its role in African science in November, announcing a three-year plan to promote research in agriculture, medicine and clean energy as part of a $10 billion investment in the region. At the November…
Regional HP and UNESCO Continue Work to Increase Regional ‘Brain Gain’ Hewlett-Packard and UNESCO announced in October the expansion of their joint ‘Brain Gain initiative’ from five universities in the pilot phase to 15 additional institutions of higher education in the Middle East and Africa…