Regional Proposals to boost African universities Recommendations for strengthening African universities were agreed at a high-level event titled “A Strategy to Strengthen Higher Education in Africa for Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals” last weekend, held alongside the United Nations General Assembly meeting to adopt…
Regional Growth in Numbers Versus Growth in Skills Universities have ill-equipped graduate recruits for the new demands placed on them by the working world – a problem highlighted by the estimate that 365,000 South African graduates are unemployed, despite the economy experiencing 450,000 vacancies for…
Regional Call to Implement Bologna Process-Inspired Reforms in Africa The African Union Commission is pushing for all of its 54 member countries to ratify the UNESCO-backed 2014 Addis Convention – the Revised Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Certificates, Diplomas, Degrees and Other Academic Qualifications…
Regional South Africa Dominates Africa University Rankings A new university ranking compiled by Thomson Reuters has listed the top 10 tertiary institutions on the African continent, led by South Africa’s University of Cape Town. The ranking looks specifically at university reputation, which reflects a university’s…
Regional Overseas-Educated Graduates Underused African and European cooperation has produced a growing number of African graduates who have studied abroad. But the continent is not benefitting as much as it should from their world-class talent because, although the graduates want to contribute to capacity building…