“Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world”, Nelson Mandela once said.
African diaspora academics want to contribute their talents to benefit universities in Africa, and some are already doing so.
People’s attitudes towards and expectations of doctoral candidates have changed several times in Africa.
A World Bank report from 2002 identified distance education as a crucial player in Ghana’s higher education sector.
A new piece of draft legislation could give South Africa’s higher education minister increased power over the country’s universities.
Africa has the lowest university enrolment rates in the world. In the past two decades, though, virtually all the continent’s higher education systems have recorded…
Africa’s CEOs are worried that there aren’t enough skilled professionals on the continent. The financial services sector is particularly hard hit by this shortage.
Political interference in Africa’s universities is not new.
This is the story of how we opened the doors of our classroom to the world – and why I believe MOOCs have a great…
More and more universities are using part-time lecturers rather than employing full-time faculty members.
