In this article, we will take a look at the 17 countries with best universities in Africa. If you would like to skip our discussion on the education sector in Africa, you can go to the 5 Countries ...

African universities are gaining global traction, moving from the margins of academia into the mainstream of serious research and innovation. The University of Cape Coast is the highest-ranked ...

We have entered the second quarter of the 21st century. In 2050, we will be halfway through a century that is often predicted to be the African century. It is a truth universally acknowledged that ...

Africa is the only continent to see poverty rise and average incomes shrink over the last two decades, in part because its universities are not up to the task of educating the necessary cadres of ...

University of Embu chancellor Prof Paul Musili installs Prof Daniel Mugendi as the first Vice Chancellor of the institution last week. (Joseph Muchiri, Standard) Thanks to JPR Ochieng Odero, a leading ...

ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. — Claflin University is launching a partnership aimed at connecting African Universities with Historically Black Colleges and Universities. “I think the more our students, our ...

Numerous organizations and publications rank universities around the world. The value of the exercise is inherently controversial, and by definition it has winners and losers. Nevertheless, rankings ...

The World Heritage Centre, in close collaboration with the UNESCO Multisectoral and Regional Office in Dakar and the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF), organized a workshop entitled "World Heritage ...

Peter Mageto has been elected vice chancellor of Africa University, the Pan-African, United Methodist–affiliated school in Zimbabwe. A Kenyan, Mageto will be the first non-Zimbabwean to lead the ...

Students in flowing black gowns about the shaded courtyards. White-thatched dons suck on their briars tutorials on Greek philosophy. Oxford or Cambridge? In fact, the scene is black Africa, where not ...

Morocco is home to five universities ranked in the top 100 in Africa. These institutions include Mohammed V University, holding the 33rd spot; Cadi Ayyad University, positioned at 40th; Hassan II ...