African universities urged to expand farming tech efforts African Development Bank head says continent’s universities must focus on areas such as drones and AI to boost agriculture By Anna McKie 15 August
Inquiry to tackle gender imbalance among South African v-cs Universities South Africa to investigate why there are so few women in the top roles in higher education By Anna McKie 9 August
China is becoming African students’ destination du jour The high cost and visa complexity associated with Western higher education is driving a mushrooming number of African students east, says Kuyok Abol Kuyok By Kuyok Abol Kuyok 9 August
South African university drops gender titles in student correspondence The University of the Witwatersrand will not use ‘Mr’, ‘Mrs’ or ‘Miss’ in official communications By Anna McKie 25 July
Strikes force cancellation of exams at South African university Union members at Fort Hare are pushing for bigger pay increases By Anna McKie 18 July
Funding boost for African academics to fight continent’s diseases New funding commitment aims to aid drug discovery ‘in Africa by Africans’ By Anna McKie 6 July
‘Harvard of Africa’ now ‘not an academic institution’ Shift in focus at transcontinental African Leadership University prompts some staff to quit By Anna McKie 3 July
Sexual abuse rife at Ugandan university, report finds A committee investigating sexual harassment at Makerere University has called for the end of ‘rampant’ abuse of students by lecturers By Anna McKie 29 June
New Cape Town v-c relishing the bumpy ride ahead Mamokgethi Phakeng keen to engage with students’ concerns, but also wants to put academics back at the heart of the university By Anna McKie 13 June
South African student got £844K bursary in error, court told Sibongile Mani charged with theft after allegedly spending £49,000 of mistaken grant By Anna McKie 30 May
Little optimism as Kenya’s three-month university strike ends Seventy-seven day walkout has failed to address key issues of dispute over pay and benefits By Halima Gikandi 26 May
Funding boost for sub-Saharan researchers New £25 million fellowships launched by the African Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society By Anna McKie 23 May
