How can Africa’s vast appetite for higher education be met?

A new scheme will see West African and Australian universities co-create courses that can be replicated across the region, says Joanna Newman

2 July

Unesco report suggests large share of funding goes towards scholarships in relatively wealthy nations

13 June

Meeting the continent’s need for more doctoral graduates is hampered by a lack of resources and qualified supervisors, says Teklu Abate Bekele

6 June

Ghanaian university president Patrick Awuah says local academics and students should welcome expertise that remotely based scholars bring

17 November

With the continent’s youth population set to soar, many observers worry that its overstretched universities will be unable to cope, with consequences for the whole world. So what is the solution? More overseas or online study? More branch campuses? Pan-African partnerships? Simon Baker reports