As Africa grapples with shrinking international development funding and rising pressure to create jobs for its rapidly growing youth population, the Mastercard Foundation is making one of the continent’s biggest long-term investments in higher education, committing US$500 million over the next decade to transform African universities. In an interview with allAfrica, Melody Chironda, Dr. John…
New Delhi, India – Silence descended over Jantar Mantar and the adjoining Parliament Street in central New Delhi at midnight, hours after the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) called off its agitation following the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Thousands of students and youth protesters had occupied the protest site near the Parliament of India,…
Pradhan announced his resignation on X in a post in Hindi saying he “respected the aspirations, dreams, and expectations of the youth” and was “pained by the events” of the past few days. “Considering the situation at Jantar Mantar and across the country – with the aim of preventing anti-national forces from exploiting it, preserving…
Addis Ababa — The African Union Commission (AUC) has called on African countries to fundamentally transform their education systems through digital innovation. Speaking at the opening of the Innovating Education in Africa Expo 2026 in Addis Ababa, AU Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (ESTI), Prof. Gaspard Banyankimbona, stressed that technology must reshape the…
Lebogang Maile, Gauteng MEC for education, sport, arts, culture and recreation. (Image source: Supplied) The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has financially committed to strengthen mathematics, science, technology, reading development and technical education in schools. As a result, the GDE has set aside R1.2 billion towards improving performance in those critical subjects, said Gauteng education…
Danladi Verheijen, co-founder of private equity firm Verod Capital Management, is bullish on the education sector in West Africa. Last year, Verod sold its stake in TAG West Africa, which operates Lancaster University Ghana. The institution offers students a UK degree at a fraction of the cost. “There’s lots of demand for education,” Verheijen says. “Families…
The African Union Commission, through the Department of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, will host the Innovating Education in Africa Expo 2026 from 13 to 14 July 2026 at the African Union Commission Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Expo will serve as a continental policy dialogue, exhibition and campaign platform to advance a digital…
Nearly 700 students from Leipzig University, in Germany, sat down last month on the square outside the college cafeteria, next to the city’s old, ruined fortifications, to vote. A sea of hands rose, holding yellow cards. The vote was almost unanimous: The student council demanded the university cease all collaboration with Israeli institutions. Recommended Stories…
Foras.AI invested in Efham.ai, an Arabic-language AI education platform developed by Egypt-based NixAI, as demand grows for artificial intelligence skills across the Middle East and North Africa. The size of the investment was not disclosed. Efham.ai said the funding will support its plan to build what it describes as the first Arabic community focused on…
Funmi Ogundare Seplat Energy Plc has been named the official Theme Partner for the Education Session at the 2026 Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS), as part of efforts to address Africa’s widening education access gap and strengthen youth employability across the continent. Under the partnership, Seplat Energy will spearhead strategic discussions on education financing, access…
