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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache"> <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow, noarchive, noimageindex"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>Africa Newsletter</title>  <style>#mainsection { width:600px; } @media screen and (min-width:1088px) { .container { max-width: 960px; width: 960px } .container.is-fluid { margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 64px; max-width: none; width: auto } } @media only screen and (max-width: 950px) { #mainsection { width: 100%} .p8px { padding:8px } } #outlook a { padding:0; }</style></head> <body style="margin: 0; padding: 0; background: #FFFFFF; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif;">  <div style="float: left; font-size: 1px; color: #fff; line-height: 1px; max-height: 0px; max-width: 0px; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden;">Also: Study shows medical graduates lack practical knowledge about antibiotics</div> <div id="wrapper" style="width: 100%; background: #DDDDCC;"> <div id="mainsection" style="background: #FFFFFF; overflow: hidden; margin: 0px auto;"> <div id="header" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #000000; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; width: 100%; background: #FFFFFF; color: #FFFFFF;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlclick.php?id=uwnnlafricamast" style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlview.php?id=uwnnlafricamast" alt="University World News" style="max-width: 100% !important; height: auto !important;" border="0"></a></div> <div class="wdiv" id="content" style="background: #FFFFFF; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif;"> <table style="background: #FFFFFF;" width="100%" cellpadding="8"><tr><td width="100%"> <div style="margin-bottom: 8px; font-family: arial;"> 3 June 2021 Issue No: 316 </div> <div class="botmar8" style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><table class="section-head-white-on-black" width="100%" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; background: #e0e0e0; color: #000000; padding: 5px 8px;"><tr><td>Africa Top Stories</td></tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">GLOBAL</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20210602122154852" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">Decolonial science: Towards more equitable knowledge practices</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Jess Auerbach</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20210602122154852_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">Researchers have suggested five interventions to shift the practice in the production of scientific knowledge: decolonisation of the mind, knowledge of histories, the decolonisation of data, the decolonisation of expertise, and working in inclusive teams. In this system, African universities need to flex more muscle to create equitable research environments. </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"><table style=""><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding-right: 8px; border-right: 1px solid #999999;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">SOUTHERN AFRICA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20210602184306942" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">SADC urged to do more about digital transformation in HE</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Christabel Ligami</div>The Southern African Development Community or SADC should do more to transform the region’s higher education. Currently, its policy for cooperation on education and training lacks the force to effect change, a gathering of higher education leaders at a colloquium of the Southern African Regional Universities Association heard.</td> <td style="width: 50%; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">SAO TOME & PRINCIPE</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20210531134447165" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Island nation plans to widen higher education offerings</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Andreia Nogueira</div>The underdeveloped higher education system of the African archipelago country São Tomé and Príncipe is growing slowly amid expanding demand, and being assisted by international projects and funds.</td> </tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">AFRICA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20210601132933694" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Egypt’s peer-reviewed publication output best in Africa</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Wachira Kigotho</div> </div> <div style="border-top: 1px solid #999; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlclick.php?id=aap2021dialogue4nl" style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlview.php?id=aap2021dialogue4nl" style="width: 360px; height: 90px;"></a></div> <div class="botmar8" style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><table class="section-head-white-on-black" width="100%" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; background: #e0e0e0; color: #000000; padding: 5px 8px;"><tr><td>Africa News</td></tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">EAST AFRICA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20210527070238838" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">Medical graduates ‘lack knowledge on antibiotics’</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Wachira Kigotho</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20210527070238838_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">Medical graduates from various universities in East Africa have very little practical knowledge on the use of antibiotics in clinical scenarios and other hospital settings, a new study shows, and suggests that the situation might be widespread in the region. This, states the World Bank in a report on the economic threat of drug-resistant infections, needs more than a temporary intervention. </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"><table style=""><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding-right: 8px; border-right: 1px solid #999999;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">RWANDA-DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20210531114015255" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Universities to start classes again after earthquake</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Jean d’Amour Mbonyinshuti</div> </td> <td style="width: 50%; 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margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20210601153929445" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Students call on new female minister to tackle problems</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Wagdy Sawahel</div> </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">SOUTH AFRICA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20210525040235600" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">New privacy law demands greater protection of ‘data subjects’</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Mark Paterson</div> </td> </tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"><table style=""><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding-right: 8px; border-right: 1px solid #999999;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">SOUTHERN AFRICA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20210603070806975" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Pandemic demands innovation in internationalisation</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Christabel Ligami</div> </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">MADAGASCAR</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=2021060103163933" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Deaths of professors threaten quality of education</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;"></div> </td> </tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"><table style=""><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding-right: 8px; border-right: 1px solid #999999;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">AFRICA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20210531154636390" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Fund awards highest number of PhD scholarships yet</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Maina Waruru</div> </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">ZIMBABWE</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20210601040524745" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">New law aims to foster academic freedom, arrest brain drain</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Tonderayi Mukeredzi</div> </td> </tr></table></div> <div style="border-top: 1px solid #999; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlclick.php?id=eaie2021exchangebnl" style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlview.php?id=eaie2021exchangebnl" style="width: 360px; height: 90px;"></a></div> <div class="botmar8" style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><table class="section-head-white-on-black" width="100%" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; background: #e0e0e0; color: #000000; padding: 5px 8px;"><tr><td>Africa Commentary</td></tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">AFRICA-GLOBAL</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20210602073055329" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">Decolonisation: ‘Who we are and from where we speak’</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Samia Chasi</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20210602073055329_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">The decolonisation of higher education remains topical. It has been featured prominently in the titles of events hosted by universities and organisations working in the field of higher education around the globe. In light of its increasing prominence, have you considered what decolonisation means to you? In this article, I offer some reflections on how it relates to my personal and professional lives. </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"><table style=""><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding-right: 8px; border-right: 1px solid #999999;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">AFRICA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20210601070100323" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Novel research model aims for zero hunger in Africa</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Elizabeth Mkandawire and Colleta Gandidzanwa</div> </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">GLOBAL</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=2021052514311953" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">The role of global rankings in recolonising universities</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Chang Da Wan</div> </td> </tr></table></div> <div style="border-top: 1px solid #999; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlclick.php?id=goingglobal2021anl" style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlview.php?id=goingglobal2021anl" style="width: 250px; height: 90px;"></a></div> <div class="botmar8" style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><table class="section-head-white-on-black" width="100%" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; background: #e0e0e0; color: #000000; padding: 5px 8px;"><tr><td>Africa Features</td></tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">UGANDA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20210529162855147" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">If this don gets her way, women will reign in maths</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">John Agaba</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20210529162855147_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">Dr Betty Kivumbi Nannyonga will become the first female professor of mathematics in Uganda after the appointments board at Makerere University approves her application. She is set on recruiting and retaining more women in the core sciences and has been campaigning on the ground to talk about the importance of the subject and to show women they can succeed. </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"><table style=""><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding-right: 8px; border-right: 1px solid #999999;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">SOUTH AFRICA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20210602145727369" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Annual physics internship builds SA’s pool of scientists</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Heather Dugmore</div> </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">ZIMBABWE</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20210530190137876" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">‘We are cheap labour,’ students in work-based learning say</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Kudzai Mashininga</div> </td> </tr></table></div> <div style="background: #a00; border-top: 2px solid #000; border-bottom: 2px solid #000; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 8px; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlclick.php?id=studentblognltext" style="color: #fff; text-decoration: none;">Calling all African students. Write a blog about some aspect of your student experience for the <i>University World News-Africa</i> edition.</a></div> <div class="botmar8" style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><table class="section-head-white-on-black" width="100%" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; background: #e0e0e0; color: #000000; padding: 5px 8px;"><tr><td>Global Commentary</td></tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">GLOBAL</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20210525104743964" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">What do the next 10 years hold for global higher education?</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Heather Eggins, Anna Smolentseva and Hans de Wit</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20210525104743964_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">Many of the challenges facing global higher education in the next decade are similar to those of the past 10 years, but with the added complications of the COVID-19 fallout. 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