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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: Concern over turmoil in South Africa’s higher education department</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;"> 1 July 2021 Issue No: 320 </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;">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=20210630104425322" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">Initiative could amplify African perspectives on climate change</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Eve Ruwoko</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20210630104425322_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">African climate scientists and researchers face barriers and constraints, including limited funding, limited access to data and inadequate weather observation infrastructure. In response to these limitations, the recent African Climate Conference proposed a climate research for development initiative to enhance Africa’s perspectives on the global climate change agenda. </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-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=20210628104252566" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">COVID-19 vaccine technology transfer hub for Africa</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Wagdy Sawahel</div>The World Health Organization and its COVAX partners are working with a South African consortium comprising Biovac, Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, a network of universities and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to establish its first COVID-19 mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub.</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=20210629100430454" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">HE sector concerned over turmoil in department</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Edwin Naidu</div>Despite the appointment of three senior leaders, South Africa’s national Department of Higher Education and Training is in “tatters”. The turmoil, which allegedly includes tension between the minister and his head of department, is a source of considerable concern in the higher education sector.</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;">ANGOLA</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=20210627143947698" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Critical systemic reforms starting, but experts are sceptical</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Andreia Nogueira</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=coronaafrica2020nl" style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlview.php?id=coronaafrica2020nl" 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;">ETHIOPIA-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=20210629222109163" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">Ethiopian group asks for academics’ support in dam dispute</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Esther Nakkazi</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20210629222109163_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">Members of an advisory council to the Ethiopian government have called on university leaders and academia from all over the world to reject “outdated and unfair colonial treaties” as grounds for settling the dispute over the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. </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=20210624071752451" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Millions available for ‘promising’ early-career researchers</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Scovian Lillian</div> </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding-left: 10px;" 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=20210628133846154" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Faculty need policies for quality assurance of online learning</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Gilbert Nakweya</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=2021062920245657" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Sisulu Foundation: Africa responds to COVID’s ‘hard lessons’</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Gilbert Nakweya</div> </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">TANZANIA</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=20210628195924578" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">World Bank project set to boost Tanzanian higher education</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Wachira Kigotho</div> </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;">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=20210622133956498" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">HE institutional autonomy is under siege across the world</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Judith Eaton and Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic</div> </div> <div style="background: #275f3c; 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=cihe106nltext" style="color: #fff; text-decoration: none;"><b>The Boston College Center for International Higher Education</b><br> INTERNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION<br> Spring Issue No. 106, 2021 – A Partner of University World News</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;">MAURITIUS-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=20210629135041634" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">A practical approach for universities to contribute to SDGs</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Dhanjay Jhurry</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20210629135041634_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">The University of Mauritius has shown that, by focusing on targets and working with the government and industry, universities can advance the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs despite financial constraints. The role of data collection, management and research as universities pursue the SDGs will be discussed at the Association of African Universities conference from 5-8 July. </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;">GHANA</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=20210629213702161" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">All hands on deck to face the COVID-19 pandemic</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Rita Akosua Dickson</div> </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">NIGERIA</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=20210630203716118" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">‘As custodians of higher education ... we cannot fail our people’</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Nyaudoh Ndaeyo</div> </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;">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=20210629224624448" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Do degree detractors have a point?</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Brian Khoza</div> </div> <div style="background: #3b5998; 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=facebookpage" style="color: #fff; text-decoration: none;">Follow the <i>University World News</i> Facebook page<br> to comment on and share these articles</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>Student Blog</td></tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">RWANDA</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=20210629161348108" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">‘Radio Salus’ like ‘kindergarten’ for aspiring journalists</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Alice Tembasi</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20210629161348108_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">Since its inception in 2005, <i>Radio Salus</i> at the University of Rwanda has offered practical training to interns and volunteers to become journalists. Its internships put theory into practice, help participants to pinpoint differences between university study and the world of work and prepare students to be confident job creators. Some of the beneficiaries stay on to become mentors. </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>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;">RWANDA</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=20210627165955830" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">The challenge of juggling academics and motherhood</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Jean d’Amour Mbonyinshuti and Alice Tembasi</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20210627165955830_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">Unintended pregnancies remain a serious issue that keeps thousands of young women out of school and higher education institutions. According to figures from the Rwanda Ministry of Health, 17,849 cases of teen pregnancies were recorded in 2016, which decreased to 17,337 in 2017 and went up to 19,832 in 2018. In 2019, teen pregnancies increased to 23,628. </div> <div style="background: #a00407; 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=coronaafrica2020nltext" style="color: #fff; text-decoration: none;">Click here for our hub with complete coverage of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on higher education in Africa</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=2021062508552823" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">The new geopolitics of international higher education</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Emma Sabzalieva, Hannah Moscovitz and Lisa Brunner</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/2021062508552823_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">What is higher education’s role in a world of shifting international politics characterised by rising populism and authoritarianism and weak global governance. Is it to promote greater internationalism and decolonisation or to help police national borders, supporting the surveillance, settlement and retention of migrants? </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;">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=20210625102728354" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Tailored approach needed to catch-up learning post-COVID</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Gero Federkeil and Frans van Vught</div> </td> <td style="width: 50%; 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