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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;">Private universities struggle for survival in Uganda</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="http://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerclick.php?id=uwnnlafricamast" style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;"><img src="http://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;"> 21 May 2020 Issue No: 270 </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;">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=20200520144250507" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">Social science shows it can contribute to COVID-19 policy-making</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Nico Cloete, Murray Leibbrandt and Francois van Schalkwyk</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20200520144250507_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">The work of a group of economists attached to an expert academic research unit at the University of Cape Town, which led to the introduction of a child grant to relieve social distress caused by the COVID-19 lockdown in South Africa, shows that Africa has the research capacity to influence evidence-based policy-making. The bigger issue is how to expand this capacity. </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=20200519162236692" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">COVID-19 – Academy joins calls for multidisciplinary approach</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Sharon Dell and Mark Paterson</div>The Academy of Science of South Africa has called on the government to include social scientists and humanities scholars in its advisory bodies in recognition of the fact that the pandemic is not only a medical problem but a social problem as well.</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=20200520113854107" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Women make strides in HE, but sexual harassment still rife</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Kudzai Mashininga</div>Before Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party came to power in 1980, its Women’s League declared that for the revolution to triumph in its totality, there must be emancipation of women. Despite the party’s subsequent appalling human rights record, ZANU-PF managed to put in place policies that have seen women fare particularly well when it comes to higher education.</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;">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=20200520125603438" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Private universities say tax exemptions are now urgent</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">John Agaba</div> </div> <div style="background: #9bc84d; 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=paset1nltext" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;"><b>Call for Applications</b><br> PASET-RSIF PhD Scholarships in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology<br> Deadline: 15 June</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;">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=20200518104942496" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">Medical students forgo recess to join war against COVID-19</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Sue Segar</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20200518104942496_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">On Friday 13 March, Luné Smith, a fifth-year medical student at South Africa’s Stellenbosch University, attended the last of her lectures before students were expected to return home for an early recess in accordance with the government’s coronavirus lockdown rules.  </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;">KENYA</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=20200518141038342" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">COVID-19 – Fuelling a crisis already in the making</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Wachira Kigotho</div> </div> <div style="background: #dc6833; 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=jssapapers1nltext" style="color: #fff; text-decoration: none;">Journal of Student Affairs in Africa<br><b>CALL FOR PAPERS</b><br> The Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education and Student Affairs in Africa<br> Deadline 31 May 2020</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;">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=20200520072650119" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">Academy adds voice to concerns over universities bill</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Francis Kokutse</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20200520072650119_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">The Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences this week added its voice to criticism of the Public Universities Bill 2020 currently before Ghana’s parliament, calling it “dangerous and uncalled for” and “a recipe for total chaos in our tertiary education system”. </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</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=20200519093256273" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Private universities worry about losing students and staff</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%; 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=2020052013514594" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">African scientists weigh in on COVID-19 research priorities</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;"><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;">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=20200519085231986" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Universities, colleges to open for final-year students</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Kudzai Mashininga</div> </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">ALGERIA</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=20200520160132882" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">President recognises universities’ role in economic growth</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Azzeddine Bensouiah</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-GERMANY</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=20200519161234945" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Loans offer lifeline to African students in Germany</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Munyaradzi Makoni</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=20200515152947531" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">HE department unveils plan to ‘save the academic year’</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Sharon Dell</div> </td> </tr></table></div> <div style="background: #614561; 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=aapdialogue3nltext" style="color: #fff; text-decoration: none;">AAP Public Dialogue #3<br> Educational Access at Higher Education Institutions in the Age of COVID-19<br> Register now for 27 May 2020</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 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;">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=20200520101753333" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">Support staff and long shadow implications of COVID-19</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Hilda Wilson</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20200520101753333_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">‘Share best practice and work together to identify solutions, even when the dogs are barking and the neighbourhood kids are riding their scooters up and down the road.’ A senior support staff member shares her experience of managing the transition to remote work and her commitment to shaping the future. </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/bannerview.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>AAP: Universities and the COVID-19 Pandemic</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/sp-report-mobile.php?id=192" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">Dialogue #2 – Global and continental collaboration post-COVID-19</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;"></div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20200521061027983_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">In the second of a six-part dialogue series hosted by the Alliance for African Partnership (AAP), university leaders discussed the issue of “Global and Continental Partnerships and Collaboration in Higher Education Post COVID-19”. In this special report, <i>University World News</i> brings you some highlights of the discussion. The next webinar, “Educational Access at Higher Education Institutions in the Age of COVID-19” takes place on 27 May. </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=20200520160611491" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">‘Magic happens’ when problem-solving teams, partnerships align</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Karen MacGregor</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=20200521060338162" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Universities look to partnerships to boost ICT capacity</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Sharon Dell</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;">UNITED STATES</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=202005141501467" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">Is it ethical to take in foreign students mid-crisis?</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Thomas Mason</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/202005141501467_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">Campus leaders and international educators must ask themselves if it is not hypocritical and even unethical to invite international students to campus when the United States is at the epicentre of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the situation is still clearly out of control. </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; 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