Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 13.5% of the global population but less than 1% of global research output. In 2008, Africa produced 27,000 published papers – the same number as the Netherlands. There ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The University of Johannesburg has been ranked as sub-Saharan Africa’s best university, beating two historic rivals — the ...

Universities shouldn’t ignore graduates once they leave the institution. Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Universities across Africa are sitting on – and ignoring – a ...

South Africa and Egypt dominate the top ten universities in Africa according to U.S. News & World Report rankings The University of Ibadan is Nigeria's only representative, ranking fourth in Africa ...

The sign at the entrance to Obafemi Awolowo University proclaims this campus, renowned for its Modernist architecture and horticultural diversity, the most beautiful in Africa. A decade ago, however, ...

The World Heritage Centre, in close collaboration with the UNESCO Multisectoral and Regional Office in Dakar and the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF), organized a workshop entitled "World Heritage ...

After a hitman tried to assassinate the vice-chancellor of Fort Hare University but ended up gunning down the academic’s bodyguard, in January 2023, South Africa’s police abducted and tortured a union ...

Research-intensive universities can produce world class researchers. anyaivanova/Shutterstock There are some areas of improvement. A 2014 World Bank study showed that ...