31 January 2023
Calls to Re-Energise the African Crop Science Society
The research community, in general, and agricultural scientists and institutions, in particular, have been called upon to join efforts in revitalising one of the most critical local research associations, the 30-year-old African Crop Science Society (ACSS). Read more
Open Access Publishing Deal for Low-, Middle-Income Countries
Academics based in 70 low- and middle-income countries, including those in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, will be able to have their primary research published Gold Open Access by Nature – at no cost – thus enabling their scientific work to be permanently and freely available online for anyone to read. Read more
31 December 2022
Calls on Governments to Increase HE Funding Grow Louder
Africa’s youth has to be at the centre of the region’s clamour for economic transformation. This has been a clarion call from multiple policy and education platforms during 2022, the latest being the high-level Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture, or RUFORUM, …Read more
Mozambican Undergraduates Win Chinese Ambassador Scholarship
A total of 12 undergraduates from Mozambique’s University Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), were awarded Friday in Maputo this year’s Chinese Ambassador Scholarship. Read more
Professor Adipala Ekwamu: A Science Ambassador of Note
Professor Adipala Ekwamu is one of the most influential figures in higher education in Africa today, having founded the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) and serving as its executive secretary for nearly two decades. Read more
Quality Assurance Networks Should Work Towards Harmonisation
The need to harmonise higher education systems, including quality assurance, to support the sustainability of the continent’s developmental transformation was emphasised by Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Education, … Read more
Twenty (20) Winners of RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition 2022…
The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is pleased to announce the 20 winners of the 2022 RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition. The competition attracted 136 applications from 16 countries in Africa. Read more
UNESCO Launches Training on a Systems Thinking Tool to Promote Inclusive Education
To UNESCO every learner matters equally. The mission of its education sector is to “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”. Read more
30 November 2022
Advances in the Health Sciences Noted
A total of 96 universities in 17 African countries have been ranked in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023 by Subject that lists achievements in academic fields across 11 selected major subject areas. Read more
Challenges Embodied in SDGs Need Transdisciplinary Approach
The importance of the co-creation of knowledge involving African policy-makers, scientists and agricultural experts to transform African agricultural and food systems in the context of climate change, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Africa Agenda 2063 was emphasised during a round-table discussion on 14 November at COP27. Read more
Company Payroll Levy for Vocational Education Proposed
The Mozambique government has proposed that companies in the public and private sector should be obliged to contribute 1% of their payrolls to finance vocational education institutions in the country. Read more
‘There is So Such Thing as an African University’
The idea of universities in Africa as places for the pursuit of knowledge has been denigrated by influential voices promoting the view that they should rather operate as instruments to fix the continent’s maladies, says Patrício Langa, an associate professor of higher education at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. Read more
Twenty (20) winners of RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition 2022…
The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is pleased to announce the 20 winners of the 2022 RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition. The competition attracted 136 applications from 16 countries in Africa… Read more
31 October 2022
Catholic University Commemorates 30th Anniversary of the Peace Accords
The International Conference, organised by the Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM), occurred at UCM’s Faculty of Social and Political Sciences in Quelimane, central Mozambique. Read more
About TAFSA ProgramIntra-Africa Mobility to Train Agribusiness and Food System Scientists for African Agriculture (TAFSA) is funded by the European Union (EU). The program is run by 5 African Universities… Read more
Number of Ranked Universities in Africa Increases to 97
African universities have made dramatic progress in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023 as, for the first time, 97 universities from 17 countries, up from 71 last year, have been rated to be part of the best universities globally, with 10 of them in the top 500. Read more
Twenty (20) Winners of RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition…
The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is pleased to announce the 20 winners of the 2022 RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition. The competition attracted 136 applications from 16 countries in Africa… Read more
World University Rankings 2023: UI, UNILAG, Covenant Universities Make Africa’s Top 20
The latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings has ranked three Universities in Nigeria among the first top 20 institutions in the African continent. In the latest rankings Published by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 25, African Universities made debut appearances in the growing list of entries… Read more
30 September 2022
Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE Impact) to Reward Quality, Applied Research and Innovation
SIRA recognizes and promotes excellent research and innovation which responds to Africa’s developmental challenges. Read more
Governance Systems Can aid Seamless Leadership Transitions
Moments of leadership transition reveal much about the governance systems and processes in an organization. The more robust the institutional arrangements are, the more seamless the transition. Read more
HE has Role in Unlocking Green Growth on the Continent
The advancement of green growth in Africa has implications for education and training as well as research and innovation, ranging from rethinking how to mainstream the green growth approach into the formal education system, to developing the required human resources. Read more
Mining and Minerals have had Limited Educational Benefits
The story of mineral discoveries and mining in Africa being a social curse for the continent is likely to persist after researchers at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank recently found no conclusive evidence of intergenerational mobility into higher education in most African countries and districts where extractions of mineral resources occur. Read more
31 August 2022
Macroalgae Project to Benefit Science and Communities
Marine farming in Mozambique and the country’s research capacity in the field of aquaculture are set to benefit from the work done by Dr Valera Dias, a senior lecturer at Eduardo Mondlane University’s department of biological sciences in Maputo and one of the 44 handpicked beneficiaries of the African Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence (ARISE) programme. Read more
Millions to go Towards Six Agriculture Research Centres
The World Bank and the Inter-University Council of East Africa (IUCEA) have signed a grant agreement of US$10 million as part of additional financing for the Eastern and Southern Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence project (ACE II AF). Read more
RUFORUM Board Appoints a New Executive Secretary
Professor Theresia Nkuo-Akenji, RUFORUM Board Chair and Vice Chancellor University of Bamenda in Cameroon today announced the appointment of Dr. Patrick Okori as the next RUFORUM Executive Secretary effective 01 January 2023. Read more
30 June 2022
7th ACE Impact Regional Workshop Officially Opened…
Professor Mrs. Eléonore Yayi Ladekan, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Republic of Benin officially opened the seventh regional workshop of the Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence Project (ACE Impact) at Palais des Congre in Cotonou Benin on the 14th June 2022. Read more
African Centres of Excellence Want to Secure Their Longevity
The World Bank-funded Eastern and Southern Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence (ACE II) have raised millions of dollars to guarantee their sustainability. Read more
Corrected Textbooks to Be Available Next Year
Correcting the mistakes detected in primary school textbooks in Mozambique should be concluded this year, so that the books will be available for use in the 2023 school year, according to a report in the Sunday paper “Domingo”. Read more
Final Day of the IOFs Sigh-Level Forum Culminated in the Almaty Declaration
Islamic Organization for Food security concluded two-day Food security Forum. The High-level Forum attracts ministers, decision-makers, opinion-leaders, leading scientific experts and participants of agro-industrial sectors to discuss a wide range of issues in nutrition and Food Safety correlation. Read more
Police, Military Central in State Assaults on Students
Of 28 profiled countries in Education Under Attack 2022, half are in Africa. The highest number of incidents on the continent were recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mali. The study reports more than 5,000 attacks on education facilities, students and educators, or military incidents, globally in the past two years. Read more
Spain Plans to Recruit More Students from Sub-Saharan Africa
Spain has embarked on an ambitious plan to attract international students and highly skilled workers from Africa as part of its new strategy, Focus Africa 2023, which aims to establish stronger academic, economic and diplomatic ties with African countries, especially those in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read more
Terror Groups Often Behind Attacks on Education Sector
Most governments in Africa have been unable to shield schools, universities, students, teachers and academics within their borders from attacks by terrorist organisations and other non-state armed groups, according to findings from the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA). Read more
31 May 2022
Global ‘Roadmap to 2030’ for Higher Education Announced
Daniel Nivagara, minister of science, technology and higher education, Mozambique, noted “the fact that higher education is a universal right: this is a challenge”. Read more
The goal of TAFSA project is to enhance synergetic cooperation amongst selected Agricultural Universities in Africa. Specifically, the project aims at supporting these African universities with research and training of skillful and competent professionals to contribute to the improvement of food systems, and agribusiness… Read more
Nyusi Challenges Universities to Strengthen Knowledge Production
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has challenged the publicly owned Eduardo Mondlane and Lurio Universities (UEM and UNILurio) to strengthen their capacity to produce knowledge based on scientific research, in order to meet the current challenges faced by the country. Read more
Open University of Mauritius and the Nelson Mandela University of South Africa Collaborate on FishFORCE Project
A High-Level stakeholders’ meeting for the establishment of a Fisheries Law Enforcement Academy, was held, this morning at Le Meridien in Pointe aux Piments. The initiative is a joint collaboration of the Open University of Mauritius and the Nelson Mandela University (NMU) of South Africa. Read more
UNESCO to Hold Inception Workshop for the BuPuSa Project
It is expected that representatives from government, the private sector, disaster management institutes, water management institutes, academia, climate and meteorology, development partners, NGOs and community representatives will take part in this workshop. Read more
UNPRPD Hosts Focus Group Discussions to Inform Disability Audit Tool for Tracking and Documenting Stigma and Discrimination
As part of the first phase of the audit tool development, a focus group discussion with Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) learners and instructors was held at Harare Polytechnic… Read more
31 March 2022
Evacuation of Africa’s Students from Ukraine Continues
While 17 African countries were among the 35 states that abstained from voting on a United Nations resolution on Wednesday 2 March demanding that Russia “immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine”…Read more
Mamdani Talks About his Research Legacy and Work at Makerere
Professor Mahmood Mamdani was the executive director of the Makerere Institute of Social Research at Makerere University, Uganda, from 2010 to the end of February 2022. During this time, he has revamped the institution’s mission and established a robust PhD programme. Read more
Research Initiative to Tackle Food Security, Global Warming
In an effort to bolster cooperation between European and African countries as they face joint challenges in agriculture, food and the environment in a context of climate change, two French science bodies, in cooperation with 20 African universities and institutes along with three sub-regional organisations, have launched a research initiative… Read more
SADC Education for Sustainable Development Framework on the Horizon
The dialogue is one of UNESCO’s responses to the aspirations enunciated in the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) 2020–2030 of SADC, that is to develop and implement programmes, in order to improve human capacities for socio-economic development… Read more
28 February 2022
‘Intense’ Cyclone Batsirai Set to Hit Madagascar
Dr Liz Stephens, climate research and resilience researcher at the University of Reading, said:”Tropical Cyclone Batsirai is a far more intense storm than Tropical Storm Ana, which itself led to enormous impacts across Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi in late January. Read more
Namibia Teams Up with Mozambique on Diseases Project
The National Commission on Science Research and Technology (NCSRT) is collaborating with Mozambique on a research project on how to apply indigenous knowledge to deal with three infectious diseases in Mozambique and Namibia. Read more
University Systems in 45 Countries have Barely Been Studied
Higher education in Africa has become a frequently researched topic from 2000 onwards, but the systems in 45 out of 54 countries on the continent have barely been studied and 20 countries lack internal higher education expertise. This is a matter of concern, states a new study. Read more
31 January 2022
Collaboration to Boost Research and Training in East Africa
Two higher education organisations in East Africa, the Inter-University Council of East Africa (IUCEA) and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to formalise their collaboration in advancement of postgraduate training and research in East Africa. Read more
31 December 2021
Omicron: Academics Voice Their Dismay Over Travel Ban
African academics have expressed dismay at the move by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and other countries to block flights from several African countries following the sequencing of a new, potentially more transmissible variant of COVID-19. Read more
Researchers Failing ‘Relevance Test’, Some HE Ministers Say
African ministers of education, science and technology faulted scientists for doing research that seemed to be producing knowledge for “the sake of it”, without clear benefits for the larger society and its national challenges. Read more
UNESCO Concludes Training of African Judicial Institutions on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists
UNESCO in partnership with the African Court of Human and Peoples Rights conducted a 5-day Training of Trainers (ToT), organized between the 29 November to 3 December 2021,… Read more
U.S. Government Boosts Youth Employability Skills and Builds Ties Between Universities and Private Sector
The U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), launched a higher education career development program in Maputo and Manica Provinces. Read more
30 November 2021
More PhD Scholarships in Applied Sciences to be Awarded
The African continent and its universities need more high-quality researchers and innovators not just male, but female scientists, too, said Dr Moses Osiru, manager of the regional coordination unit of the Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (RSIF), … Read more
New Regulation Forces Universities to Oust Graduate Teachers
Higher education institutions in Mozambique are now under legal pressure to replace lecturers who only have bachelor degrees with those who have masters and PhD qualifications. Read more
31 October 2021
Almost One in Four Female African Entrepreneurs Have Innovated, According to a UNESCO Survey
At least half of the women entrepreneurs held at least a bachelor’s degree in nine of the ten countries studied. These findings contradict a misconception in Africa that women launch their own business for lack of education or other career options. Read more
Laureates from Brazil and Mozambique to Receive 2021 UNESCO Prize for Girls’…
Held as part of UNESCO’s celebration of International Day of the Girl 2021, the formal award ceremony will be followed by the launch of a new China-Africa collaborative project on ‘Promoting School Health Education for girls in Africa in the COVID era’, funded by Peking University … Read more
Limkokwing Hits Back at Critics
The Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, which recently set up shop in Namibia, has attributed recent bad publicity on the institution as a smear campaign conducted by people with malicious intent to tarnish its reputation. Read more
Millions for Regional Programme in Oceanography
The Nelson Mandela University in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has a new programme on ecological connectivity and oceanography in the south-west Indian Ocean that is anchored on linking marine studies in Mozambique, Madagascar, the Seychelles, the Comoros and South Africa. Read more
30 September 2021
African Universities Hamstrung by Poor Campus Networks
An ambitious action plan has been proposed to connect African universities and other post-secondary education institutions on the continent to high-speed internet at a cost of US$52 billion, an expense that would also provide laptops to 15 million students and 500,000 teaching staff… Read more
Gender Inequality, Decline in Expenditure Hamper Enrolment
African universities are expected to help tackle challenges facing African society and realise the aspirations of the Africa Agenda 2063 and the United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals 2030 in the current context of globalisation of higher education, … Read more
Journalism Schools Should Teach Peace Modules
The Sunday Mail Online Reporter Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has urged institutions of higher learning to consider adopting peace studies as a module taught to journalism students. Read more
NUC Applauds Newly Appointed Secretary-General of African Universities
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has expressed confidence in the ability of the newly appointed Secretary-General of the 54-year-old Association of African Universities (AAU), … Read more
31 August 2021
New AAU Leadership Wants to Increase its Membership
The Association of African Universities or AAU has appointed Professor Olusola Bandele Oyewole, the former vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Nigeria, as its secretary general. He will take over from Professor Etienne Ehouan Ehile, who has been at the helm for the past nine years. Read more
Oyewole Named Association of African Universities Secretary-General
The outgoing president of the Association of African Universities (AAU) governing board, Prof. Antonio Orlando Quilambo, rector of Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique, has announced the appointment of Prof. Olusola Bandele Oyewole as the secretary-general for AAU,… Read more
31 July 2021
Manica Institutes Stop Teaching Due to Covid-19
Two higher education institutions in the central Mozambican province of Manica have temporarily stopped face-to-face classes because of the spread of the Covid-19 respiratory disease. Read more
31 May 2021
RUFORUM Hosts African Government Technical Experts
The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) hosted a virtual dialogue for Africa Government Technical Experts towards the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 under the theme “Transforming food systems is crucial for delivering all the Sustainable Development Goals”. Read more
31 March 2021
Report Calls for Research Focus Beyond Biomedicine
Enrolment in tertiary education in Mozambique may have multiplied more than seven times in the past 15 years, but it has not expanded postgraduate studies or promoted high-quality research and innovation, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Read more
28 February 2021
Mapping Research and Innovation in the Republic of Mozambique
The study was developed based on UNESCO’s GO-SPIN methodology, analyzing STI systems in different national contexts. Ten volumes of the GO-SPIN country profile series were published, providing key information on STI governing bodies, legal frameworks and policy instruments. Read more
Report Calls for Research Focus Beyond Biomedicine
Enrolment in tertiary education in Mozambique may have multiplied more than seven times in the past 15 years, but it has not expanded postgraduate studies or promoted high-quality research and innovation, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Read more
UNESCO to Launch Publication on Mapping Research and Innovation in Mozambique
The publication which is part of the UNESCO Global Observatory of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Instruments (GO-SPIN) series on country profiles in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) policy, will be launched with the outstanding support of the Islamic Development Bank (BIsD) in partnership with UNESCO and Mozambique. Read more
31 December 2020
GPE Approves Record US$300 Million in Grants for the Central African Republic, Ethiopia and Mozambique
The grants will help strengthen the education sector in the three countries, including funding school construction and rehabilitation, textbook distribution, teacher training, learning assessments, school meals and improvements in management practices. Read more
Mitigating the Impact of Extreme Climate Change Events
The OR Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative announced its first 10 research chair holders on 27 October. Read more
UNESCO Addresses Societal Inequalities and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Nine Sub-Saharan African Cities
Moderated by Simona Bignami, Professor of Demography at the Université de Montréal, the webinar welcomed more than 100 participants from around the world. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the pandemic triggered severe economic and social contractions, magnifying the long-standing legacies of prejudice, injustice, and increasing inequalities of our societies. Read more
31 October 2020
Insurgency Disrupts Research, Endangers Lives in Region
The ongoing Islamist insurgency experienced in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique’s northernmost province, since 2017, which has already displaced more than 250,000 people and killed more than 1,500, is damaging the operations of the region’s higher education institutions, affecting students and staff. Read more
30 September 2020
World Bank $104m for Mozambique’s Skills Development Programmes
The World Bank board of directors approved a $104 million in support of skills development programmes for youths in Mozambique. Read more
30 June 2020
Universities Do What They Can to Keep Learning Ticking Over
The higher education sector of Mozambique has been thrown into disarray by the COVID-19 pandemic, with colleges and universities closed since 1 April when President Filipe Nyusi approved a state of emergency decree, imposing movement restrictions that have been extended to 30 June. Read more
29 February 2020
Reconfiguring Diaspora – From Brain Drain to Brain Gain
Traditional understandings of the African academic diaspora in terms of loss or ‘brain drain’ do not sit well with Patrício Langa, a sociologist and associate professor of higher education who straddles two academic portfolios in two African countries – one at the Institute for Post-School Studies (IPSS) of the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and another at Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique. Read more
30 June 2019
Immense Scope for Success: VC Meets Africa University Alumni in Mozambique
Africa University recently pursued its continental advancement strategy through active engagements of eight representatives of the Mozambique Alumni Chapter in Maputo on 21 June 2019. Read more
30 April 2019
Church Universities – A Growing Player in HE Accessibility
Although religious universities educate only about 15% of all higher education students in Mozambique, they make a significant contribution to a country with very low levels of access to tertiary studies. Read more
Universities Pick Up the Pieces in Wake of Cyclone Idai
University authorities in central Mozambique are reporting that at least 20,000 students are still unable to resume their education in the region, following serious damage caused to their institutions by Cyclone Idai, which devastated the country’s major northern port Beira over two days last month. Read more
28 February 2019
Mergers and splits – Are We Creating Pseudo-Universities?
Globally, mergers, perhaps even more so than splits, have become a typical phenomenon in higher education systems. Attesting to this claim, there is a growing body of literature on mergers, particularly in the Western context. Read more
1 April 2016
500 Million Dollars Needed for Professional Education
The Mozambican Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher and Professional Education is seeking to raise 500 million US dollars to build, rehabilitate, expand and equip 39 institutions of technical and professional education throughout the country. Read more
Chinese Company Supports Mozambique’s Professional Education
The Chinese company Huawei Technologies on Monday granted 100,000 U.S. dollars to the Mozambican Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher and Professional Education, which is the budget required to complete the construction of a professional school in the central province of Sofala. Read more
Government to Create National Fund for Financing of Technical Vocational Training
Tthe Minister of Science, Technology, Higher Education and Technical Professional Training, has assured that the government will create a National Fund for the Financing of Technical Vocational Training. Read more
Nyusi Addresses Graduation Ceremony
Mozambican President declared that Mozambique needs well trained and persistent higher education graduates, with the necessary vision to face the challenges of development. Read more
January 2016
Top University to Launch Chinese Degree Course
Mozambique’s oldest and most prestigious higher education institution, Eduardo Mondlane University, will from this year introduce a degree course in Chinese, making Mozambique one of the first countries in the Southern African region to do so. Read more
July 2015
Grappling With a Plagiarism Problem in Universities Banishing academic dishonesty could help Mozambique nurture original thinkers who are economically efficient and socially suited to develop the country. Read more
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