Adama University in Ethiopia has been transformed from a teacher-education college to a university, but students and staff still need up-to-date equipment, says Dr Tilahun Erduno.

Tunisian campaigner Mahdi M'rabet speaks out about why he thinks Francophone Africa should start learning English

Research for research’s sake benefits nobody. African farmers should be telling their scientists what problems need solving. 


With often over 100 children in their classrooms already, teachers in Tanzania can be unwiling to take in students with disabilities or special needs. But they have every right to an education, blogs Tanzanian education coordinator Edward Masangwa

Uganda’s education ministry has reduced the number of subjects being taught, but teachers find it hard to adapt to new courses says Sister Mary Theopista Tinkamnayire, National Trainer in Mathematics in Kampala, Uganda

In response to our recent article on secondary education in Ghana, Omayma Halabi Ahma, a current student at Ashesi University College in Ghana, says that universal free education is not the best solution.

The poor state of facilities at Nigerian universities means many students prefer to take degrees abroad, writes Ossai Okwudilii from Abuja, Nigeria who is studying for an online master's degree in information security and the University of Liverpool in the UK

"It’s incredibly hard to access reading materials at the University of Nairobi", writes Devon Knudsen, a part-time African politics lecturer at the University, "but one of my students came up with a way around the obstacles: one person with a decent internet connection downloads hundreds of relevant electronic journal articles and burns them onto a CD, and then makes copies for all the students in the class at only 15Ksh per CD.

Countries that do not invest enough in educating and empowering girls are undermining their economies’ resilience, productivity and competitive potential says Saadia Zahidi