International business schools have found a niche market in creating courses to improve customer services and management skills for West African public servants
University
Gone are the architect's pens and pencils
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.
French Africa: the last open-air jail?
Tunisian campaigner Mahdi M'rabet speaks out about why he thinks Francophone Africa should start learning English
By : Mahdi M'rabet
Too many PhDs and not enough scientists
Research for research’s sake benefits nobody. African farmers should be telling their scientists what problems need solving. 

Kenyan higher education is a luxury for the poor, a commodity for the rich
A system known as 'Module II' aimed at making those students who can, pay for their higher education, is bringing down the integrity of the degrees on offer, writes Moses Karanja, a graduate from the University of Nairobi, Kenya
By : The Africa Report
To a virtual degree
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
By : The Africa Report
It's fun to teach geniuses
"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.
By : The Africa Report
