Bridge International Academies will extend its collaboration with a further public-private partnership deal with Edo state in southern Nigeria.

The Peoples' Friendship University of Russia is working on a collaboration program with African universities, with the backing of the Moscow government.

The Copperbelt University in Zambia has entered into a partnership with the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, to begin offering Russian language courses.

Two Kenyan universities have lost a total of $6 million in investments over the past 18 months, after TNE attempts failed in East Africa, it can be revealed.

A year after publishing new rules on overseas recruitment agencies,Tanzania is set to review licenses of the agencies over claims of malpractice, including 'double-dipping' and over-charging.

China’s language and cultural Confucius Institute is setting up a US$20 million African headquarters office block in Nairobi, Kenya.

In a move that crowns years of industry battles, Education South Africa member schools have gained formal government recognition as private colleges, which stakeholders hope will ease visa issuance.

Nigeria has a higher education crisis. Last year alone, about 380,000 domestic university applicants did not get a place - and population trends suggest that the problem is not going to get better on its own. Put simply, demand isn’t just higher than supply - it is dwarfing it. Chris Parr reports on the country's bid to tackle its capacity issue.