The number of African students enrolled in Russian universities has reached more than 17,000, delegates at the recent Russia-Africa Summit and Forum heard.

A pre-pilot Qualifications Passport aiming to help displaced people with missing qualification documents will be launched in Zambia in this month.

The internationalisation of HE across Africa is being hampered by myriad problems, including fear by some regulatory bodies that they could lose their authority, delegates at the ninth ANIE conference were told.

The American University of Cairo has become the latest to join the US’s Fund for Education Abroad program as an Access Partner.

Russia plans to boost the number of African students studying in the country and supported by the Russian federation bursaries by at least 12% per year.

EduSA has set up a Voluntary Bonding Scheme to encourage language students to securely enrol at South African English language schools.

The EU is extending €60,000 to support scholarships for a masters degree program to be offered by Kenya’s Kenyatta University.

The government of India will offer 15,000 scholarships to African students over the next five years to pursue online courses from the country’s universities as part of a pan-African e-network project on education and medicine.