In the first five months of 2019, three out of every four African students who applied for a study permit to Canada had their applications rejected.

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.

Now the largest Anglophone market for African students, China’s rise throughout the continent is equal parts education, politics and investment. Anton Crace finds out how the Belt and Road initiative has driven a substantial rise in African students into China, the world’s new education superpower.

The governments of Kenya and Barbados have signed a cooperation agreement that will see the countries establish higher education ties, among other benefits.

The African Education Fund will finance training in post-secondary education on the continent, including Technical Vocational Education and STEM skills.

The University of Teramo in Italy has signed an agreement that will pave the way to forge a closer collaboration on research, training and student mobility with African universities.

Nine African universities have signed agreements with various Chinese universities and think-tanks in a bid to encourage more academic collaboration.

United World Colleges has announced the launch of its second school in Africa, to join its family of 18 schools around the globe.