South Africa's long awaited policy framework on internationalisation of higher education offers guidance on activities across the country's campuses, including joint qualifications and internationalisation at home.
Covid-19 has exposed the unpreparedness of HEIs in Africa but also provides an opportunity to re-strategise, according to speakers at an IEASA & ANIE virtual conference.
International students are finally able to enter South Africa to study, but with a traffic light system of approvals for entry, especially impacting short-term travel, the sector is aware re-opening will be a gradual development.
South Africa's University of Cape Town English Language Centre and Kurus English have entered a partnership bringing their operations closer together.
The ANIE-IEASA partnership will enable them to enhance their cooperation on the continent and carry out joint activities to promote internationalisation.
EduSA has set up a Voluntary Bonding Scheme to encourage language students to securely enrol at South African English language schools.
A combined effort brought about one of the first large-scale, professional development events in ELT in over a decade to Cape Town.
The Kenya National Qualifications Authority is developing a policy to help the country attract thousands of international students from across Africa and turn it into a regional higher education hub.
