The Covid-19 pandemic has forced many English language schools to close or temporarily stop offering their services to international students in the wake of travel restrictions. BONARD analysis suggests which direction the market is heading in.

Online platform StudyFree has expanded to five markets to allow international students access scholarships and grants for education opportunities.

Hospitality and culinary arts specialist Sommet Education has acquired a majority stake in South African education operator Invictus Education Group.

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.