Morocco – “UM6P: An Academic and Scientific Platform for Research in Africa”
Mohamed VI Polytechnic University, that develops in Benguerir, near Marrakesh, since 2013, also has campuses in France, Canada, and Côte d’Ivoire.
Morocco: a €95 million program to support national science
The Moroccan Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Azzedine El Midaoui, announced on 07/04/2025 the launch of the Pnardi (National Program to Support Research, Development and Innovation).
From the UK to Nigeria: Mahmoud Maïna’s challenge to establish a stemcell biobank in Yobe State
Mahmoud Maïna, neuroscientist specializing in Alzheimer’s Disease, received an award to develop a laboratory in Nigeria. “We are working on something very transformative: establishing an open-access stem cell biobank in Nigeria to answer questions on population-specific differences to diseases,” he declared to News Tank on 04/06/2025.The Wellcome Trust Fund Career and Development Award he received…
Africa: The World Bank warns of the number of unemployed young people
The World Bank highlights the number of young adults aged 15 to 24 who are neither employed nor in education or training in Africa.
Namibia : Higher Education to be free starting in 2026
The President of the Republic of Namibia announced on April 24, 2025, that public higher education will be free in the country starting in the 2026 academic year.
African Space Agency: its new headquarters inaugurated in New Cairo
The African Space Agency (ASAf) inaugurated its new headquarters in Cairo on April 20, 2025. “This step represents an important milestone in Africa’s joint action,” declared Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, speaking to the Turkish news agency Anadolu. Numerous African ministers, heads of national space agencies, and representatives from NASA, the European Space Agency, and…
Partnership between the université de Lomé, Sigma high-school and Cesi
The University of Lomé, in Togo, signed a strategic partnership with a local school, Sigma, and the french engineering school Cesi on the 14th of March 2025. The stated objectives of this partnership are multiple: to disseminate the project-based learning method; to familiarize Togolese teachers at both schools with this teaching method; to strengthen the presence…
A forum to coordinate African science stakeholders
A new forum for scientific collaboration in Africa, ASTIL (African Science, Technology and Innovation Leaders), was launched in January, headed by Heide Hackmann. “Strategic discussions on science take place behind closed doors on the African continent. Science actors in Africa almost never discuss with each other, and debates on the same topics run parallel,” Heide…
Obreal: “Supporting the development of higher education in Africa and Latin America”
News Tank’s Africa bureau interviewed Elizabeth Colucci, Director of Education Policy and Programs at the Obreal association, on March 17, 2025. “We want to convince policymakers and decision-makers that investments in higher education are drivers of sustainable development. We are working on this through capacity building, with universities, university associations, and also ministries of education,”…
Guinea: Conakry’s Gamal Abdel Nasser University accredited by Hcéres
The Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry (UGANC) has been accredited by the French High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (Hcéres) since October 2024