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(MENAFN – Daily News Egypt) Gehane El Sokkary, principal socio-economist at the African Development Bank (AfDB) said that the bank is expected to sign new entrepreneurship agreement with… Read more>

Japan is reaching out to build partnerships with African universities – a move seen as part of a broader strategy of higher education diplomacy or ‘soft power’ aimed at building regional alliances and partnerships to serve the country’s cultural and economic agendas. Read more>

The 2019 QS Arab Region University Rankings have been released, and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mineralsreclaimed the lead by swapping places with the American University of Beirut. Read more>

The University is expecting to attract 50,000 students in the first year and up to 5 million students by 2025. “We understand that this is a very ambitious goal. Read more>

The Arab Region has a new top university, according to the latest edition of an independent ranking of the region’s institutions. The 2019 QS World University Rankings: Arab Region, published by global higher education think tank QS Quacquarelli Symonds, sees Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals take …

Arab educators and government officials are looking to create a classification system to better gauge universities in a region where the quality of education lags and graduate unemployment is high. Read more> 

Calls are mounting for African universities to keep pace with the world’s top 50 higher education institutions in offering more courses to harness the power of blockchain-based innovation, which could also support university administration. Read more>

In the list of top 10 African universities, two institutions made it from Nigeria while South African universities raked others. Read more>

A five-year strategy to empower people with disabilities at institutions of higher education and scientific research was approved by the Sudanese Council of Ministers from this year to 2022, in order that students with disabilities qualify, integrate into society and play a role in sustainable development. Read More>

The opening of the first Confucius Institute in Tunisia this year is the latest expression of China’s ongoing bid to expand its influence in higher education in Arab countries of the North African region. Read more>