Western countries are luring African medical professionals and healthcare workers to migrate as they seek to bridge the gap in medical personnel created by the coronavirus outbreak. Is this a loss for Africa, or are we entering into a different future globalised landscape? Read more>

Date : 7 July 2020 Location : online via ZOOM           Website

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As industrialized economies start to see Covid-19 cases decline, the threat the coronavirus poses to much of Africa will soon become front and center. This is certainly not the first time a disease or virus has drawn attention to the vulnerabilities of health systems in the global south. However, the …

Investment in Man: IsDB’s Scholarship Programme By HE Dr. Bandar Hajjar, President of Islamic Development Bank Read more>

The rapid move to online teaching and learning as a means to curtail the spread of COVID-19 has exposed African universities to greater risk of cyber-crime, according to a number of experts. Read more>

Morocco’s Broadcasting and Television National Company (SNRT) is partnering with the Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research to offer tele-education for students without access to the internet as universities shut down campuses to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Read more>

The field of medicine, specifically, wouldn’t have taken shape as early as it did without Muslim scholars. Read more>

A Tunisian students’ union has roundly rejected a proposal by the government to move classes online and has called for a boycott of enrolment on online education platforms, raising questions about how feasible an option online education is in many African countries. Read more>

As the coronavirus infections continue to spread, many African universities are galvanising their research resources and expertise to find a medical solution to the pandemic or limit its spread. But chances of a big impact in the short term are slim and greater investment in fighting pandemics in the future …