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The Demographics of African Faculty in the East African Community (DAF EAC) project, funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, has entered its second phase with a focus on enhancing data management for faculty planning in the region. The project builds on evidence from its pilot phase and aims to…

Global research capacity is not distributed equitably, with Africa particularly under-served.

Workshop Copyright: Image by digitalskennedy from Pixabay Speed read The hubs are creating jobs and improving livelihoods for Africa’s youth Tech sector needs to support women, says an expert Share this article: Republish We encourage you to republish this article online and in print, it’s free under our creative commons attribution license, but please follow some simple guidelines: You have to credit our authors. You have to credit SciDev.Net — where possible include our logo with a lin...

Views: Visits 22 Cape Town — African technology hubs are challenging the dominance of traditional universities as sources of knowledge production, and are becoming better suited to a fast-paced knowledge economy, a study says. While traditional universities are struggling with limited resources, inadequate industry engagement and institutional disciplinary knowledge limitations, the tech hubs are effective in economic and social value creation by creating new jobs, stimulating the en...