Africa: Mastercard Foundation Commits $500 Million to Transform Higher Education
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Africa: Mastercard Foundation Commits $500 Million to Transform Higher Education
As Africa grapples with shrinking international development funding and rising pressure to create jobs for its rapidly growing youth population, the Mastercard Foundation is making one of the continent's biggest long-term investments in higher education, committing US$500 million over the next decade to transform African universities.
Chad has 114 teachers-researchers and researchers on the various lists of aptitude of the African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education (CAMES) within the framework of the Inter-African Consultative Committee (ICC) 2026. According to the published distribution, the Letters and Human Sciences come in the lead with 44 registered students, confirming the high representativeness of this discipline within [...] The article Higher education: Chad …
CONAKRY – As part of the modernization of Guinea's higher education system, the President of the Republic, Mamadi Doumbouya, officially transformed the Higher Institute of Distance Education (ISFAD) into the Digital University of Guinea (UNG), through a decree published on the evening of 30 July 2026. This transformation takes place in application of the
AAU Among Five Institutions Recognized For Transforming African Education Landscape
Addis Ababa University (AAU) has been named one of five inaugural winners of the Africa Higher Education for Transformation (AHEFT) Prize, a new award backed by a USD500 million, decade-long commitment from the Mastercard Foundation. Each of the five winning institutions will receive USD3 million to scale their transformative initiatives and expand educational and employment opportunities for young people across the continent. AAU was recognized…
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