Higher education’s response to COVID-19 has been a tale of two halves: of challenges and opportunity, of solidarity and divides, and where rapid technological progress on one hand has been counterbalanced by the struggle for basic internet access on the other.

We are pleased to inform you that the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has opened calls for scholarship applications for the 9th intake of the African Business Education Initiative for Youth (ABE Initiative) and the SDGs Global Leader Programme.

The Sub-Saharan Africa Excellence Scholarship at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands is a technical university with a leading global reputation.

South Africa’s Heritage Month is a time of reflection for a country - and a world - facing numerous challenges, from inequality to climate change to (of course) a global pandemic.