“Learning, if you use it, increases”: a database of African education research to inform policy and practice by Rafael Mitchell and Pauline Rose
Rafael Mitchell is a Research Associate at the REAL Centre, University of Cambridge. Pauline Rose is Director at the REAL Centre, University... Read More
Creating Productive Jobs for Africa's Youth: A Huge Challenge with Global Implications by Birger Fredriksen
By Birger Fredriksen, Results for Development. In an article in the Financial Times (“Africa’s youth, frustrated and jobless, demand attention”, April 13),... Read More
The Governance of Education and Training Agenda 2030 and Beyond: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa by Peliwe Lolwana
By Peliwe Lolwana, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. As the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) pick up from where the Millennium Development Goals... Read More
Can African Universities Deliver Knowledge for ‘Transforming our World’ Without Decolonizing the Academy? By Hanne Kristine Adriansen
By Hanne Kirstine Adriansen, Aarhus University, Denmark. In the UN document of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Transforming our World: the... Read More
Weak Institutional Capacity: A Growing Barrier to Reaching the Education Sustainable Development Goal in sub-Saharan Africa By Birger Fredriksen
By Birger Fredriksen, Results for Development Institute. A blog posted on April 27th on NORRAG NEWSbite reflected on the massively increased funding... Read More
Funding Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Can the Momentum be Maintained During the Current Economic Slowdown? By Birger Fredriksen
By Birger Fredriksen, Results for Development Institute. The impact of good quality education on a country’s economic growth is now quite well understood.... Read More
Learning in Africa's Informal Economies, 1965-2015 By Robert Palmer
By Robert Palmer, NORRAG. 50 years ago, in 1965, a young doctoral student called Keith Hart arrived in Ghana to begin his... Read More
Sustaining Literacy in Africa: Developing a Literate Environment By Peter B. Easton
By Peter B. Easton, Florida State University. The goal of achieving widespread and durable literacy in Africa and other target areas of... Read More
Building Basic Human Capital in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by 2030: A Huge but Feasible Funding Challenge
By Birger Fredriksen, Consultant, formerly World Bank. To build the basic human capital covered by the six EFA goals is an indispensable... Read More
The Red Threads of China’s Education and Training Cooperation with Africa
By Kenneth King, University of Edinburgh and NORRAG. China has an increasing role as an education collaborator with Africa, and this... Read More