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AU CIEFFA and ImpactHER Launch Fourth Edition of Pan-African Digital Skills Training Reaching 55 Member States
The African Union International Centre for Girls' and Women's Education in Africa (AU CIEFFA) and ImpactHER launched the fourth edition of their fully-funded online capacity-building training in July 2026, targeting digital skills, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and gender equality in STEAM across all 55 AU Member States. The programme has certified over 12,500 participants since its inception.
African Union and Partners Launch Africa Skills Landscape Initiative to Map Continental TVET Investments
On 15-16 June 2026 in Paris, the African Union Commission, UNIDO, WorldSkills International, and UNESCO convened 24 institutions to advance the Africa Skills Landscape Initiative — a joint effort to map TVET investments across the continent, improve coordination, and align skills development with the Continental TVET Strategy 2025-2034.
African Union Opens Innovating Education in Africa 2026 Call with USD 50,000 Grants for TVET and EdTech Innovators
The African Union's Department of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation launched the 2026 Innovating Education in Africa call on 31 March 2026, offering grants of up to USD 50,000 for scalable innovations in TVET modernisation, AI-integrated training, green skills, and university-industry innovation hubs. The deadline for submissions was 30 April 2026.
UNESCO 2026 GEM Report Warns Out-of-School Children Rise to 273 Million as Progress Stalls for Seventh Consecutive Year
The 2026 Global Education Monitoring Report, launched on 25 March 2026, reveals that 273 million children and youth are now out of school worldwide — the seventh consecutive annual increase. The report introduces a new Equitable Funding Index showing fewer than one in ten countries direct education resources effectively toward disadvantaged populations.
ARUA Launches 42 Early-Career Research Fellowships Across Africa with 70% Reserved for Women
The African Research Universities Alliance, backed by the Mastercard Foundation and Carnegie Corporation, is funding 42 six-month residential fellowships at its Centres of Excellence and Africa-Europe Clusters of Research Excellence, with at least 70% of positions reserved for female candidates and a monthly stipend of US$2,000.
Makerere University Confers Record 213 PhDs at 76th Graduation, Signalling Shift in African Doctoral Training Capacity
Makerere University's 76th graduation ceremony, held from 24-27 February 2026 in Kampala, saw a record 213 PhDs conferred alongside 2,503 master's degrees and over 6,300 undergraduate degrees. The figures represent a significant increase from the previous year's 144 doctoral graduates, reflecting intentional progress toward increased doctoral completion rates at one of Africa's oldest universities.
ARUA Launches Early-Career Research Fellowships for 42 African Scholars with Mastercard Foundation and Carnegie Support
The African Research Universities Alliance announced a residential fellowship programme funding up to 42 early-career researchers across its 13 Centres of Excellence and 21 Africa-Europe Clusters of Research Excellence, with at least 70% of positions reserved for women. The first cohort convened for an inaugural capacity-building workshop at the University of Ghana in January 2026.
African and European University Associations Urge Leaders to Place Higher Education at the Heart of the Africa-EU Partnership
Ahead of the seventh EU-AU Summit in Luanda, the Association of African Universities and the European University Association issued a joint statement calling on leaders to formally integrate higher education and research cooperation into all major areas of the bi-regional partnership, citing 50,000 student and staff exchanges and 240 capacity-building projects already delivered.