[Capital FM] Nairobi — MyCredit Limited has signed a KES 1.2 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Enkisoma Africa Limited to finance and accelerate digital transformation in private schools across Kenya.

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[New Dawn] Monrovia, November 17, 2025: President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has officially relieved Mr. James A.S. Momoh of his duties as Superintendent of the Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS), following damning findings from the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC).

[New Dawn] The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Richard Nagbe Koon, has urged members of the 25th graduating class of the African Methodist Episcopal University (AMEU) to step into the world as bearers of vision and catalysts for positive transformation.

[Namibian] Once regarded as a highly respected profession, teaching is losing its value.

[Premium Times] JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, distanced himself from the 29 October incident, during which Mufutau Bello, a JAMB official who represented him, shocked lawmakers by refusing to introduce himself and objecting to the presence of journalists at a public hearing.

[Parliament of South Africa] The Select Committee on Education, Sciences and the Creative Industries has called on the Eastern Cape Department of Education to respond to the shocking news of half-a-billion-rands infrastructure grant being withheld by the National Treasury.

[Premium Times] Locals told our reporter that the terrorists, locally known as bandits, infiltrated the area through Zamfara forests, and operated unhindered despite two military checkpoints near the school.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro has strongly opposed the Ministry of Education’s proposal to reduce government capitation for day secondary schools, calling the directive unacceptable and a threat to free basic education.

[Ghanaian Times] WA — The Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD-UBIDS) in Wa, Upper West Region, has admitted 1,226 postgraduate distance and weekend students for the 2025/2026 academic year.

[New Zimbabwe] Rhodes University postdoctoral fellow and Zimbabwean journalist and media activist, Dr. Garikai Chaunza, has been appointed Co-Chair of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the African University Seminar Series – South Africa (AUSS-SA), a flagship programme of the Social Science Research Council’s APDD initiative.

[Ghanaian Times] University administrators have been urged to remain focused on the core mandate for which universities were established so they can become catalysts for national transformation, and not merely centres of instruction.

[Bhekisisa] A teacher yanked her son’s hearing aid out of his ear, mistaking it for an earbud. It was a harsh lesson for one mom who learned first hand what happens when schools fail our kids with disabilities.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — Basic Education Principal Secretary Julius Bitok has confirmed that results for the first-ever Kenya Junior Secondary Education Assessment (KJSEA) for Grade 9 learners will be released by December 11, with the Ministry of Education (MoE) completing Grade 10 selection before Christmas.

[Namibian] The University of South Africa on Friday presented a posthumous award to Namibia’s founding president, Sam Nujoma, for his contribution to the liberation struggle.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — The National Defence College (NDC) has deepened its engagement with the United States Military Group-Kenya (USMILGP-K) to strengthen cooperation in Professional Military Education (PME), with a focus on advanced training, exchange programs, and the adoption of best practices in strategic-level military instruction.

The overall number of international students enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities, including those who enrolled in prior years or who are working after graduation, fell only slightly.

Afghan officials are lashing out against their former allies in the Pakistan military as hostilities between the two countries intensify.

[This Day] Abuja — The Federal Ministry of Youth Development has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UAE Digital School, under the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiative (MBRGI), to expand access to digital education and practical skills development for Nigerian youth through the platform of Nigerian Youth Academy (NiYA).

Three-quarters of the schools in the area around the capital will be closed, although officials say the health risk from asbestos found in colored sand is low.