[New Times] The government’s decision to increase funding for the national school feeding programme by 40 percent in the upcoming fiscal year deserves nothing but praise.

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[New Zimbabwe] The Association of University Teachers (AUT) has accused the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) of stalling negotiations while profiting from the labour of adjunct staff filling the roles of striking lecturers.

The State Department is restarting the processing of visa applications from students and visiting scholars, but is screening for “hostility” toward the United States.

Limits on travel and visa appointments have delayed or prevented foreign doctors from entering the country for jobs set to begin in weeks.

[Daily Trust] Clinical lecturers under the umbrella of the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) at the University of Calabar have embarked on an indefinite strike, protesting what they describe as deliberate exclusion from the ongoing process to appoint a new vice chancellor of the university.

[New Times] Mount Kigali University Vice — Chancellor Dr Martin Kimemia has congratulated Prof Egara Kabaji on his appointment as the university’s Chancellor.

[New Era] Africa’s education system is failing its youth, and urgent action is needed.

[UCT] The University of Cape Town (UCT) has once again claimed its spot among the world’s leading universities, ranking in the top 1.3% of institutions worldwide in the 2025 edition of the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR). With a global position of 275th, UCT retains its standing as Africa’s highest-ranked university.

[UCT] The University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB), in partnership with the Transport SETA (TETA) has launched a specialised programme to equip emerging transport leaders with skills to drive growth and industry transformation.

[Ghanaian Times] As part of efforts to encourage candidates writing the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), the Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrissu has led a government delegation to the 5 Garrison Education Centre and Emmause Cluster of Schools earlier today in Accra.

Readers offer differing perspectives on artificial intelligence on campus. Also: Tree of Life in Pittsburgh, on uprooting antisemitism.

Here’s how the central bank’s interest rate stance influences car loans, credit cards, mortgages, savings and student loans.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — A new government audit has revealed that Sh2.08 billion in salaries owed to university staff in the 2023/2024 financial year remains unpaid, exposing significant financial and ethical lapses within public institutions.

After lawmakers required high schools to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m., school administrators complained that it was unworkable. Last month, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a repeal.

[SAIIA] Youth@SAIIA visits Sol Plaatje University in the Northern Cape in the latest of its G20 roadshows under the banner “Connecting Youth at Universities with G20”.

[Liberian Observer] Monrovia, Liberia — The European Union (EU) has distanced itself from recent claims that it provides financial assistance to the Kofi Annan Institute for Conflict Transformation (KAICT) at the University of Liberia.

[Daily Trust] The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) stated that a total revenue accrual to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) from Education Tax reached approximately N1.024 trillion in five years.

[Capital FM] Cambridge, UK — Dr Natalya Din-Kariuki, a Kenyan-born scholar, played a pivotal role in Migrant Forms: Creative Futures, a symposium held at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge.

[Daily Maverick] Climate-proofing the basic education system must be a national priority. The President and all of government must act with urgency to ensure that schools and learners are better prepared for the storms that lie ahead.