The Malawian government has cracked down on 20 private universities and tertiary education colleges it says lack formal permission to operate, ordering that they close with immediate effect.

Formal applications must be made to the Malawi National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) for operational licences should any of the blacklisted institutions want to resume operations.…

Malawi’s National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) has suspended programmes at a Catholic university, its first punitive action on HE standards since being accused of allowing sub-par teaching in the country’s tertiary education sector,

The regulator’s target has been DMI-St John the Baptist University, a Catholic university, whose main campus is in Mangochi, in southern Malawi, with branches in the capital, Lilongwe, and Blantyre, the country’s largest commercial centre.…

Tobacco companies are closely watching the impact of Germany’s Supply Chain Law, taking effect in 2023, the first time German companies have been given legal responsibility to respect human rights in global supply chains. Industry observers predict there will be a considerable need for additional compliance efforts by tobacco producers and traders as a result.…

To go after the money launderers, should law enforcement efforts be more oriented towards intervention in laundering networks to disrupt the movement and hiding of dirty money? Many AML specialists say yes – absolutely.

There is so much money to target.…

Malawi’s National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) has been accused of allowing accredited universities to operate and deliver academic programmes that breach the minimum requirements it must set under national law. 

The claims come as the NCHE has launched a five-year strategic plan lasting until 2026, which will – for instance – involve the agency improving oversight and its human resources, while enhancing transparency, accountability, governance and management systems.…

Sub-Saharan Africa has natural resources that aids the development of renewable energy, it has lots of sun, plentiful wind, and much potentially sustainable biomass. With the development of small-scale affordable renewable energy technologies, such systems have been promoted by major aid agencies keen to prevent deforestation and excessive reliance on fossil fuels, that – even where they are plentiful, have not usually led to widespread economic development.

African universities must undertake strategic collaborations, boost innovation and develop entrepreneurial initiatives, targeting the needs of students to remain relevant in the future, a higher education conference in Nigeria has been told. These concerns formed the core of discussions when public and private sector tertiary education experts gathered over Zoom and in-person in Lagos to discuss the future of African universities at the second edition of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) International Week conference.…

THE NEED for a proactive effort to improve the teaching and researching of physics in sub-Saharan Africa, as a foundation for critically important scientific work, has been highlighted in a new report from the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and the UK-based Institute of Physics (IOP).…

Malawi, one the world’s largest producer of burley leaf tobacco, is making significant efforts to reduce child labour within its tobacco left sector, but the problem is still endemic.

A key sensitivity is that Malawi’s economy heavily relies on tobacco leaf, which contributes to 52% of the total export value for the country, according to the Malawi ministry of finance 2020 annual economic report.…

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has been honoured as a ‘Champion of Higher Education in Africa’ by the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM).

This consortium of 129 African universities within 38 countries said it decided to honour President Chakwera for his government’s efforts in promoting inclusive higher education in Malawi and in other African countries.…