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Academics have stressed at an international conference in Tunisia the importance of ensuring African graduates secure jobs after their studies, ideally linked to the expertise they have gained during their courses. They spoke out at the second Annual Academic Summit hosted by the Honoris United Universities (HUU) network of private universities, which was staged on both campuses of Tunisia’s Central University (Université Centrale), Tunis, and the Ariana, Tunis-based ESPRIT: Ecole Supérieure Privée d’Ingénierie et de Technologies, from August 30 to September 2.…

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.…

Major vaping players are investing in innovative solutions to offer healthier, more pleasant, and more eco-friendly products, trying to reshape a segment facing a growing number of restrictive laws worldwide.

According to the Dublin-based market researcher Research and Markets, “the global e-cigarette market reached a value of USD20.4 billion in 2021” and should reach USD30 billion by 2027 (1).…

African environmental academics are struggling to get political and social support for their solutions to problems such as the desertification in North Africa and the Sahel region.

In Africa, there is a “disconnect” between policymakers and researchers, and “to some extent, even the community”, including research findings released by academics and even research institutes, said Sanusi Bello Shamaki, professor at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, north-west Nigeria.…

Embracing sustainability and digitisation are key to maintaining the international competitiveness of Japan’s textile industry, according to the country’s textile technology roadmap promoted at the 16th Asian Textile Conference (ATC-16) staged online over July 27–29.

The plan, released by Japan’s ministry of economy, trade and industry in May (2022) (1), formed the key component of ATC-16’s first plenary session and shaped much of the content throughout the three days of online lectures.…

An environment-friendly development in creating a key component of polyester has been hailed as a “path-breaking innovation that can change the future of the textile value chain and help the industry in moving toward its sustainability goal”.

This was the view of Gurudas Aras, a textile chemical consultant bases in Mumbai, India.…

United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Pure Harvest Smart Farms plans to raise funding through a new sukuk (Islamic bond) to support its food-security driven expansion plans, Tariq Sanad, the company’s chief financial officer, told Salaam Gateway.

The agritech firm’s breakthrough farming system that can produce year-round crops in the desert has attracted a diverse mix of investors since its inception in 2016.…

Researchers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been developing the extraction of gelatine from camel skin and bones, to boost production of this important manufacturing input that is often sourced from pigs. This creates halal/haram tracing problems for food, drink, medical and cosmetics product manufacturers who use gelatine.…

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With the textile industry under pressure from consumers, regulators and standards to become more sustainable, companies are looking at all aspects of the supply chain – including upstream to fibre production. Digitalisation has a key role to play here, especially in supplier countries where the use of such technology is weak – such as in Africa.…

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued a dedicated report, ‘Money Laundering and the Illegal Wildlife Trade’ in June 2020 (1) and has followed up with further analysis on a topic that is being researched in depth by a wide range of NGOs.…