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THE GREAT LAKES REGION IS SEIVE OF DIRTY MONEY GENERATED BY CRIMNAL GROUPS



The Great Lakes region in cenztral and eastern Africa is exceedingly resource rich, and being beset by instability and conflict, it is highly attractive for illicit trade and financial crime fuelling money laundering. A new European Union (EU) Great Lakes Strategy is trying to promote the rule of law in the region – notably Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – but faces major challenges.…

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SOUTH AFRICA PAINT AND COATING SECTOR FACES TOUGH ENERGY SUPPLY PROBLEMS – BUT LONG-TERM OUTLOOK IS POSITIVE



South Africa’s paints and coatings market is expected to generate USD2.1 billion by 2026 after growing at an estimated 5.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2021 and 2026. This is according to India-based market research and data analytics provider IndustryARC (1).…

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MALAWI GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON UNREGISTERED PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES



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.…

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MALAWI REGULATOR BLOCKS COURSE ACCREDITATION, FOLLOWING ACCUSATIONS OF INACTION



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.…

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TOBACCO COMPANIES FACE MAJOR COMPLIANCE DEMANDS OVER GERMAN SUPPLY CHAIN LAW



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.…

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UNDERCOVER AML AND CLOSER POLICE/FINANCIAL INSTITUTION CAN DISRUPT ML, SAY EXPERTS



 

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.…

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MALAWI HIGHER EDUCATION REGULATOR STRUGGLES TO MAINTAIN QUALITY AT ACCREDITED UNIVERSITIES



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.

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IMAGINATION AND INNOVATION PUSHES SMALL-SCALE RENEWABLES INTO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA



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.…

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AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES MUST PAY MORE FOCUS ON STUDENT NEEDS TO SECURE FUTURE RELEVANCE



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.…

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MAJOR NEW UK-AFRICA REPORT PROPOSES TARGETED AND PROACTIVE WORK TO BOOST PHYSICS STANDARDS IN AFRICA



 

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).…

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