GenAI Adoption in Higher Education Across the Global South: A Call to Extend the Evidence Base to Africa
For generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) to truly succeed in African higher education, the continent requires approaches tailored to its unique context rather than merely adopting solutions developed elsewhere. Although students are already integrating GenAI into their studies, universities and governments are still in the process of formulating regulatory policies. Addressing this gap requires navigating significant challenges, such as limited digital access, linguistic diversity, low...
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What purpose does politics serve? Reflections from the Black Business Annual Summit.
- Friday, 04 September 2026 22:23Reflections from the Black Business Annual Summit held on 12-13 August 2026, on political fragmentation, economic transformation, policy learning and what the universities need in the age of AI. I should clarify that I am not writing this as a political analyst. I approach these reflections as a policy analyst and transdisciplinary researcher. My interest is therefore not in determining which political party presented the best political argument, nor in judging their ideological positions. Rather, I am interested in what their different positions reveal about policy design, implementation, learning and the institutional conditions required for economic transformation. I am asking what happens when multiple policy ideas address... Read more...;
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