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TPG has become the latest U.S. private-equity firm to invest in Africa, making its first investment in a chain of private schools in Morocco, to tap into a middle class which is spending more on [...]

TOKYO — Computers do not noticeably improve school pupils’ academic results and can even hamper performance, said an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report released [...]

Enko Capital’s scholarship assessments, which took place on July 9 and 30, saw over 120 candidates take part in the events. The South Africa-based investment company, through this initiative, [...]

Les 9 et 30 juillet derniers se sont tenu les concours de bourses Enko Capital, une société d’investissement basée en Afrique du Sud qui, au travers de cette initiative, cherche à donner [...]

South African private education group Advtech plans to raise 850 million rand ($61 million) through a rights issue to fund acquisitions and build more schools, while lowering debt. The South [...]

PRIVATE education conglomerate AdvTech seems to have regained the backing of its biggest shareholders after confirming proposals for an R850m rights offer on Monday. The company has also [...]

Twenty years ago, in 1995, a couple from the U.S. Virgin Islands, Michael and Vikki Boyce traveled to the Ivory Coast. This was the first of more than 20 trips to West Africa that the couple has [...]

We are recruiting four Heads of Schools to set up and lead new international schools in Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, DRC or Mozambique.   Please click here  to read the job description. To fill the [...]

The Education Minister of South Africa announced that students will now have the option to study Mandarin Chinese. Angie Motshekga said that the course offerings will be optional and examinable. [...]

Private schools are booming in poor countries. Governments should either help them or get out of their way ACROSS the highway from the lawns of Nairobi’s Muthaiga Country Club is Mathare, a slum [...]