Publication date
10/10/2014
Language
English
ISBN
978-1-920677-03-9
Higher Education in Portuguese Speaking African Countries
By Patrício Vitorino Langa
As the evidence from this study shows, Africa, in particular sub-Saharan Africa, comprises some of the poorest nations in the world and therefore desperately needs strong higher education systems that can assist in its rapid development. It is widely acknowledged that higher education plays a key role in the economic, scientific, social and human development of any country, and that the economically strongest nations are those with the best performing higher education sectors. Higher education, as the producer of knowledge and knowledge workers, is assuming an even more important role with the realisation that knowledge, not natural resources, is the key to Africa’s sustainable development. – Alice Sena Lamptey, ADEA
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Figures
Acknowledgements
Acronyms and abbreviations
Preface
Executive summary and structure
Chapter one: Introduction and background
Chapter two: Angola
Chapter three: Cape Verde
Chapter four: Guinea-Bissau
Chapter five: Mozambique
Chapter six: São Tomé and Príncipe
Chapter seven: Conclusion
Appendix 1: Building a higher education research network and advocacy for PALOP: HERANA–PALOP
Appendix 2: Interviews
About the author