Achieving Excellence in Science and Technology Higher Education

	ARAB WORLD: Tackling graduate unemployment
	To develop entrepreneurship and promote technological development in the 22 Arab states as a means of tackling graduate unemployment, the United Arab Emirates organised a science investment forum.

AFRICA: Research concentrated in three countries

Africa has extremely uneven distribution of research and innovative capacity, according to a recent report. Research is concentrated in Egypt in the north, Nigeria in the middle and South Africa in the south. Africa produces only some 27,000 papers a year - about the same volume of published output as The Netherlands - but the continent has relatively high representation, as a share of world publications, in fields related to natural resources.

	AFRICA: Virtual university to help control cancer
	The International Atomic Energy Agency and the Swiss-based pharmaceutical firm Roche launched an initiative - Education for Cancer in African Regions, or EDUCARE - to help tackle acute shortages of skilled cancer professionals in Africa.

	Saudi Arabia among global & regional technological innovation spots
	The leading business school in Europe has ranked Saudi Arabia at 54th place in the world, 17th in the Asian region and 5th in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, citing its high marks in the index’s investment in education, technology transfer and knowledge applications.

	Saudi Arabia ranks 4th and 38th on the Arab and world ICT maps
	Saudi Arabia ranks 4th in the Arab world and 38th globally according to the ninth annual Global Information Technology Report (GITR) 2010 released on 25 March.

	Higher education in a Web 2.0 world
	The information age is here and has brought with it, mobile telecommunications, Internet, email, social networking and citizens’ journalism.

	Feasibility Study for African–European Research and Education Network Interconnection (FEAST)
	It identify IT infrastructure in Africa to support the Africa Connect Initiative, which aims to improve research collaborations and access to information through linking African research centres to the existing European network

	GLOBAL: SA, Tunisia, Mauritius top Africa innovators
	South Africa was ranked the first in Africa and 51st globally in the 2010 Global Innovation Index released last month by the international business school INSEAD and the Confederation of Indian Industry. The country finished 26th for investment in education and 29th for the quality of scientific research institutions.

	Saudi Arabia: Universities as engines for innovation-based economy
	Saudi Arabia plans to launch community communication initiative (CCI) to promote the development of science and innovation-based economy through enhancing links between Saudi scientists at universities as well as research and development (R&D) institutions with knowledge-based public and private productive sector.

	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: A knowledge-based economy
	The United Arab Emirates' cabinet plans to turn the UAE into a knowledge-based and highly productive economy, according to a plan outlined in UAE Vision 2021.

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