Digigrad Africa is an EU Funded Project that aims to enhance the quality and relevance of training postgraduate students and young researchers in Africa, especially for the attainment of Africa’s regional and global development goals, through harnessing the opportunities provided by digitalization and internationalization. The project is co-ordinated by ANIE and OBREAL Global.
The project aims to refine, contextualize & articulate HEI strategies for digitalizationa and internationalization, Build HEI staff capacity in African Universities to manage internationalization, Build HEI staff capacity in African Universities to utilize digital tools, Build capacity of young African researchers to exploit digitalisation.
Outputs of the project will include a robust strategy documents for digitalising internationalisation, research enhancement and a Handbook, HEI Research supervisors and staff of IRO’s trained in harnessing digitalisation for internationalization, A virtual postgraduate student training program, An African young researchers’ network is established
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Advancing Postgraduate Supervision: Digigrad Africa Training Underway at the University of Extremadura
As part of our commitment to enhancing postgraduate education across Africa, the African Network for Internationalisation of Education (ANIE) alongside OBREAL Global under the Digigrad Africa Project is currently leading a training program for PhD and Master’s...
Soft Skills and the Role of Supervisors
On January 30, 2025, DigiGrad Africa held its third training session, focusing on Soft Skills and the Role of Supervisors. The session, hosted online by experts from Sapienza University of Rome—Francesca Giofrè, Hassan Zaiter, Elisa Gigliarelli, and Niccolò...
Mastering Digital Tools: Using Moodle for Online Supervision and Training
In today’s fast-evolving digital landscape, effective online supervision and training are essential for fostering meaningful learning experiences. On 23rd January 2025, educators and professionals gathered for Module 2: Digital Instruments – Using Moodle for Online...
Online Training for Postgraduate Supervisors
On 16th January 2024, the DigiGradAfrica Project successfully conducted an Online Training for Postgraduate Supervisors, bringing together academic leaders and participants to explore the use of digital tools and AI in enhancing PhD supervision practices. Aims of the...
DigiGrad Project Workshop – Ghana
On Wednesday, October 9, 2024, the DigiGrad Project Workshop convened educators, researchers, and higher education leaders from across Africa at the 14th Annual ANIE Conference in Accra, Ghana at AH Hotel for the WP2 Digigrad Project Workshop. The workshop aimed to...
New project to boost quality, relevance of graduate students
By Maina Waruru A new European Union-funded project meant to enhance the quality and relevance of the training of graduate students and young researchers in Africa has the potential to help ease the shortage of academic staff and researchers at universities. The...
ANIE launches EU Funded Project on Postgraduate Training, Digitalization and Internationalization in Africa
The African Network for Internationalization of Education (ANIE) and OBREAL Global have just launched a new EU funded project aimed at strengthening the quality and relevance of postgraduate training and research in African universities. The project which is named...
DigiGrad Africa Project Introductory Meeting
DigiGrad Africa Project Partners held a virtual introductory meeting on 16th March, 2023. The meeting which was hosted by OBREAL Global brought together all the project participants with the aim of introducing them to each other. At the meeting, partner universities...
ANIE & OBREAL Awarded EU Grant
ANIE in partnership with OBREAL Global has been awarded European Union Funding for Capacity building in the field of higher education. The project titled DigiGrad Africa: Internationalisation and Digitalisation of Graduate Training and Research for the Attainment of...
DigiGrad Africa KOM Report
The first physical meeting of DigiGrad Africa Project Partners was held in Eldoret Kenya from 10th – 12th May 2023.
The following report is a comprehensive summary of the discussions, decisions, and action items that were covered during the meeting. Download the report here .
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