Online Classrooms Look to Improve Higher Education Across Africa, but Face Skepticism
Emily Kamizi, right, at a market near her home in Lusaka, Zambia, is studying for an M.B.A. through Unicaf, whose courses are mostly online.Credit Jason J Mulikita for The New York Times
Everywhere is a classroom for Emily Kamizi, even the buses in Lusaka, Zambia’s congested capital. It can take an hour or more to cross the city, so Ms. Kamizi puts on her headphones, turns up Taylor Swift and concentrates on her M.B.A. studies.
Ms. Kamizi, 25, is a student at Unicaf University, an African institution founded in 2012 with programs in fields like business, education and health care management. Offering degrees largely online, with some blended learning options, Unicaf reaches 18,000 students across the continent, many of them working adults.
Unicaf offers the convenience of anytime...