{
  "id": 3183157,
  "title": "Poor university rankings could stunt Africa’s growth – Jonathan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/poor-university-rankings-could-stunt-africas-growth-jonathan-3183157",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T04:18:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/poor-university-rankings-could-stunt-africas-growth-jonathan/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned that poor global rankings of African universities could hinder the continent's growth and technological advancement. In a lecture delivered in Abuja, Jonathan lamented that no African university is currently ranked among the world's top 100, with only the University of Cape Town featured in the top 200. He emphasized the importance of investing in education and human capital development, citing Singapore and India as examples of countries that have prioritized such investments to drive their economic transformation. Jonathan urged African leaders to focus on developing specialized institutions that nurture innovation in science, technology, engineering, and information technology, particularly among young people, to avoid falling behind in the current technological revolution.",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Policy indiscipline, incompetence stifling Africa’s growth — IMANI boss",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/policy-indiscipline-incompetence-stifling-africas-growth-imani-boss",
        "published": "2026-08-24T20:26:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Poor university rankings could stunt Africa’s growth – Jonathan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/poor-university-rankings-could-stunt-africas-growth-jonathan",
        "published": "2026-08-25T04:00:19.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}