{
  "id": 62105,
  "title": "Beautifully certificated, but poor – Sam Jonah blasts Africa’s education system",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/beautifully-certificated-but-poor-sam-jonah-blasts-africas-education",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-02T21:52:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/beautifully-certificated-but-poor-sam-jonah-blasts-africas-education-system/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Business leader and Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Sam Jonah, has criticized Africa's education system in a recent speech, stating that universities are producing graduates with certificates but lacking practical skills necessary for economic transformation. Jonah emphasized that the rise of artificial intelligence has fundamentally changed the purpose of universities, as answers and information are now readily available, making the role of universities to develop qualities that machines cannot replicate. He urged universities to focus on developing human beings who can do what no machine can do, rather than merely transmitting knowledge. Jonah also proposed the establishment of a degree-awarding faculty dedicated to vocational education at the University of Cape Coast, where students would graduate only after demonstrating real-world competence.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/pan-africanism-cannot-begin-and-end-with-south-africa",
        "published": "2026-08-01T22:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/analysis-south-africas-criminal-justice-system-needs-a-revolution",
        "published": "2026-08-02T22:04:59.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}