University women struggle for knowledge access in Africa

The future female leaders of Africa are up against major barriers to knowledge access, which could mean lost opportunities in university learning and teaching the stateⁱ-of-the-art research most necessary for academic success. Online academic journals, and university textbooks are a few of the important resources that are part of this access to knowledgeⁱ, which is pertinent particularly at the university level. Not only do students need to pass their courses, they are also encouraged to develop innovative and novel ideas informed and possibly inspired by past research work. Kathleen Diga questions whether such access of learning materials to all students and teachers at universities in Africa are fair to both women and men.