Yale Africa Initiative
A university-wide effort to prioritize and expand Yale's commitment to Africa. Learn more about the programs, partnerships, and collaborations that comprise the Yale Africa Initiative.
Africa
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Yale Young African Scholars Program
Yale Young African Scholars Program
An intensive academic and enrichment program for African secondary school students
Leadership Forum for Strategic Impact
Leadership Forum for Strategic Impact
An expanding network of senior African women leaders
Council on African Studies at Yale MacMillan Center
Council on African Studies at Yale MacMillan Center
Commitment to interdisciplinary research and study of Africa through joint endeavors
Africa News
News Related to Africa
The second in our series of African Women as Pillars of Resilience public webinars took place on 1 October 2020. The focus of this webinar, conducted in both English and French, was "Securing the Wellbeing of African Women & Girls in the Age of COVID....
"African Women as Pillars of Resilience," the first in a series of public webinars, took place on 23 July 2020. The focus of this webinar, conducted in both English and French, was "Women Leading In Times of Crisis." The event was moderated by Biola Alabi a...
In the Spring 2020 edition of the Focus on Africa newsletter you will see highlights from President Salovey's January visit to Nigeria and a roundup of stories from around campus and beyond.
In his message introducing this edition, Eddie Mandhry (Director for Africa ...
Recently, we interviewed Clare Muhoro, Professor of Chemistry at Towson University. She received a Ph.D. in Organometallic Chemistry from Yale University in 1999. We spoke about her time at Yale, her vision for Africa's future, her experiences being an African women in STE...
Dr. Elijah Paintsil, Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) at the Yale School of Public Health, writes about the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on an already fragile health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in a Viewpoint article published in the current i...
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