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Yale Africa Initiative

In 2013, President Peter Salovey launched the 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 initiative.
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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

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African Women’s Leadership Program

African Women’s Leadership Program

Over 50 women from 35 African countries have participated in the leadership program since it was launched in 2015. The program aims to enhance the knowledge and skills of women who have attained positions of importance in African governments.

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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

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Africa News

News Related to Africa

Biden Summit
12/14/22

President Biden’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit builds partnerships

U.S. President Biden hosted leaders from across the African continent in Washington, DC on December 13-15, 2022, for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. The purpose of the summit was to demonstrate the United States’ enduring commitment to Africa, and to underscore the  impo...
Midwives in Uganda
12/09/22

Uganda experience proves transformative for midwifery students

Students from the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) midwifery group traveled to Atiak, Uganda this past summer to partake in an intensive four-week experience led by Dr. Michelle Telfer, Assistant Professor of Nursing and Interim Nurse-Midwifery Specialty Co-Director. The student...
President Salovey trip to Nigeria
12/06/22

Yale University Art Gallery awarded Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation grant

The Yale University Art Gallery has been awarded the 2022 Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) grant to implement the project: ‘Sustaining a Partnership in Wood Conservation between the National Museum, Lagos and the Yale University Art Gallery.&rsquo...
YAIS panel
11/29/22

Yale Africa Innovation Symposium debuts at annual Yale Africa Week

The Yale African Student Association’s (YASA) annual Africa Week concluded this year with the inaugural all female, student-led Yale Africa Innovation Symposium (YAIS) which took place from November 11th to November 12th. The YAIS is designed to move beyond the stan...
Lorem Aminathia
11/16/22

Yale’s first South Sudanese alumnus aims to open K-12 school in his home country

Lorem Aminathia, the first South Sudanese graduate from Yale College, returned to campus this past October to host an event where he discussed his educational and entrepreneurial prospects post-graduation. During the event, Lorem presented the history of South Sudan and explai...
09/21/22

Latest edition of 'Focus of Africa' is out

The Yale Africa Initiative is excited to announce the release of the 2022 fall edition of Focus on Africa. The newsletter covers all the latest news pertaining to ongoing Yale-Africa relations.   In this edition of Focus on Africa we are pleased to share t...
09/15/22

'Bámigbóyè: A Master Sculptor of the Yorùbá Tradition'

A new exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery, 'Bámigbóyè: A Master Sculptor of the Yorùbá Tradition,' presents a nuanced account of the artist’s 50-year career and presents him as part of a woodcarving tradition that flou...
Kere
09/12/22

Yale School of Architecture visiting professor Francis Kéré receives the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize

Francis Kéré, the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at the Yale School of Architecture, is the 2022 laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, an award that is regarded internationally as architecture’s highest honor. Born in Gando,...

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