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
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...
Yale Talk, a monthly podcast hosted by Yale University President Peter Salovey, focused a recent episode on the HAPPINESS Project which aims to increase access to mental health services in Nigeria.
You can listen to the podcast by visiting the Yale Talk website.
During a Jan...
Yale University, in partnership with Fundación Mujeres por África and Banco Santander, convened the Women’s Leadership Forum in Lagos, Nigeria, on January 17. The Lagos forum was the third of the partnership’s events held in Africa since the program b...
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