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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.

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

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

Commitment to interdisciplinary research and study of Africa through joint endeavors

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Africa News

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09/23/21

Botswana and Yale partner to advance sustainable natural resource management

President Mokgweetsi Masisi of the Republic of Botswana visited Yale on September 22 to meet with Yale President Peter Salovey, sign a partnership agreement to advance sustainable natural resource management in collaboration with Yale partners, and deliver a lecture in the Yal...

09/15/21

Call for Panels & Poster Presentations for 2021 'Through the Eyes of She' Conference

'Through the eyes of She: equity in health, education, business and leadership for the African Woman in the 21st Century' Important Information Conference dates: October 15-16, 2021 Submission deadline extended to July 23rd 2021 Yale-affiliation req...

08/27/21

Yale School of Public Health Alumni Addressing Health Care Inequities

Kaakpema “KP” Yelpaala, M.P.H. ’06, and his partner, Sara (Shamos) Yelpaala, M.P.H. ’07, co-founders of InOn Health, an innovative digital health communications company launched in the US in 2018, a...

08/27/21

Yale Art Gallery Receives Grant for Bámigbóyè: A Master Sculptor of the Yorùbá Tradition Exhibit

The Yale Art Gallery has been approved for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support an upcoming exhibition Bámigbóyè: A Master Sculptor of the Yorùbá Tradition. A monograph dedicated to Bámigbóyè&r...

08/27/21

Immunization Experts from Five African Countries Graduate from the EPI LAMP Program

Twenty-two participants from Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Somalia and Uganda graduated from the Expanded Programme on Immunization Leadership and Management Programme (EPI LAMP), a 9-month certiﬁcate program offered by Yale’s Global Health Leadership Initiative (GHLI) in partne...