In a trip to Côte d’Ivoire and Rwanda — his third visit to Africa as the university’s leader — President Peter Salovey is reinforcing Yale’s commitment to global collaboration and educational partnerships. For full details of the visit, read...
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The Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage (IPCH) is helping cultural institutions protect and share stories of the continent’s diverse civilizations. With its inaugural cohort of the Yale Directors Forum — a first-of-its-kind fellowship program for gl...
A Yale delegation led by Yale School of Art dean Kymberly Pinder and professor Cajetan Iheka, who chairs the Yale MacMillan Center’s Council on African Studies (CAS), recently concluded visits to Nigeria, Ghana, and Cote d'Ivoire. Emphasizing the importance of strate...
11/29/23
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan delivers talk on democracy and development in Africa
On Wednesday, November 29, 2023, former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan delivered a talk entitled "Democracy: Hope and Window to Africa's Future" to an audience of Yale students, faculty, and community members in Luce Hall. Jonathan currently serves as the c...
The Office of International Affairs has released the September 2023 edition of the Focus on Africa newsletter. This edition features original stories about the Yale Young African Scholars program conducted in summer of this year, an interview with Omobalaji Olarinmoye, Librari...
Over the summer, secondary school students from across Africa engaged in the Yale Young African Scholars academic enrichment program. With the successful relaunch of the residential program, after having entirely online programming since the beginning of the pandemic, 48 stude...
Omobalaji Olarinmoye, a scholar of politics, international development, religious studies, and peacebuilding, recently assumed the position of Librarian of African Studies at the Sterling Memorial Library. In an interview with the Office of International Affairs, Olarinmoye sh...
The 2023 cohort of participants in the Leadership Forum for Strategic Impact, a key program of the Yale Africa Initiative, met on campus June 26-27 to advance the cause of women leaders on the continent of Africa. The program aims to both enhance the knowledge and skills ...
In an interview with the Office of International Affairs, Rwandan alumnus Chaste Niwe '19 shares how his Yale education equipped him to participate in efforts to build the next generation of leaders in Rwanda.
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The Maurice E. Greenberg World Fellows Program has invited 16 international leaders to join their 22nd cohort. Since the program’s start in 2002, it has welcomed over 400 fellows from 96 countries. Four Africans will be part of the World Fellows class of 2023. They...