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04/25/23

Africa Security Program conference focuses on Africa and China in a new era

A new Yale initiative focused on African security recently hosted a two-day conference, “After Bandung: Africa and China in a New Era,” on April 21-22 in New Haven.  Part of the International Security Studies research hub at the Jackson School of Global ...
03/31/23

Yale Africa Startup Review releases its 2023 list of top African startups

On March 30th, the Yale Africa Startup Review selected 30 startups from across the African continent for their #YASR30 2023 List. YASR is a project led by students and alumni of the Yale School of Management who seek to connect investors with African startups. Every year th...
03/29/23

The 2023 Kuznets Conference addresses gender equality

In early March, the Yale Economic Growth Center hosted the 32nd Annual Kuznets Memorial Lecture at Yale with live simulcast online. Hosted annually since 1987, the Simon Kuznets Memorial Lecture features a prominent economist speaking on issues in economic development. This ye...
03/16/23

March 2023 edition of ‘Focus on Africa’ newsletter

The Office of International Affairs is excited to release the March 2023 edition of Focus on Africa. Addressing all of the latest news at Yale related to the continent, the newsletter includes an interview with Cajetan Iheka, the new Chair of the Council of African Studies at ...
Cajetan
03/14/23

Expanding the impact of the Council on African Studies: An interview with Cajetan Iheka

In January 2023, Cajetan Iheka, Professor of English, was appointed as the new Chair of the Yale MacMillan Center’s Council on African Studies (CAS). In an interview with the Office of International Affairs, Iheka shared his personal passion and vision for CAS.&nb...
Waweru
03/11/23

Veronica Waweru collaborates with Kenyan locals and scientists to study human evolution

Paleoanthropologist Veronica Waweru, senior lecturer in the MacMillan Center’s Council on African Studies, has developed a unique community excavation initiative in East Africa. Waweru (pictured above, at left) collaborated with US and Kenyan institutions and locals in...
white house meeting
03/10/23

White House meeting focuses on follow-up to US-Africa Leaders Summit

Yale’s Janette Yarwood, Director for Africa and the Middle East in the Office of International Affairs, participated in a February meeting at the White House to follow up on the 2022 US-Africa Leaders Summit. The White House sought to discuss follow-up to the Summit an...
03/06/23

Yale’s Cécile Fromont highlights African queen for Netflix docudrama

Cécile Fromont, professor of the History of Art, was featured in the Netflix docudrama “African Queens: Njinga.” This four-part series focuses on the leadership of Njinga, the 17th-century queen of the Ndongo and Matamba territories, which is modern-day ...
TTES event
02/24/23

Looking ‘Through the Eyes of She’ to focus on gender equality and equity in Africa

On Feb 24th, Through the Eyes of She was celebrated at a launch event at Yale. Founded by Christine Ngaruiya (pictured at right), assistant professor in Yale’s Department of Emergency Medicine and the Director of Global Health Research and organized by the Council...
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...

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