Collaborating for Impact
MIT-Africa is an initiative that seeks mutually beneficial engagement in research, education and innovation, contributing to economic and intellectual trajectories of African countries, while advancing MIT scholarship and research.
Present MIT engagements with Africa span half the countries on the continent and cross MIT schools. Multiple faculty members and a growing number of students are involved in this engagement. MIT has prioritized Africa as a global focus, poising the Institute to vastly expand its engagement with the continent.
Outstanding opportunities present for research, education and innovation collaboration between MIT investigators and African counterparts; and transformative educational experiences for MIT and African students.
MIT Engagement in Africa spans the continent and is constantly growing—this includes research, initiatives, programs and projects, led by MIT faculty, senior staff, and students in collaboration with African partners.
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For cultural and political conflicts, a humanizing imperative
Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, Nasir Almasri heard so many discussions about the political struggles of Palestinians that by the time he was 7, he thought he’d heard enough to last a lifetime. [...]
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Twenty years of cultivating tech entrepreneurs
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Fikile Brushett is looking for new ways to store energy
Fikile Brushett, an MIT associate professor of chemical engineering, had an unusual source of inspiration for his career in the chemical sciences: the character played by Nicolas Cage in the 1996 movie “The Rock.” In [...]
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MIT-Africa connects people and organizations with an interest in Africa, to MIT faculty, students and units through research, education and innovation.
