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.
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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Outstanding opportunities present for research, education and innovation collaboration between MIT investigators and African counterparts; and transformative educational experiences for MIT and African students.
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MIT-Africa Director Hazel Sive named a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar
Since 1956, the Society’s Visiting Scholar Program has been offering undergraduates the opportunity to spend time with some of America’s most distinguished scholars. The purpose of the program is to contribute to the intellectual life of the [...]
President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone visits MIT
MIT News - In just 10 months in office as the Republic of Sierra Leone’s fifth democratically elected president, Julius Maada Bio has already laid out and begun to implement one of Africa’s most ambitious [...]
UCT team wins Africa focused seed funding
A team from UCT is among the winners of new seed funding which will be used to fight the spread of tuberculosis. The Imperial College London and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently announced [...]
President Julius Maada Bio speaking at next MIT-Africa Forum on March 7
His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio is the 5th democratically elected President of the Republic of Sierra Leone. President Bio took office in April 2018 after a successful democratic election. His government published the country’s [...]
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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.
