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Solve Challenge Finals go virtual for 2020
...like Biometrics for Vaccine Delivery, which uses contactless biometrics to ensure vaccines reach every intended beneficiary at the frontline in Africa and Asia; ShockTalk, a telebehavioral app for Indigenous users,...
When politics is local in the Middle East
...the Middle East and North Africa regions. But an on-the-ground survey of Shiite Muslims (those who are Shia) engaged in a massive annual pilgrimage to the Iraqi city of Karbala...
MIT deepens connections to the Middle East
...who have a deep understanding of the Middle East and North Africa region; and bring concrete value to the partners in the region. “MIT’s connection to the Middle East is...
K. Lisa Yang Global Engineering and Research Center will prioritize innovations for resource-constrained communities
...for farmers in the Middle East and North Africa will continue its work in the region. They will conduct exploratory research; build a team of stakeholders, including farmers, agricultural outreach...
Q&A: How studying Portuguese helps to look at life through a different lens
...me the responsibility I have to bring the things that I’ve learned at MIT, and pay those gifts forward to the world. There was something our host in South Africa...
Celebrating the life of undergraduate Mohamed Magdi Taha
...members of the MIT class of 2024, he described himself with wit and humor: “I was born in California but I’m from Khartoum, Sudan, a country in North Africa with...
How MIT’s fab labs scaled around the world
...surprised Gershenfeld’s team by asking them to help make one in Ghana. After that, a contingent from South Africa wanted one. Then northern Norway. Then rural India. “We did about...
New MIT fellowship supports student research on governance innovation with Global South governments
...its global partner communities,” says Ari Jacobovits, the managing director of MISTI-Africa, “so, supporting GOV/LAB’s goals with this program was a no-brainer.” Alison Hynd, the assistant dean and instructor at...
The sound of a global MIT
...opportunities with the world’s leading companies, organizations, and research groups. For MIT-Africa Program Managing Director Ari Jacobovits, capturing the voices behind these stories was critical. The answer was a relatively...
Punishment for the people
...many democratic countries, including the U.S. And elected leaders from Africa to East Asia and Europe have seen their popularity rise after rolling back civil rights recently. What explains this...