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Scientists project increased risk to water supplies in South Africa this century
In 2018, Cape Town, South Africa’s second most populous city, came very close to running out of water as the multi-year “Day Zero” drought depleted its reservoirs. Since then, researchers...
World-class diagnostics for low-income communities in sub-Saharan Africa
...many families in the area. MDaaS has accomplished this by building a supply chain that gets refurbished medical equipment into the African communities that need them most, and by leveraging...
MIT x TAU AFRICA WEBINAR SERIES
The Center for International Studies (CIS) has partnered with the newly launched TRUE Africa University (TAU) to host a webinar series focusing on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa. Thursdays at...
New fellowship to help advance science journalism in Africa and the Middle East
The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT has announced a new one-semester fellowship — the Fellowship for Advancing Science Journalism in Africa and the Middle East — that will start...
Podcast: Energy connectivity in Africa
Vera Songwe, under-secretary-general and executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, on economic development and energy connectivity in Africa. https://soundcloud.com/mitenergy/energy-connectivity-in-africa/s-YHbbTHRZBbx...
Professor Emeritus Willard R. Johnson, political scientist who specialized in African studies, dies at 87
...chapter of TransAfrica’s Free South Africa Movement. As Johnson noted, in an interview for the Department of Political Science’s 50th anniversary celebration, he was arrested, along with Nobel laureate George...
Event: Promoting Sustainable Development for Africa
The UMRP Fall Workshop 2022: “Promoting Sustainable Development for Africa” is happening from 9:00am – 12:00pm on October 14, 2022. This is a free, public, in-person event with keynote address...
New African and African diaspora studies major takes off at MIT
...of Godfreey-Igwe’s thesis coded interviews with migrants from West Africa to challenge traditional assumptions about motivations for migration. The African and African diaspora studies major invites students from all backgrounds...
3 Questions: Professor Kenda Mutongi on Africa, women, power — and human decency
...African businesses need help from outsiders. What other myths do you think most need to be dispelled about Africa’s countries, cultures, and peoples? A: One myth is that Africans are...
Energizing communities in Africa
...on campus. He is currently the vice president of the African Students’ Association (ASA), where he formerly chaired the African Learning Circle, a weekly discussion panel spotlighting key development and...