The CIS is home to several innovative Africa-focused programs including the MIT-Africa Program, which administers MISTI internships. The Empowering the Teachers Program provides a semester long teaching-focused experience for selected cohorts of faculty members from African universities. We offer seed funds to MIT faculty for research collaborations with partnering organizations in Africa. Events and webinars that address a range of issues in the region are offered throughout the academic year. Our faculty provide analysis and scholarship in their respective areas of expertise.
Latest News
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New African and African diaspora studies major takes off at MIT
The major invites students to explore the riches of culture, innovation, thought leadership, and beauty that originate in the continent of Africa and its many diasporas
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New MIT internships expand research opportunities in Africa
University placements through MISTI aim to contribute to Africa’s growing research ecosystems
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Fellowship program empowers Nigerian academics to transform engineering education in their local universities
“Empowering the Teachers” provides an immersive and innovative training experience for young African academics.
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Sudan’s generals are dragging the country toward disaster
Only civilian leaders can forge a path to peace
Programs & Activities
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MISTI Africa
Students at MIT can experience the diversity and ingenuity of the African continent by taking part in our fully funded traveling classes, internships, research, and teaching opportunities with leading companies, universities, and other organizations. MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives) is a global extension of the Institute's on-campus learning and cutting-edge research.
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Global Seed Funds
The MIT-Africa Global Seed Fund supports faculty-led innovative projects that will help to lay the foundations for new research and education initiatives between MIT and African collaborators.
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MIT-Empowering the Teachers Program
The MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) program provides an intense, semester long teaching-focused engagement for selected cohorts of faculty members (ETT Fellows) from African universities.
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MIT X TAU Events
An annual webinar and event series in partnership with True Africa University that focuses on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa.
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M3 Africa
M3 is an effort to strengthen ties with colleagues across the Institute who share research interests in a particular region or discipline. We invite you to join our mailing list here, if you'd like receive news and updates on research across Africa in all disciplines and research topics, but especially around global challenges such as climate and sustainability, health, AI and computing, democratic stability, inequality, and human development.
