Africa

It’s projected that by 2100 over a third of the world’s population will reside in Africa — highlighting its growing impact and influence on the global stage. To uphold MIT’s role as a future-facing institution, CIS aims to build upon its current partnerships while fostering new strategic collaborations in the region.

Students and faculty work closely with African scholars through global student experiences, fellowships, and seed funding opportunities. CIS faculty also apply their expertise in areas like political economy development, bureaucracy and public administration, and electoral politics to research and partnerships with field-leading institutions across the Continent. And through our innovative MIT-Empowering the Teachers program, CIS brings Nigerian computer scientists to MIT to take part in a one-of-a-kind teaching fellowship.