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YYAS participants during a breakout session. Photo credit to Dagan Rossini.
July 8, 2019
On July 25, the Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS) program kicks off its 2019 season with sessions in Accra, Ghana; Harare, Zimbabwe; and, for the first time, in Nairobi,...
Lucy Appiah, Associate Director of YYAS, delivering a presentation on the Program
June 6, 2019
His Excellency President Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi, President of the Republic of Botswana and Her Excellency First Lady Neo Masisi, were among a delegation from Botswana that...
HALI Access Network members at the fourth annual Indaba in Ada, Greater Accra, Ghana.
June 4, 2019
Funded by the Higherlife Foundation, the 2019 HALI Indaba brought together the HALI Access Network’s 38-member organizations at a conference center situated on the banks of...