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Participants of the Yale Young African Scholars 2018 Program.
September 19, 2018
The Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS) Program recently completed its annual academic program for outstanding African high school students. A flagship program of the Yale...
Yale student instructor Elizabeth Olatunji (YC '20) shows YYAS students how to access online university applications. Photo credit Dagan Rossini.
August 17, 2018
Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS), a flagship program of the Yale Africa Initiative, held sessions with in Kigali, Rwanda July 29-Aug. 7, and in Accra, Ghana Aug. 11-20....
March 13, 2018
New Haven, Connecticut — Yale University and the Higherlife Foundation are pleased to announce a commitment to extend the Yale Young African Scholars program (YYAS) for...