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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...
February 1, 2018
When Yale President Peter Salovey announced the Yale Africa Initiative in 2013, he inspired several Yale students from the continent to work toward achieving his goal of “...