As we approach the end of 2016, Carnegie Corporation is proud to share with you some of the top Higher Education and Research stories we featured throughout the year on our website
Program highlights include: Imagining Africa at the Center: Bridging Scholarship, Policy, and Representation in Africa, the annual meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA); an update on the African Research Universities Alliance; a story challenging received ideas about peacebuilding in Africa; and the opening of a state-of-the-art library in Cape Town, South Africa.
Imagining Africa at the Center
Imagining Africa at the Center: Bridging Scholarship, Policy, and Representation in Africa, the annual meeting of the Africa Studies Association, held in Washington, D.C., December 1–3, brought together thousands of leading scholars and policy makers, as well as representatives from NGOs, the media, and other interested communities.
African Research Universities Alliance
The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) is once again garnering attention for its effectiveness in connecting a diverse group of African universities to global university networks. ARUA was hatched with support from Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Higher Education and Research in Africa (HERA) initiative.
Historic Gathering in Ghana Tackles University Governance
Organized by Ghana’s National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) under the direction of Paul Effah, the event brought together 180 council members from public and private universities in Ghana to deliberate on university governing boards.
Read more: Historic Gathering in Ghana Tackles University Governance
African Peacebuilding: Realities on the Ground
The United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Index improved between 1970 and 2013 in every African region except the Mediterranean littoral, which is telling, as it is largely due to the upheavals of the Arab Spring. Against a generally positive economic and social backdrop across the continent, in many cases political conflict worsened.
New Library Opens in Cape Town
Carnegie Corporation of New York’s long relationship with Cape Town, South Africa, took a new turn this year with the opening of Kuyasa library. South Africa’s third largest city and the seat of its National Parliament, Cape Town turned to the Corporation in 2003 for help in transforming its Central Library.
For over a decade, the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program has funded more than 600 collaborations between diaspora fellows and 192 African host institutions
African Academic Diaspora
With Corporation support, Hazminei Tsitsi Tamuka Moyo considers how South African cities can address urban accessibility and mobility issues and the marginalizing consequences of past city planning
Carnegie Reporter Fall 2023African Academics