Topic
Africa
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Improving global health equity by helping clinics do more with less
The startup macro-eyes uses artificial intelligence to improve vaccine delivery and patient scheduling.
June 25, 2020 -
Associate Professor Amah Edoh receives Baker Award for undergraduate teaching
Anthropologist honored by MIT students as "a mentor, a role model, and someone who is truly making a difference."
June 3, 2020 -
MIT builds community for the Africa Takes On Covid-19 challenge
Some 40 students pull off a global virtual hackathon in less than two weeks.
May 14, 2020 -
Informing Covid-19 preparedness in Sierra Leone
MIT Governance Lab and the Institute for Governance Reform, working with the government of Sierra Leone, conduct rapid-response surveys to address Covid-19.
May 13, 2020 -
A mobile tool for global change
Dimagi’s data-collection platform has helped improve health care for hundreds of millions of people around the world.
March 8, 2020 -
A force for health equity
Through on-site projects in developing countries and internships in the business world, Kendyll Hicks explores the political and economic drivers of global health.
February 29, 2020 -
How door-to-door canvassing slowed an epidemic
Study finds that in Liberia, volunteers limited damage from Ebola by distributing information within their own communities.
February 26, 2020 -
It all adds up
MIT students train teams in Ghana and Uganda for the International Mathematical Olympiad through MISTI-Africa.
February 26, 2020 -
What pharmacy students in Ethiopia can do with supply chain education
The MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain lab led a blended supply chain management course with Addis Ababa University.
February 19, 2020 -
3 Questions: Professor Kenda Mutongi on Africa, women, power — and human decency
Mutongi discusses the connection between Kenyan widows and the #MeToo movement, myths of African entrepreneurship, and the wider implications of her research.
January 14, 2020 -
3 Questions: Shola Lawal on human rights and social justice
The Nigerian journalist is the recipient of a prestigious fellowship that provides residencies at MIT, The Boston Globe, and The New York Times.
December 17, 2019 -
Hazel Sive named dean of Northeastern University College of Science
Professor and Whitehead Institute member has conducted wide-ranging research in vertebrate developmental biology.
December 16, 2019 -
Collaborating for irrigation access solutions: Where policy and engineering meet
A J-WAFS connection brings together two MIT research teams helping to advance irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa.
December 12, 2019 -
Inclusive Innovation Challenge recognizes startups improving the future of work
Competition awards entrepreneurs from around the world working to ensure technological progress brings greater prosperity.
November 22, 2019 -
Exploring the human side of health care
Senior and “people person” Adedoyin Olateru-Olagbegi brings a human touch to caring for people dealing with medical crises.
November 20, 2019 -
Expanding education: From Africa to Cambridge and back again
Mgcini "Keith" Phuthi ’19, a native Zimbabwean, uses his experiences at MIT to develop improvements in education policy in Sierra Leone through MISTI-Africa.
November 18, 2019 -
Creating a network of drivers to lift a community
With a focus on driver and passenger safety, startup Max NG provides delivery and transportation services in West Africa.
November 14, 2019 -
Homegrown help: Seeding a culture of innovation in Nigeria
MIT Professional Education delivers Radical Innovation course to help civil servants modernize government and promote economic development.
October 31, 2019 -
Scaling up a cleaner-burning alternative for cookstoves
Mechanical engineering students in MIT D-Lab are working with collaborators in Uganda on a solution for the health hazards associated with wood-burning stoves.
October 22, 2019 -
MIT economists Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee win Nobel Prize
Professors share prize with Michael Kremer of Harvard University, are cited for breakthrough antipoverty work.
October 14, 2019