Competition awards entrepreneurs from around the world working to ensure technological progress brings greater prosperity.
November 22, 2019Senior and “people person” Adedoyin Olateru-Olagbegi brings a human touch to caring for people dealing with medical crises.
November 20, 2019Mgcini "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, 2019With a focus on driver and passenger safety, startup Max NG provides delivery and transportation services in West Africa.
November 14, 2019MIT Professional Education delivers Radical Innovation course to help civil servants modernize government and promote economic development.
October 31, 2019Mechanical 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, 2019Professors share prize with Michael Kremer of Harvard University, are cited for breakthrough antipoverty work.
October 14, 2019PhD student Norhan Bayomi uses drones to investigate how building construction impacts communities’ resilience to rising temperatures.
October 4, 2019The student-run African Students Association bolsters MIT's relationship to a vibrant, growing continent.
October 3, 2019PhD student Elise Harrington studies the ways rural communities in Kenya and India learn about solar energy products and their options as consumers.
September 19, 2019PhD student Jia Hui Lee studies global differences in how humans relate to other animals, including rats that detect land mines.
September 5, 2019An interactive program using mobile phones helps more patients conclude treatment successfully.
September 4, 2019MDaaS Global works to transform health care in Africa by bringing high-end medical diagnostics to low-income communities.
July 11, 2019J-WAFS announces graduate fellowships for Sahil Shah and Peter Godart, both of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
June 17, 2019Africa’s Talking gives entrepreneurs on the continent an easy way to add voice- and text-based functions to their solutions.
June 10, 2019J-WAFS Fellow and DUSP PhD student Andrea Beck examines the success factors behind water utility partnerships in Africa.
June 10, 2019Research from the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society aims to help African farmers increase their production and profits with better prediction.
May 30, 2019In MIT D-Lab class 2.729 (Design for Scale), MIT students devise ways to manufacture products to reach as many people as possible.
May 5, 2019A new method identifies opportunities to learn and adapt to changing temperature and precipitation trends.
April 22, 2019The one-year Scale-Ups Fellowships program provides each fellow with a $20,000 grant and support tailored to address their specific needs.
April 16, 2019