Webinars

Our Webinars

The MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) and the MIT Africa Program partnered with TRUE Africa University (TAU) in 2021 to host an annual webinar series focusing on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa

In this webinar series, TAU Founder, MIT alumnus, and CIS research affiliate Claude Grunitzky interviews the thinkers, shapers and doers who he sees as the inventors of the future of Africa.

Upcoming and Past Webinars

Africa’s Future Leaders

Speaker: Oby Ezekwesili

The sixth webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa.

May 18, 2023, 12:00 am

Africa’s New Data

Speaker: Kenfield Griffith

The final webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa.

May 18, 2023, 12:00 am

Africa’s Forgotten Heroes

Speaker: Kudzanai Chiurai

The fifth webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa.

May 4, 2023, 12:00 am

Africa’s New Activists

Speaker: Busisiwe Seabe

The fourth webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa.

April 27, 2023, 12:00 am

Africa’s New Development Models

Speaker: Nicolas Kazadi

The third webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa.

April 20, 2023, 12:00 am

Africa’s Next Startups

Speaker: Tidjane Deme

The second webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa.

April 6, 2023, 12:00 am

Africa's E-Governance

Speaker: José Maria Neves

This special event is part of the MIT X TAU webinar series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa.

April 4, 2023, 12:00 am

Africa's New Narratives

Speaker: Moky Makura

The first webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa.

March 23, 2023, 12:00 am