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The emerging scholar has joined the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs as an assistant professor of political science and global affairs. By pairing satellite imagery with fieldwork in Uganda and Ghana, he traces how corruption shapes state-building in rural Africa.

Affinity Africa, Ghana’s leading digital banking platform, has released a new report in collaboration with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and Yale’s International Leadership Centre examining the drivers and impacts of cash dependency in Africa and the steps required to address it.

This year's cohort of World Fellows includes a Ukrainian journalist, a Chinese environmentalist, and a Kenyan orchestral conductor.

The Blue Center has awarded funding to two new faculty research initiatives examining the economic effects of 2025 U.S. tariffs and India's alleged transnational assassination operations, with both projects aimed at producing actionable insights for policymakers.

In her role at The Gates Foundation’s Africa office, Shumane is implementing strategic initiatives across the continent aimed at improving public health and economic development.

For Manus McCaffery, an economic affairs officer with the UN, the ability to build relationships is the key to developing lasting solutions to complex issues in communities around the globe.

H.E. Timothy Musa Kabba, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Sierra Leone discusses coups, climate change, and conflict minerals — and his own remarkable journey from a child soldier in his country’s civil war all the way to the UN Security Council.