Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Anthropology at Stanford University collaborated on research to determine the underlying causes that led to the Ebola outbreak in Africa. Read the full story Lessons from a Pandemic - Illuminating the hidden causes of the Ebola outbreak, by Jake Miller here.

Calestuos Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa recently published a discussion paper for the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School. Read his paper, "Education, Research, and Innovation in Africa: Forging Strategic Linkages for Economic Transformation"...

Beekan Erena, a Harvard University Scholar at Risk Fellow, pushes for change in Ethiopia. Erena, an educator and award-winning author, was recently featured in the Harvard Gazette in an article focusing on this work in Ethopia working with marginalized ethnic groups. In 2015-2016 Erena was a Scholar at Risk supported by the Hutchins Center, where his research focused on the Oromo struggle for self-determination and recent clashes between students and government security forces. Read the full story...

Andy Agaba, the Gleitsman Leadership Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School for Public Leadership, is committed to helping impoverished African farmers through social enterprise. A native of Uganda, Agaba and his five siblings were raised by his mother, who worked tirelessly to ensure her children received an education. After graduating from Makerere University, in Kampala, Agaba came to the United States where he developed his idea for Bantu Coffee, a social enterprise designed to assist impoverished African farmers which he launched last year. Read more about Agaba and Bantu Coffee...