A Message from the Founders

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The Ivy Africa Institute is an institute dedicated to facilitating professional opportunities, networking, and learning experiences  for students at top US and UK schools in partnership with leading individuals, governments, and private companies in Africa.  In conjunction with out university chapters, we aim to create avenues through which our African partners can engage with the West and leverage the expertise, insight, and networks existing in the US and UK.

There are many ways to get involved with IAI, such as volunteering, making a donation, or attending one of our events (or those of our partners). You can get involved with a chapter at your university, or you can reach out to us about setting up a new chapter. If you are a potential partner, please reach out: we would love to have an initial exploratory conversation.

IAI offers educational and work experience. We work to partner with elite and world-class institutions that have operations and opportunities in Africa while also allowing students to work directly with African stakeholders. The core of our mission is learning: IAI does not seek to create or offer full-time job opportunities (though this may very well happen!), but to develop an avenue through which students can learn more about Africa, get connected to opportunities on the continent, and cultivate an African network that they can remain engaged with as they enter their own careers. It is through this engagement that the next generations of leaders in the US, UK, and Africa will have ready friends and allies in mind well into the future.