Alliance for African Partnership

08/27/2026

Welcome to Fall 2026! | Africa@MSU

Join us as we welcome the MSU community to a new semester and celebrate the beginning of Fall 2026!🎉

Hosted by Africa@MSU, BFSAA, and AAAS, this gathering is an opportunity to connect, meet colleagues and friends, and celebrate the African community at MSU.

📅 Wednesday, September 9, 2026
🕓 4:00–7:00 PM
📍 MSU Multicultural Center Overhang
535 N Shaw Ln, East Lansing, MI 48824

🔗 Register: https://conta.cc/4xubP5g

We look forward to celebrating the start of a new semester together! ✨

08/26/2026

Join WAVMA for two free WebCEPD webinars featuring experts in animal welfare and aquaculture health.

Sentience in Decapod Crustaceans: Evidence & Ethics.

📅 August 27, 2026 | 2:00 PM UTC
👤 Dr. Andrew Crump
🔗 Register: https://conta.cc/4gteiFx

One Health in Aquaculture: Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance & Emerging Disease Risks

📅 August 31, 2026 | 2:00 PM UTC
👤 Prof. Channarong Rodkhum
🔗 Register: https://conta.cc/4xYbebz

08/25/2026

🌍 Eye on Africa | Upcoming Talk
Eye on Africa is a biweekly series kicking off on September 10!

How might Ubuntu contribute to a more holistic understanding of wellbeing and healing?

Join Dr. Jean Bosco Niyonzima, Founder and Executive Director of the Ubuntu Center for Peace (UCP) in Rwanda, for “Working With, Through, and From Ubuntu: Toward an African Science of Healing People, Communities, and Places.”

📅 Thursday, September 10, 2026
🕛 12:00–1:30 PM EST
🔗 Register: https://conta.cc/4qFlrri

📌 Save the dates for the upcoming sessions and join us throughout the series!

Co-sponsored by the Institute of Ubuntu Thought and Practice (IUTP), Alliance for African Partnership (AAP), and Global Health Institute (GHI).

08/22/2026

🔥 2 days left!

Take your idea beyond the lab and onto the Falling Walls Lab Botswana stage.

📌 Deadline: August 24, 2026
Apply today: https://conta.cc/41sGamx

08/20/2026

From the University of Botswana’s Falling Walls Business Breakfast Roundtable 🎥

⏱️ The video starts at 23:10.

08/20/2026

The Alliance for African Partnership mourns the passing of Professor Mame Samba Mbaye of Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar.

As a founding member of the AAP community, Professor Mbaye made meaningful contributions to its establishment and growth, and to strengthening relationships between universities and the communities they serve.

We extend our deepest condolences to his family, colleagues, students, and the UCAD community. We are grateful for his contributions and lasting impact.

May his memory be a blessing.

🔗 https://conta.cc/4hFHn2U

08/19/2026

We’re excited to welcome our African Futures Scholars to Michigan State University! 💚🤍

Bringing together diverse perspectives, disciplines, and experiences from across Africa, they are joining us for an exciting experience of learning, connection, and collaboration. 🌍

Whether joining us in person or virtually, we’re so glad to have you as part of the African Futures community! ✨

08/19/2026

What happens when science meets community?🌍

Falling Walls Engage Hub Malawi is creating spaces for researchers, institutions, policymakers, communicators, and communities to connect, exchange ideas, and strengthen science engagement.

🔗 Explore the Hub: https://falling-walls.com/engage/hubs/hub-malawi

Our mission is to create discourse spaces to promote communication between science, business, politics and society.

08/17/2026

⏰ Deadline approaching!

Looking for a COIL partner? Complete the Individual Interest Form by August 23, 2026, and connect with a potential collaborator for COIL Faculty Fellows Program–Africa (Cohort 4).

🔗 Read more: https://conta.cc/4eNlRaC

08/12/2026

🔬 Great research deserves to be understood.

How can researchers turn complex ideas into stories that connect with the people and communities they aim to serve?

At the University of Botswana, graduate students explored this question during a workshop led by Susan McFarlane-Alvarez, professor in MSU’s Department of Advertising and Public Relations, in partnership with the Alliance for African Partnership (AAP).

The session focused on using strategic communication to strengthen the reach and relevance of research.

📖 Read more about the story: https://conta.cc/4cCkav1

After spending a fulfilling week in Botswana, I left with feelings you might experience after a visit with good friends, even family.