Promoting enlightened engagement between Africa and
America through education, training and dialogue.

Programs

 

AAI pursues its mission through work in two program areas: African Higher Education and Training (AHET) and Educational Outreach and Policy (EOP). Over fifty years of AAI education, training and outreach programs in Africa and United States have produced over 23,000 alumni and informed policymakers, businesspeople, and the American public of African perspectives on U.S.-Africa engagement. AAI's programs are supported by African governments, the U.S. government, private foundations, corporate donors, multilateral institutions and individuals who share its commitment to building Africa's human capacity and to promoting increased dialogue and understanding between the U.S. and Africa.

African Higher Education & Training (AHET)

Under this program AAI administers short- and long-term graduate education and professional training programs for Africans. Current participants of AAI programs study at institutions in the Africa, Europe and Latin America and the United States. Approximately 90% of alumni of AAI's programs have returned to live and work in Africa to make vital contributions to the continent's development at the local, national, and pan-African levels.

AAI's AHET programs:

  • Enlarge Africa's pool of competent, responsive and representative leaders.
  • Extend Africa's capacity to produce information, ideas and products that attract American and other global trade partners.
  • Strengthen the institutional infrastructure needed to combat AIDS and other diseases.
  • Design and implement dynamic systems of higher education and life-long learning opportunities beyond formal schooling.
Educational Outreach & Policy (EOP)

Through symposia, study tours, exchange programs and online discussion forums, AAI’s EOP program provides opportunities for U.S.-Africa engagement in key sectors and also seeks to provide a platform for African perspectives which help shape and inform U.S. polices towards Africa.

Through AAI's EOP programs:

  • Africa's rich diversity and resource potential are understood.
  • There is a deeper appreciation of Africa's importance to U.S. national interests.
  • Public demand for national policy fosters close and mutually beneficial ties with African countries, especially in the areas of trade, economic development and education.