PARTNERS
NYU Development Research Institute (DRI)
NYU’s Development Research Institute unites research, dialogue, and strategy to empower citizens, build resilient nations, and foster allied collaboration. With its Wahba Initiative, the Financial Access Initiative, Africa House, and others, DRI advances solutions at the crossroads of development, infrastructure, trade, technology, and geopolitics.
Center for Technology, Economics and Development (CTED)
The Center for Technology, Economics, and Development (CTED), led by Prof. Yaw Nyarko (NYU) and Prof. Raša Karapandža (EBS & NYU), is dedicated to solving critical economic challenges in Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa through innovative, technology-driven solutions. Many communities in these regions struggle with missing markets for agricultural products, inefficient land administration, limited financial access for smallholder farmers, as well as the underutilization of cultural heritage and art as a driver for economic growth. These issues not only hinder the growth of the local economies but also deepen poverty and create systemic barriers to development. CTED addresses these challenges by creating digitally driven markets, digital land governance, financial inclusion and agricultural credit access via mobile apps, and cultural heritage preservation. We create transparent, efficient, and scalable solutions by deploying apps based on blockchain technology, mobilebased financial tools, novel financial products, geography information systems (GIS), and blockchaindriven land management systems, as well as AI-driven farmer advisers. We aim to scale up these innovations and make them fully self-sustainable, ensuring that the systems we build can continue growing and thriving without external aid.
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At New York University Africa House, we believe that scholarship makes an important difference in African affairs, especially when it engages leaders who design and implement policy. We use our location in New York to build a community of people who take Africa and African issues seriously. We envision Africa House as a place where Africans and people from across the United States can come together to exchange ideas and to better understand each other. Our aim is to raise the general awareness here that the lives, aspirations, and talents of Africans—though different in various cultural ways just like the American people —are fundamentally similar to Americans. As part of a private, non-profit institution like NYU, we appeal to generous donors for ongoing support, not only to sustain our numerous events and programs on campus, but to grow our programs and fellowships. Thank you for your support!