AAI's 2007 Africa Thursday Congressional Seminar Series From Left: Mora McLean, AAI, and Professor Benno Ndulu, The World Bank In March, AAI launched the 8th consecutive year of its Africa Thursday Congressional Seminar Series programming with an exploration of Comparative Approaches to Strengthening the Education Pipeline in Africa. In June, the second seminar of the series addressed the topic of Comparative African and Global Perspectives on Quality Education and the Pivotal Role of Quality Teachers. Comparative Approaches to Strengthening the Education Pipeline in Africa Read the full report >> Comparative African and Global Perspectives on Quality Education and the Pivotal Role of Quality Teachers Read the full report >>

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A Conversation with H.E. Quett Ketumile Joni Masire, Former President of Botswana H.E. Quett Masire signs a copy of his book for South African Consul General Fikile Magubane On May 16, AAI Trustee Maurice Tempelsman, Chairman of Lazare Kaplan International, and AAI hosted a well-attended reception and book signing for H.E. Quett Masire, former President of the Republic of Botswana, in honor of his new book, Very Brave or Very Foolish: Memoirs of an African Democrat... Read More >>

AAI hosts meeting with Africa Travel Association on Africa, Sport and Tourism: 2010 World Cup South Africa Participants at Meeting on Africa, Sport and Tourism On March 6, AAI and the Africa Travel Association (ATA) hosted a meeting on “South Africa, Sport and Tourism” that focused on the huge opportunities and challenges that South Africa faces as it prepares to host the 2010 World Cup, the largest sporting event in the world. The 2010 football World Cup is set to be the most commercially successful since the first tournament... Read more >>

AAI hosts Meeting with Visiting Deans from the Association of African Business Schools (AABS) Kofi Appenteng, Mora McLean, and Visitng Members of the Association of African Business School Deans On February 21, AAI hosted a meeting with visiting deans from the Association of African Business Schools (AABS), who were on a worldwide tour of top business schools. The AABS tour aimed to provide these educational leaders with models of success and informational meetings with organizations with on-the-ground experience with capacity-building issues, to help raise the quality of African business schools... Read more >>

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AAI Alumnus: Dr. Kwaku Ohene-Frempong AAI was established just a few short years before Ghana gained independence in 1957. Since then over 540 Ghanaians have participated in AAI-administered higher education and skills training programs. These alumni have made significant contributions worldwide and have been at the vanguard of Ghana's development since independence, excelling in their chosen fields. In this issue of AAIONLINE, we profile a few of AAI's Ghanaian alumni, including Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, Minister for Habours & Railways in Ghana, Charles Boamah, Controller and Director at the African Development Bank Group, Angela Dwamena-Aboagye, Executive Director of the Ark Foundation, and Dr. Ablade Glover, noted artist and founder of the Artists Alliance Gallery in Accra, Ghana. We also talked with Dr. Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, Director of the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at the Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania and an alumnus of AAI's African Scholarship Program of the American Universities (ASPAU), about his lifetime of work dedicated to the prevention and treatment of sickle cell disease and his reflections on Ghana's 50 years of independence... Read more >>