True Africa University

04/21/2024

Don’t miss it tonight! 🎬 Our new film “Blue Carbon: Nature’s Hidden Power” premieres live on CNN at 9pm ET in the USA. Starring Grammy nominated DJ and marine toxicologist Jayda G and featuring music by my man RZA from Wu-Tang Clan 🙌🏾
This documentary combines the universal languages of music and science to shine an urgent light on our precious coastal ecosystems. It was a joy to work over the past 4 years with my fellow executive producers Sarah Macdonald, Alex Asen, Philippe de Bourbon, and the rest of our wonderful team all over the world 🌟 🌈

Premieres Sunday, April 21st at 9p ET/PT.

05/15/2023

Our founder Claude Grunitzky will be in conversation with the great Oby Ezekwesili about Africa's future leaders. This will be our final MIT Center for International Studies x True Africa University webinar for this year's season. This is the link to register https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gKZQZk6gRnaPKnOxciKQIg #/registration

05/08/2023

This Thursday at 11am ET / 5pm Nigeria 🇳🇬 time, for our weekly True Africa University x MIT Center for International Studies webinar, our founder Claude Grunitzky will be in conversation 💬 with Oby Ezekwesili about Africa’s future leaders. Link to register is https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gKZQZk6gRnaPKnOxciKQIg #/registration

The MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) and MIT-Africa has partnered with TRUE Africa University (TAU) to host a seven-week webinar series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa. Thursdays at noon (ET), starting on March 23, TAU founder, MIT alumnus, and CIS research....

04/29/2023

This Thursday, May 4th, at 12pm ET, our True Africa University x MIT Center for International Studies webinar series continues. Our founder Claude Grunitzky will be in conversation 💬 with , one of Africa’s leading contemporary artists. Kudzanai lives between 🇿🇼 and 🇿🇦 and the conversation will be about the forgotten heroes of 🌟Link to register is https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gKZQZk6gRnaPKnOxciKQIg #/registration

The MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) and MIT-Africa has partnered with TRUE Africa University (TAU) to host a seven-week webinar series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa. Thursdays at noon (ET), starting on March 23, TAU founder, MIT alumnus, and CIS research....

04/25/2023

This Thursday at 12pm EST, our founder Claude Grunitzky speaks with Busisiwe Cathrine Seabe, one of ’s most powerful young activists ✊🏾for the True Africa University x MIT Center for International Studies weekly webinar. Sign up here:

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/mit_x_tau_series_africas_new_activists #.ZEcvGaTMLVZ

The fourth webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa. Zoom webinar :: 12:00PM–1:00PM | Register at bit.ly/MITxTAU23 Speaker: Busisiwe Seabe is a social justice activist in South Africa and a co-founder of the movement. Moderator: C...

04/18/2023

This Thursday, April 20th, our True Africa University x MIT Center for International Studies x Africa webinar is with Nicolas Kazadi. Our founder Claude Grunitzky and Nicolas Kazadi will debate around Africa's new development models, with the example of the Democratic Republic of Congo and its use of resources. You can register here https://calendar.mit.edu/event/mit_x_tau_series_africas_next_startups_8741 #.ZD5kiS8RqgR

The third webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa. Zoom webinar :: 12:00PM–1:00PM | Register at bit.ly/MITxTAU23 Speaker: Nicolas Kazadi is is a Congolese politician and career diplomat who has been Ambassador-at-large for the Democratic Repub...

04/04/2023

This Thursday, April 6th at 12pm EST, our Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) x True Africa University webinar continues with Tidjane Deme, general partner of Partech Africa. Our founder Claude Grunitzky will engage in a dialog with Tidjane around Africa's most promising . You can register here: https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gKZQZk6gRnaPKnOxciKQIg

Accelerating higher education in Africa

03/18/2023

Back by popular demand!!!🌟For the third consecutive year, our founder Claude Grunitzky will host our weekly True Africa University x Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) series on in 💥Starting on Thursday, March 23rd, Claude will interview the thinkers, shapers and doers who he sees as the inventors of the future of Africa 🌈 You can check this year's lineup and register here https://lnkd.in/eeXgjwrr

Accelerating higher education in Africa

08/19/2022

Nous vous invitons à découvrir at à vous abonner au nouveau podcast animé par Claude Grunitzky (fondateur togolais de TRACE et TRUEAfrica)🌟 Le sujet de la discussion de cette semaine: ces Africains de la diaspora qui décident de rentrer au pays. Ils sont très enthousiastes à l’idée d’explorer de nouvelles opportunités, mais le retour au bercail a son lot de difficultés et de problèmes.

Plusieurs Africains de la diaspora décident de rentrer en Afrique. Ils sont très enthousiastes à l’idée d’explorer des opportunités une fois de retour. Plusieurs d’entre eux, connus comme des -repats- sont très bien formés et très compétents. Mais, les diplômes prestigieux, obtenus d...

08/09/2022

We are excited to share with you the new by TRUEAfrica 🌟 is hosted by Claude Grunitzky and this week's episode is asking "How do we get Africans to respect artists?"

In Africa, being an artist doesn’t carry the same prestige as other professions. Guests DJ Elly Chuva (Angola's biggest female DJ), Roberta Annan (an investor in the creative industries), and Sonia Lawson (director of Le Palais de Lomé) tell us how they feel about this important issue.

Please listen, subscribe, and share!

One of the worst things you can say to an African parent is: I don’t want to be a doctor, lawyer or accountant. I want to be an artist! In Africa, being an artist doesn’t carry the same prestige as other professions. But musicians, painters, filmmakers, and designers all have a huge influence on...

04/18/2022

Hope everyone had a great Easter, Passover, Ramadan. Our final x MIT Center for International Studies webinar of the season is this coming Thursday, April 21st, at 1pm ET. Our founder Claude Grunitzky will be in conversation with . Hope to see you there! The link to register is here -> https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ptil4cG1RHqJ9WNdC1Kycg

04/12/2022

Hello there, our next x Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) webinar is this coming Thursday, April 14th, at 12pm ET. Our founder Claude Grunitzky will be in conversation with Marie-Cécile Zinsou. She is president of Fondation Zinsou, founded in 2005 in Cotonou, . It promotes in and leads cultural, educational and social initiatives. In 2014 she opened the first museum of contemporary art in Benin. This is the link to register -> https://mit.zoom.us/.../register/WN_Ptil4cG1RHqJ9WNdC1Kycg