Speaker: Janet Munakamwe

Topic: Unlocking the Potential of Artisanal & Small-scale Mining (ASM) in the Just Energy Transition: Rethinking a Unified Pan-African Regulatory Framework.

Eye on Africa is a bi-weekly seminar series that provides scholars, policy-makers, applied practitioners, students, and the interested public with cutting-edge and highly-contextualized knowledge about the African continent. Emerging and established scholars share the results of their recent research, with time for audience questions and comments. The series draws on a diverse group of presenters to create an inclusive, holistic view of African history, social movements, the economy, and politics.

Speaker: Andrew Marshall

Topic: First Languages and the National Language in Politics along the Kenya-Tanzania Border.

Eye on Africa is a bi-weekly seminar series that provides scholars, policy-makers, applied practitioners, students, and the interested public with cutting-edge and highly-contextualized knowledge about the African continent. Emerging and established scholars share the results of their recent research, with time for audience questions and comments. The series draws on a diverse group of presenters to create an inclusive, holistic view of African history, social movements, the economy, and politics.

Speaker: Nuniyat Abebe

Topic: Gender Imbalance in Research Areas of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, NLP, and RelatedTopics in Ethiopia.

Eye on Africa is a bi-weekly seminar series that provides scholars, policy-makers, applied practitioners, students, and the interested public with cutting-edge and highly-contextualized knowledge about the African continent. Emerging and established scholars share the results of their recent research, with time for audience questions and comments. The series draws on a diverse group of presenters to create an inclusive, holistic view of African history, social movements, the economy, and politics.

Focus: Multi-African Countries  

Topic: Multilateralism: China’s Increasing Footprint in Africa (Afro-Sino Center of International Relations)

Speaker: John Aerni-Flessner

Topic: White Gold and Thirsty Communities: The Cold War, Apartheid, and the Lesotho Highlands Water Project

Eye on Africa is a bi-weekly seminar series that provides scholars, policy-makers, applied practitioners, students, and the interested public with cutting-edge and highly-contextualized knowledge about the African continent. Emerging and established scholars share the results of their recent research, with time for audience questions and comments. The series draws on a diverse group of presenters to create an inclusive, holistic view of African history, social movements, the economy, and politics.

Speaker: Michelle Moyd

Eye on Africa is a bi-weekly seminar series that provides scholars, policy-makers, applied practitioners, students, and the interested public with cutting-edge and highly-contextualized knowledge about the African continent. Emerging and established scholars share the results of their recent research, with time for audience questions and comments. The series draws on a diverse group of presenters to create an inclusive, holistic view of African history, social movements, the economy, and politics.

Taste of Africa

Focus: Tanzania 
 

Topic: Education Abroad in Africa: Experiences of MSU Tanzania Partnership Program (TPP) Students, 2025

Speaker: Jennifer Lee Johnson

Eye on Africa is a bi-weekly seminar series that provides scholars, policy-makers, applied practitioners, students, and the interested public with cutting-edge and highly-contextualized knowledge about the African continent. Emerging and established scholars share the results of their recent research, with time for audience questions and comments. The series draws on a diverse group of presenters to create an inclusive, holistic view of African history, social movements, the economy, and politics.