Tade Akin Aina

Available here and at Bookstop, Yaya Centre, Nairobi!

Interesting webinar on philanthropy and higher education. m.youtube.com/watch?v=y7cXhy…

✨ Author Spotlight: Lola Shoneyin ✨ @lolashoneyin , author of The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives, is a powerful voice in African literature and founder of the Ake Arts and Book Festival. #AuthorSpotlight #ZODML #ReadAfrican #jhope_in_paris #Oscars #trending

We need the toolkit of utopian thinking, now more than ever – psyche.co/ideas/we-need-… via @psyche_the_mag

@UnivofGh @aba_amfo @UnivGh_VC Congratulations Madam VC! You are a true source of inspiration to many.

The University of Ghana is delighted to announce the re-appointment of Prof. @aba_amfo as @UnivGh_VC, for a second four-year term, starting in October 2025. Read more: bit.ly/ProfAmfoReappo… #IntegriProcedamus

Open Society Foundations is looking for the boldest thinkers in Lagos to join the next cohort of Open Society Fellows. Apply for up to $120,000 in funding by 16 December 2024. There are no age restrictions. More details: republic.com.ng/dispatch/open-…

🎥 Missed the Thandika Mkandawire Memorial Lecture 2024? No worries! The full video is now available on YouTube! 🌍 Watch Prof. Tade Akin Aina discuss “Vision, Value, and Values in the Transformation of higher education in Africa.” 📺 Watch now: youtube.com/watch?v=w2qo2u…

May his soul rest in peace. Prof was a great leader, a mentor and an early believer in multidisciplinary collaboration. He brought me into urban studies as a young scholar. Rest in power Prof Aradeon.

Audre Lorde is a very special writer. Reading her poetry and essays have left an indelible mark on me…

@JohnGaventa @irunguhoughton Thanks John.

@aina_akin @irunguhoughton Congratulations Tade! Look forward to it!

Thanks @irunguhoughton ! It is indeed a great honor to give this Memorial Lecture for my one and only MBoss Thandika Mkandawire! His spirit, work and memory continue to inspire and thrive.

📢 Join us for the Thandika Mkandawire Memorial Lecture 2024! 🌍 Read more here codesria.org/fr/thandika-mk…

@HUCenterAfrica Congratulations @ChambiChachage ! You make us all proud!

Welcome new faculty members, Drs. Amsale Alemu and Chambi Chachage to the Dept of African Studies at Howard! cfas.howard.edu/articles/welco…

@bisiafayemi @kfayemi Happy anniversary Your Excellencies.

‘To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.' (David Viscott). Happy 35th wedding anniversary, darling @kfayemi youtu.be/cFpXy3QkCQ8

@ProfEAryeetey Congratulations @ProfEAryeetey ! Looking forward to catching up soon!

There is no bigger honour than your old school ‘rivals’ honouring you. I was made an Honorary Member of Amanfoɔ. I am proud of this as I am of Prempeh. I will work to support Achimota, Presec and Prempeh as much as possible. We look forward to a better future for Ghana’s schools.

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@DrOmbongi @uonbi Congratulations Ken!

I'm bidding FAREWELL today, August 2nd, 2024, to my greatly valued colleagues & friends at Department of History and Archaeology. I have been elevated to the position of new DEAN, RESEARCH & POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences @uonbi.

@matthewshenoda @kwamedawes @AfricanPoetryBF Congratulations to Prof Kwame Dawes. We are witnesses to your impact and contributions.

@aba_amfo @ProfEAryeetey @ARUA_News Congratulations dear Prof E Aryeetey.

Congratulations @ProfEAryeetey on your well deserved retirement. Your stellar leadership of @ARUA_News is duly applauded. Best wishes

@AfrPhilConf Great news The 2024 African Philanthropy Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to Dr. Tade Akin Aina @aina_akin in recognition of his lifelong dedication to using his extensive experience and expertise to advance a more equitable and sustainable world. Throughout his illustrious career, Dr. Aina has made significant contributions to the philanthropic sector, leaving an indelible mark and making him a deserving recipient of this prestigious award. Currently, Dr. Aina serves as the Chief Impact and Research Officer at the Mastercard Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the world, which aims to build a world where all people can learn and prosper. The Mastercard Foundation is enabling pathways to work and economic opportunity for Indigenous youth in Canada and millions of young people in Africa. Prior to revealing the winner of the year, we were graced to listen to H.E Graça Machel who gave an inspiring speech on the giving and caring in the African way.

"Reclaiming the true value of African Philanthropy - it's about the love for each other. Doing good, perpetually." - Tade Aina| @aina_akin @MastercardFdn #AfrPhilConf2024 @AfrPhilConf