The Flagship Program
The International Institute for African Scholars has recognized the increasing interest in Africa by investors across the globe. Our Africanization Program assists local and international economic forces — individuals and corporations — and creates a coordinated platform for scholars of African descent to play a critical role in this investment heat-up.
Pioneer Fellow
Pioneer Fellow · Project Monitoring Officer
Dr. Oluwi is a pioneer Fellow of IIAS and serves as the Project Monitoring Officer of the Institute. The Africanization Program operates under the Institute's broader scholarly umbrella, with Dr. Oluwi providing continuity between research, monitoring, and continental engagement.
Three Roundtables
Which roundtable aligns with your education, experience, occupation, or qualifications? Come over to IIAS and vote your commitment to Africa.
Africa Unification and Harmonization. Chaired by Dr. Joyce Dadzie, this roundtable convenes Volunteer Representatives for each of the continent's 54+ countries to research opportunities, share them with diaspora populations, and deliver them where the political elite has historically denied access.
Convenes medical scholars and public health practitioners of African origin around the work of strengthening continental health systems — workforce, pandemic preparedness, maternal and child health, and continental drug manufacturing capacity.
Guides new fellows, students, and diaspora returnees through structured pathways to meaningful contribution. The Institute's mentorship layer — designed to ensure that no member is left to navigate the federation alone.
Programs Under the Africanization Umbrella
Each of these programs operates under the Africanization umbrella, with its own coordinator, team, and continental focus. Click through to learn how to engage.
Justice
A defined intake channel for Africans seeking redress when their rights are infringed.
Continental Network
Africa Unification — Volunteer Representatives across all 54+ countries.
Standards
Guiding African manufacturers and traders through continental standards.
Mentorship
Shaping the ethical landscape of the continent — catch them young.
Advocacy
Working with parents, schools, and security agents to protect African girls.
Publications
The Institute's monthly publication — 31 issues archived from 2021 onward.
Field Activity
Sensitization and mentorship work with rural women and girls around Abidjan.
Operations
Continental operations from BIWAL Plaza, Aba, Nigeria — Dr. Austin Onyeama, Director.
Who Belongs Here
Join hands with the Institute and make Africa what you expect Africa to be.
The Pen Is the Institute's Sword
The International Institute for African Scholars vehemently rejects the insensitive treatments meted to Black people in the United States and elsewhere.
Black people have suffered enough. Hitherto, the Institute has focused on scholarship — helping learners across platforms and educational levels up to doctorate-degree researchers. However, being a flagship Black institute, it would be unheard of to pretend that nothing is happening.
The Institute has been working assiduously to elevate the status of Black people across the globe. To witness the degradation of Black communities — down to the termination of life in too many instances — is, to say the least, unacceptable.
We all know that the pen is mightier than the sword. We also know that the Institute is about reading and writing. The pen is the Institute's sword. The Institute's pen will meet the guns on an even playing field. When the bullets go off, the words will go off also.
A Bridge to the Homeland
The International Institute for African Scholars has built the bridge for all African people to make a paradigm shift and associate with their homeland. The IIAS scholars are conducting research studies and providing the necessary guidance — at academic and professional levels — for all Africans in the diaspora to sink their roots again in their homeland.
The Institute calls on the appropriate authorities to consider this clarion call critical to the establishment of a just and equitable society. The Institute calls on African-Americans to know they are Africans and must look in the right direction.
Become a Fellow, Member, Associate, or Affiliate
Let us all be part of the Africa investment heat-up going on right now. Become a Fellow, Member, Associate, or Affiliate today and play your role in the federation.
