Sciences Po and Africa

Sciences Po and the Mastercard Foundation will support 1,450 students from Sub-Saharan Africa over the next 10 years.

This summer, students returning from 3A are sharing their experiences. Luna fell in love with Johannesburg's cultural scene.

This summer, students returning from 3A are sharing their experiences. Fary found her calling in Accra: international development.

For the third year of her Bachelor's degree - and before joining the dual master's degree in Corporate and Public Management offered by Sciences Po and HEC Paris - Mariama Dalanda Sow chose to do an academic exchange at the prestigious Strathmore Business School in Nairobi. The 21-year-old student tells us about her experience and her desire to use it to make an impact in Guinea, her home country.

Born in Guinea, Amadou Diallo moved to Greece at the age of 16 to flee the political instability of his country and the persecutions suffered by members of his ethnic group. Now a student at Sciences Po, he tells us about his career and his dream of taking part in the development of the African continent.

Originally from Dakar, Senegal, and Auvergne, France, Babacar Seck completed his university studies at Sciences Po, first in the Le Havre campus of the Undergraduate College and then in Paris to pursue his studies with the Master in Finance and Strategy. Today, he is an investment manager at Proparco and President of Sciences Po’s Cercle Afrique. He tells us about his career and his dedication to the African continent.

Founded in 1980 by Jean-François Bayart alongside a dozen other researchers - including several members of Sciences Po’s Center for International Studies (CERI) - Politique Africaine has always striven to offer a novel perspective on Africa, one which is both more inventive and grassroots-oriented. Publication director Sandrine Perrot spoke to us about the vision and editorial direction of the journal, one that has been supported by Sciences Po since day one.

Kenya native Alex Mutura is a student in Sciences Po's Europe-Africa undergraduate program, majoring in economics and societies. Last year – despite the ongoing pandemic – Mutura embarked on a five-month academic exchange at South Africa’s Stellenbosch University. He shares his experience below.

Benjamin Marx and Golvine de Rochambeau are both researchers at the Department of Economics. Benjamin Marx studies political economy and Golvine de Rochambeau specialises in the development of small and medium-sized entreprises in Africa, among other subjects.

After spending the first part of her career as an international financial auditor, Hawa Diallo enrolled in the Executive Master's program "Development Policies and Management - Potential Africa" at Sciences Po Executive Education, where she laid the groundwork for a new career in the Guinean public administration.

Student Ofure Elomien from Nigeria studied for sixth months on the Sciences Po Paris campus in the context of an academic exchange. In this written account, he describes his experience—formative and inspirational—between a newfound openness to new cultures and awareness of the key issues of the African continent.

Ever since she was a child, Racheal Lawrence has dreamed of contributing to the development of her country: Nigeria. Today, as a graduate of the Paris School of International Affairs’ Master in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action, she is pursuing this goal by working to enable the education of future generations of Nigerians. Meet this ambitious and socially involved alumna.