Eddie is a Senior Fellow at Schmidt Futures. He was most recently Director for Africa and the Middle East at Yale where he led the University President’s Africa Initiative, and advanced Yale’s bi-directional partnerships across Africa and the Middle East. Prior to joining Yale, he was the Associate Director of NYU Africa House, and the NYU Abu Dhabi Center for Tech-nology & Economic Development. He is a Carnegie New Leader and has served on the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.