The Cornell Institute for African Development (IAD) hosts a monthly webinar on contemporary African issues. This webinar series features diverse voices from the African continent and the Diaspora on a wide range of themes, challenges, breakthroughs in cutting-edge research outcomes, innovations, and discoveries across all disciplines and area studies. The topics include climate change, the environment, gender, education, the economy, health, governance, creative arts, Indigenous knowledge systems, the youth, and the recent/ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Other key topics deal with engaged research and academic issues on theory, critical thinking, approaches, methodologies, and fundamental and applied research in the development process. The webinar is open to the global academic public and all are welcome to participate.