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Visiting Hours

The DAAD Nairobi Office offers face-to-face consultations every Wednesday, from 10 am-12 pm EAT. Virtual consultations also continue.

Responsibility

DAAD Regional Office Nairobi offers services for Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Rwanda and Burundi.

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Contact

  • Regional Office Nairobi

    Madison Insurance House, 3rd floor, Upper Hill Close, P.O. Box 14050 00800 Nairobi
    Telephone: +254 (733) 92 99 29
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News

Every year, the heads of the DAAD's external network come to Bonn in the summer to exchange ideas with their colleagues at headquarters and also with each other, to discuss the latest developments at the DAAD and in the six departments, and at the same time to report on their work and the framework conditions in their countries and regions.

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Professor Joybrato Mukherjee was re-elected as DAAD President in Bonn today. The General Assembly of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) also confirmed Vice President Muriel Helbig in office. In addition, a new Executive Committee and a part of the Board of Trustees were elected for the world’s biggest academic exchange organisation.

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Africa is multilingual. German is taught and learned alongside other foreign languages. The reasons for learning German in Africa vary. While studying in Germany is one of the main reasons why students in higher education want to learn German, there is also increased interest in internships, job opportunities, family reunification, and migration. The promotion of German in sub-Saharan Africa is therefore becoming a focus of the Federal Foreign Office.

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On Thursday, May 11, 2023, the DAAD Nairobi, in partnership with the Goethe-Institut Nairobi hosted this year’s Falling Walls Lab at the Goethe-Institut Auditorium. Falling Walls Lab is a world-class pitch competition, networking forum, and stepping stone that brings together a diverse and interdisciplinary pool of students and early-career professionals by providing a stage for breakthrough ideas both globally and locally.

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Visits and Info Sessions

  • Online Seminar Schedule

    We are pleased to inform you that the DAAD Nairobi Office offers face to face consultation hours  every Wednesdays, 10 am to 12 pm EAT. Also, our regular visiting hours remain; every Thursday from 10:00 am to 11:00 am EAT,  Web Seminars also remain as scheduled.

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Calls and Offers

Open calls for DAAD funding

These are open calls for applications supported by the DAAD.

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Open calls from other organizations

In this section we are pleased to keep you informed about calls or other offers from other organizations.

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Alumni

In the eyes of the DAAD, the end of a funding period marks the beginning of a long-standing relationship with us. We aim to stay in touch with our alumni as well as help you get to know one another through a serious of programmes and activities. We also support you in setting up regional DAAD alumni clubs and other forms of networking opportunities.

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German News Service

Speeding up the mobility transition

Transport accounts for one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions in Germany. Efforts to meet climate targets by speeding up a mobility transition include solar-powered delivery boats and electrifying roads to cut truck emissions.

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Researchers reveal benefits of exercise as an antidepressant

As Dusseldorf hosts the Invictus Games for wounded soldiers, therapists and researchers have been discussing the effects of exercise on people with mood disorders. They say sports can help people overcome depression.

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Global talent: An anthropologist from China

Biao Xiang, a social anthropologist from China, is director at the Max Planck Institute for Ethnological Research. He admires the will to innovate in German society and sees hurdles for young Chinese academics when starting their careers.

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Cooking with grass pellets in Madagascar

Students from Madagascar and Germany have developed a highly efficient cooker that runs on miscanthus grass pellets. They hope the fuel can replace charcoal as the cooking fuel of choice and help stop deforestation.

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Restoring seagrass beds for climate protection

A new research project from the SeaStore network in Kiel hopes to combat climate change by -beds of seagrass in the Baltic Sea. It's painstaking work that requires patience and dedication.

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Madagascar: Leaf-tailed gecko confirmed as 'previously unknown'

A German-led team of scientists has identified a new gecko species after more than two decades. The animal was first discovered in Madagascar in 2000.

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