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.
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.
The annual selection of East African scholarship holders who will pursue PhD studies in Germany culminated in celebrations: On April 27, the DAAD Office in Nairobi hosted nine out of 13 happy scholars for a small but lively and engaging gathering to acknowledge and appreciate the achievement of winning a DAAD scholarship.
DAAD Nairobi, in its regional responsibility for East African countries, visited NM-AIST in Arusha in March 2023. With its MSC Embedded and Mobile Systems course, the Nelson Mandela African Institution for Science and Technology (NM-AIST) in Arusha (Tanzania) is the core of the Centre of Excellence for ICT in East Africa (CENIT@EA), which has been established since 2017 and is being implemented by GIZ, DAAD, and IUCEA with funding from BMZ on behalf of the East African Community.
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.
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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Please join us for the last Leadership for Africa Scholarship Programme online seminar of the year on May 31st, 2023 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm EAT. It will be purely a Q and A session, so if you have any questions concerning the application process we will be happy to assist! Register to participate: https://daad-veranstaltung.webex.com/weblink/register/rd6381d7a3d15415516f70fbbdfea3e21
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Every Thursday, as it has always been, from 10 am to 11 am EAT, we host virtual visiting hours to inform you about DAAD's available opportunities as well as studying in Germany.
To participate, please click on https://www.daad-kenya.org/en/about-us/online-seminar-schedule/, scroll down, click on +Virtual Visiting hours, and select the date.
To minimize problems when logging in, please download the Webex Messenger Tool before the date.
Participation is absolutely free!
See you Thursday!
Every Thursday, as it has always been, from 10 am to 11 am EAT, we host virtual visiting hours to inform you about DAAD's available opportunities as well as studying in Germany.
To participate, please register at https://www.daad-kenya.org/en/about-us/online-seminar-schedule/, scroll down, click on +Virtual Visiting hours, and select the date.
To minimize problems when logging in, please download the Webex Messenger Tool before the date.
Participation is absolutely free!
See you soon!
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