Leadership for Africa

Happy scholarship holders of the DAAD Leadership for Africa programme arrived in Germany

The DAAD invited the first cohort of the "Leadership for Africa" Master Scholarship Program to a kick-off conference in Berlin on June 22 and 23, 2022.

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DAAD Regional Engagements

DAAD Nairobi Visits to Moi University and Embu University

Due to the pandemic, the DAAD could not perform its regional tasks with university and partner visits for almost two years. In 2022, several university visits with scholarship holders' meetings were on the agenda.

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Portrait of the month: August 2022

Alumnus Dr. Ezekiel Mecha fights endometriosis in East Africa

In this Portrait of the Month, we would like to introduce you to Dr. Ezekiel Mecha, a DAAD alumnus of the University of Giessen, who completed his doctorate there and continues to use his networks and collaborations for his home university, the University of Nairobi, even after the funding period.

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Karibu

New German Ambassador to Kenya, Sebastian Groth!

On Friday 5 August 2022, Mr. Sebastian Groth presented his credentials to President Uhuru Kenyatta as the new Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Kenya. 

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Master's Programme German Studies

Germanists from Sub-Saharan Africa attend the German Studies Master's Programme at the University of Nairobi on DAAD scholarships

The DAAD regional office in Nairobi welcomed scholarship recipients of the German Studies Master's programme at the University of Nairobi to exchange experiences and get to know one another.

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Portrait of the Month: July 2022

Questions for International Interns in East Africa

Sophie Göckel and Amina Ahmed are interns currently in Kenya and Rwanda, respectively. Sophie is an intern in the DAAD funded program “Lehramt International” at the German School Nairobi since March 2022, and Amina is assigned as a volunteer by Kulturweit (German UNESCO Commission) at the PASCH school Green Hills Academy in Kigali. They report about their experiences:

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CAIROBI TALKS IV

Decolonizing knowledge on Africa remains an exciting but challenging task

How difficult is it to be a researcher in Africa under a hegemonic Western knowledge system that is perceived as universal? Historically, the production of knowledge about the African continent has been dominated by researchers and institutions of the Global North – a reflection of unequal power relations. But for some time now, calls to “decolonize” knowledge and acknowledge and legitimize other knowledge systems have been echoing through the corridors of academic institutions around the world.

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Inter University Council of East Africa (IUCEA) Pays a Courtesy Visit to DAAD Regional Office in Nairobi

The newly appointed Executive Secretary of IUCEA, Prof. Gaspard Banyankimbona and his deputy Prof. Mike Kuria paid a courtesy visit to DAAD Regional Office in Nairobi, on Monday, June 7th, 2021.

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Portrait of the Month: June 2022

Deng Bulis Bartalam

In this Portrait of the Month, we introduce you to Deng Bulis Bartalam, who fled South Sudan when war broke out in his country and had been living in Ethiopia since September 2011. Deng Bulis is now a DAAD In-Country / In-Region Scholar pursuing a Master’s program in Public Health at Mount Kenya University in Thika Town, Kenya.

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Study and Research in Germany

DAAD Regional Office presents funding opportunities at Mount Kenya University

At the invitation of Mount Kenya University (MKU), the DAAD Regional Office for Africa presented “Study and Research in Germany” on May 20, 2022 and introduced the DAAD funding opportunities and scholarships on the topic “The Role of Universities, the Public and Private sectors in Peace building for Socio-economic Development”. The DAAD presented an information booth and participated in the panel discussion during the 2nd Conference “Peace, Security and Social Enterprise.”

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