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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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.”
DAAD Nairobi Office Welcomes 21 New Ph.D. Scholars from East Africa to Germany
Twenty-one new DAAD-scholarship holders from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania have the chance to continue their academic careers with a full Ph.D. programme or a year of study in Germany. They have successfully applied to the DAAD, gone through a multi-stage selection process, and are now preparing for their departure.
The DAAD organized a theme week providing insights into activities of German Higher Education Institutions involved in the European Universities initiative. The European Universities Week runs from 5th -12th May 2022.
Questions to the Centers of Excellence funded by the DAAD with funds from the Federal Foreign Office
By establishing centers of excellence, the DAAD supports African universities in improving their educational quality and expanding their research capacities to enable the education of future decision-makers in Africa according to international standards. The DAAD’s Centres of African Excellence program aims to create internationally competitive centers on a sustainable basis, thereby contributing in a publicly visible way to improving the functioning of socially relevant sectors in African countries.
A delegation from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in Eastern Africa (IGAD) visited the DAAD Regional Office with interest in cooperation and partnership.
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