| Newsletter DAAD East Africa • 11/2022 |
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Dear reader,
The DAAD East Africa Newsletter November Edition is out! Please feel free to peruse through to get wind of the latest news, current calls, and their deadlines, as well as the upcoming web seminars and events. Have a great read!
The DAAD Nairobi Team |
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The President of the DAAD and the University of Gießen, Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee was recently interviewed by the Afrika Verein. The Afrika Verein has a selection of interviews with high-ranking personalities from business and politics from Germany, Europe and Africa. Here you can read more about Afrika Verein’s interview with Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee.
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Even after two years of the corona pandemic, the Federal Republic is one of the world’s most popular countries for international students. The German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst – DAAD) announced today that around 350,000 of them were registered at German universities in the winter semester 2021/22. This figure is a new record, and represents a growth of eight per cent compared to the previous year. After declines due to the coronavirus, the number of international first-year students even rose in the previous winter semester, to almost 74,000.
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According to a recent OECD report, the Federal Republic of Germany is among the top nations for international students and graduates. According to the DAAD, the study supports Germany's excellent reputation as a center for science and higher education. However, the dropout rates of international students still have room for improvement.
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German universities, like most universities around the world, maintain a broad network of international partnerships. The DAAD supports such international partnerships through several schemes that foster cooperation among higher education institutions. An essential component in the internationalization of universities is the establishment and implementation of joint strategic partnerships and cooperation projects.
For this purpose, DAAD offers various instruments and program lines with which partnerships and cooperation projects can be funded.
In this month’s portrait, we talk to Nathan Taremwa from Rwanda about the DAAD’s involvement in projects in Rwanda:
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CALL for APPLICATION for DAAD Programmes |
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Call for ApplicationIn-Country/In-Region Scholarship Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa
The In-Country/In-Region programme is open to citizens and/or permanent residents of sub-Saharan Africa to study in selected institutions in Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. Interested scholars can study master’s or PhDs in various disciplines like Public and Environmental Health; Geomatics; Natural Sciences; Agricultural Sciences; Mathematics and Social Sciences. The deadline for application is 9 December 2022.
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Call for ApplicationThe MuseumsLab
The MuseumsLab, a pioneering knowledge-exchange programme for joint learning and continuing education concerning the future of museums in Africa and Europe, aims to build strong and lasting networks to not only change museums, but also to foster social change by addressing urgent issues such as social justice and climate change.
African und European Museum professionals who have at least two years experience of working in the museum, heritage, or art sector can apply for the next intake of The MuseumsLab, expected to start in May 2023.
The deadline for application is 14 November 2022
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Call for ApplicationDAAD Artists-in-Berlin Residency 2024
The DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Programme is one of Europe’s most prestigious grants. Each year, around 20 outstanding practitioners from diverse cultural backgrounds are invited to Berlin to focus on their work and actively engage with the city’s vibrant cultural scenes.
Apply for a DAAD Artists-in-Berlin residency in 2024!
The deadline for application is 1 December 2022
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CALL for APPLICATION from OTHER ORGANISATIONS |
Funding Opportunities and Conferences
Kulturweit-tandem invites people from African countries and Germany to explore the history of colonialism from different perspectives and to engage with our postcolonial present. They will develop projects in the fields of culture, education and sustainability that they can implement together in Germany.
The call is open to people from Germany, Kenya, Madagascar and Tanzania for the programme running from May to October 2023.
The deadline for application is 21 November 2022
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Information Event
The current round of applications for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s International Climate Protection Fellowship is open until 1 February 2023. The foundation is seeking young leaders and postdocs from non-European emerging economies and developing countries who want to go to Germany for up to 24 months to work together with a German host on a project they have chosen themselves.
If you would like to learn more about the International Climate Protection Fellowship, join this online event by Zoom and get all the information on the programme and the application process first-hand.
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Dinner Talk: Register to participateRenewable energies as a chance for economic development: Germany and Kenya compared
The DAAD Regional Office for Africa is delighted to invite you to its final dinner talk in 2022 on the topic:
“Renewable energies as a chance for economic development: Germany and Kenya compared”
Prof. Dr. Britta Klagge, a professor of Economic Geography at the University of Bonn in Germany will be the guest speaker. Her main research area is geographical energy research, with projects in various European countries and Kenya.
If you are interested in this exciting topic, please register below for an invitation to participate.
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Register to participate
The AU-EU Innovation Agenda Stakeholder Event will take place in Nairobi (Kenya) on Wednesday 23rd, and Thursday 24th November 2022 at the Mövenpick Hotel, as well as online.
The Stakeholder Event aims to provide a forum to further discuss stakeholder demands and ideas, and to co-create the implementation plan of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda. This event will also showcase the AU and EU vibrant innovation ecosystems through a matchmaking session entitled “AU-EU Innovation Fair – meet the innovators”, aiming to catalyse partnerships and foster collaborations and entrepreneurship.
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Alumniportal Deutschland
Alumniportal Deutschland is organising in cooperation with Social Impact GmbH and Climate Beyond Borders, the online conference "Who is driving the change?" from 17 to 18 November. The conference brings together Germany alumni and other interested people from around the globe to foster exchange and learning. From 17 to 18 November, there will be an exchange of and discussion of ideas on how social entrepreneurship initiatives contribute to the 2030 Agenda.
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CENIT: The International Conference on Technological Advancement in Embedded and Mobile Systems (ICTA – EMoS)
The 1st International Conference on Technological Advancement in Embedded and Mobile Systems (ICTA – EMoS) is scheduled to take place on 24 and 25 November in Arusha, Tanzania. The event aims to be platform for the presentation of original research results, as well as exchange and dissemination of innovative and practical development experiences.
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DAAD OFFERS for INFORMATION AND CONSULTANCY |
Face to Face Consultations |
Our offices are open for face-to-face consultations every Wednesday from 10 am to 12 pm EAT. We are located at Madison Insurance House 3rd Floor, Upper Hill Close, Community Area. Please wear your masks when you come.
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We continue to offer our bi-weekly web seminars.
We began our annual web series on the In-Country/ In-Region Scholarship Programme. The next one will be happening on 16 November 2022.
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Although we have re-opened our offices for face-to-face consultations, we will continue offering virtual web seminars on Thursdays, from 10 am to 11 am EAT.
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Barenboim-Said Akademie gGmhH Study and Perform at the Barenboim-Said Akademie!
The state-recognized Barenboim-Said Akademie offers an unprecedented conservatory education in all orchestral instruments, piano and composition for talented, young musicians from the Middle East, North Africa, and around the world. Our diverse programs are aimed at the different stages of a musician’s career, coupling intensive music performance studies with a grounding in the humanities – all within the heart of historic Berlin.
Explore our programs and apply! |
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This newsletter has been prepared by: DAAD Regional Office Nairobi, Madison Insurance House,
3rd floor, Upper Hill Close, P.O. Box 14050
00800 Nairobi
legally represented by Dr. Kai Sicks,Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst e.V.,
Kennedyallee 50, 53175 Bonn
Tel.: +254 (733) 92 99 29
Fax: +49 228 882-444
E-Mail: newsletter.nairobi@daad.de
Internet: https://www.daad-kenya.org |
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Beate Schindler-Kovats, Head of DAAD Branch Office Nairobi
Christine Wandolo, DAAD Nairobi
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