Africa

Interviews, coverage and background stories on Germany and its relations to African countries.

Mit Mode Geschichten erzählen: Bisrat Negassi

Clothes with stories to tell

The fashion designer Bisrat Negassi fled as a child with her family from Eritrea to Hamburg. In our interview, she talks about her life and her work.

Aminata Touré ist Ministerin in Schleswig-Holstein.

Diversity in action

Diversity in German politics

The diversity of German society is also reflected in politics. We introduce you to politicians with Afro-German roots.

Menschenrechtsaktivistin Ilwald Elman

Working for war victims in Somalia

Ilwad Elman shows young people in Somalia alternatives to a life as a soldier. For her work she is now to be awarded the Hessian Peace Prize.

Bundesarbeitsminister Heil mit Schülern in Ghana

A future in Germany

Germany is realigning its development policy partnerships around migration, starting with Ghana.

Studierende des deutsch-afrikanischen Masterprogramms

Green hydrogen from Africa

International master’s programme qualifies students from 15 West African countries for the future topic of green hydrogen.

Arbeitsplatze schaffen, Frauen stärken

Creating jobs, empowering women

The German government’s new Africa Strategy is designed to help the young generation and achieve more gender equality.

Herero-Frauen in Namibia

“An important sign of rapprochement”

A new DAAD scholarship programme supports research into Germany’s colonial history.

Ein neuer Pitch macht Startups diverser.

More diversity in the startup scene

Afro-German startups are particularly fascinating on account of their different stories and backgrounds. We present three interesting ideas.

Kontinent der Sonne: Solarenergie eröffnet Ländern in Afrika neue Chancen.

New energy from Africa

How Germany and African countries are working together in energy partnerships to phase out fossil fuels.

Africa Greentec bringt Strom in entlegene Dörfer.

Everything begins with electricity

Renewable energies in Africa: How the German-African company Africa GreenTec is supplying electricity to villages.

Die Vielfalt der Fische ist Forschungsthema eines MeerWissen-Projekts.

Working together to protect the seas

African and German researchers are cooperating on the MeerWissen initiative. Their work for marine protection is also intended to have a political impact.

Nneka

Diversity in music

They play soul, pop, reggae or classical music: we present six musicians with African roots who are popular in Germany.

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