Africa

Digitalisation, education, trade, human rights and corona are the issues that occupy the Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa and the Sahel.

From “Germany’s Next Top Model” to social entrepreneur: Sara Nuru’s start-up is helping women in Ethiopia.

The DAFI scholarship programme has opened up new opportunities for Juma, a student from South Sudan. He talked to us about fleeing from his country and about his dreams.

Gerard Krause has developed an IT system for containing epidemics in Africa. His idea is now helping in the fight against corona worldwide.

South Africa is an important partner for Germany. But the coronavirus crisis is harming economic relations.

The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the East African economy hard – exports to Germany have collapsed.

Gabriele Wurster-Vihuto is committed to helping refugees in Kenya. Protecting them from coronavirus is an important part of her work.

The Robert Koch Institut’s Fabian Leendertz is researching pathogens from the animal kingdom in Africa. He tells us where the greatest danger lurks.

Fertile soils are a precondition for sustainable development. What Germany is doing worldwide to protect the soil quality.

Joern Seitz has lived abroad for 20 years. Here the German says what he learned in Taiwan for Africa.

Can Africa develop on the basis of renewable energies? The German-African Energy Forum has taken up this question. Peggy Schulz of the Africa Association knows more about the matter.

Plans are for a massive free-trade zone in Africa. Africa expert Heiko Schwiderowski explains what this means for German companies and how far the plans have got.