Giving African start-ups a boost
Decentralised power grids and umbilical cord clamps from a 3D printer: start-ups in Africa are certainly innovative – but a good idea alone is not enough.
Africa
Interviews, coverage and background stories on Germany and its relations to African countries.
Jobs miracle in Africa
The textile industry in Ethiopia is booming – thanks too to German companies.
Safeguarding borders in the desert
Daily patrols, vast distances, living in containers: on the everyday life of the UN Observer Mission in Western Sahara.
German star photographer Fotograf in Kinshasa
For the very first time, a Wolfgang Tillmans solo show is on display in Africa.
The Afri-Car
A Munich-based start-up is marketing a vehicle that could just emphatically improve mobility in Africa.
When animals spell survival
How the German NGO “Tierärzte ohne Grenzen” is helping to combat the root causes of migration in Africa.
“There’s a lack of analysis”
What the Kenyan economist James Shikwati thinks about the G20 Partnership with Africa and the Chinese approach to Africa.
Signs of cooperation
The German Federal Foreign Office is showing an exhibition on the central aspects of the German involvement in Mali.
Cape of Good Art
In Cape Town, the Museum of Contemporary Art Africa is opening, launched by leading German executive Jochen Zeitz.
“Chinafrika. under construction”
The art and research project sheds light on the growing links between China and Africa.
Support for Uganda
Uganda takes in the most refugees in Africa. Germany is providing support in the form of humanitarian assistance and long-term projects.
The “Kinshasa Collection”
The Goethe Institut is presenting an online documentary film project on the trend-setting metropolis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.