Africa

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.

Since 2017 Germany has been supporting African countries with a new programme. Federal Minister of Development Müller takes stock.

Germany supports the training of climate experts with two unique research centres in Western and Southern Africa.

Ethiopia has shown promising development. In one area Germany can offer a very particular contribution to this success, says Ambassador Brita Wagener.

How do Germans feel about the fall of the Berlin wall today?

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has awarded the 2019 prize to Juliana Rotich, founder of the Ushahidi project

How a Kenyan agricultural economist at Bonn University is helping people in Africa by their own means – and protecting the climate at the same time.