Research cooperation with South Africa
South Africa holds the leading position in science, technology and innovation on the African continent and has a relatively well-developed research infrastructure. Accordingly, South Africa is Germany´s main cooperation partner on research, science and technology in Africa. Common research takes place in the areas of climate change, energy, astronomy, sustainability, biodiversity, geosciences, integrated water resource and sustainable land management, as well as advanced manufacturing.
The EnerKey project is a South African – German collaboration under the “Future Megacities Programme”. The project's objective is to develop and apply an effective implementation concept for a sustainable and effective energy and climate protection structure in order to improve the sustainability in the urban region of Gauteng, South Africa - an agglomeration with more than 10 million inhabitants.
Enerkey
The Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Use (SASSCAL) is a joint initiative between Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Germany. The SASSCAL programme is targeted to help mitigate the effects of climate change on land management and water resources in southern Africa.
Sasscal
Leading research institutes in Germany and South Africa have teamed up to improve the lives of people in rural regions of South Africa. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Fraunhofer's Heinrich Hertz Institute signed agreements to intensify their collaboration on data infrastructure following four years of strong bilateral contacts.
German collaboration with CSIR
