News concerning Germany and Africa
May 17, 2012
| GIC Africa
Africa’s largest umbrella association of African media owners and industry stakeholders has partnered with a collection of prominent organizations to launch a contest aimed at strengthening and transforming African news media. Germany’s Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) is part of the consortium that will award grants totalling one million US dollars to winning projects.
Call for entries: African News Innovation Challenge
May 16, 2012
| GIC Africa
The relatively young Delegation of the German Industry and Commerce to Kenya has earned its stripes. With a focus on increasing trade, offering a wide range of expertise in both countries and organizing trade delegations, it has made solid gains for bilateral trade and made a name for itself in Kenya’s business community.
Kenyan-German trade bolstered by local chamber
May 15, 2012
| FFO
Germany will remain part of the EU-led Operation Atalanta to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia. German troops are now also authorized to take action against the pirates’ logistical bases on the shore. This was decided by the Bundestag on May 10.
Atalanta operation extended
May 15, 2012
| GIC Africa
The latest film in the Rooftop Cinema series by the Goethe Institut in Angola, “Urban Rhythm, A Melody of Identity” will be screened on May 15. Following thematic shifts for each month, May features films by Angolan women. The screenings are part of the larger MABAXA –Connect, Festival of Urban Culture. The Rooftop series ends on May 29.
Rooftop cinema Luanda
May 14, 2012
| GIC Africa
A conference gathering young scientists from around the world will take place May 20-24 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The meeting is the general assembly of the Global Young Academy and it is a supported event of the German-South African Year of Science.
Global Young Academy conference
May 14, 2012
| Siemens South Africa/GIC Africa
Siemens joins forces with local health care provider Netcare in South Africa in the fight against breast cancer. The local offices of the German engineering giant has provided a new mobile mammography unit for free breast cancer screening to underprivileged women.
Free mammography screenings
May 11, 2012
| GIC Africa
Classes have begun in Laongo, Burkina Faso at the school based in the Opera Village. The instructors and the 50 students they currently teach are brining to life the dreams and plans of the late German artist Christoph Schlingensief.
Opera village comes to life
May 11, 2012
| FFO
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Development Minister Dirk Niebel have jointly decided to make available another 15 million Euro for those affected by the continuing drought in the Sahel....
Germany and Africa
May 10, 2012
| www.magazine-deutschland.de
Mike Otieno of Kenya was a winner in the Green Talent's competition. Through this program, he received support from Germany for his research on making reinforced concrete more sustainable, a considerable contribution to climate protection.
Green Talent Profile
May 10, 2012
| www.magazine-deutschland.de
Business in Africa is good for major German companies such as Siemens and Daimler – but German SMEs hesitate to invest. A study by the German-African Business Association presents a complex picture as well as the market opportunities on the continent.
Investing in Africa: Businesses wanted
