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    DIGI-FACE Review – October 2024

    Dear academics, staff, students and alumni of the Centres of Excellence, a brand-new DIGI-FACE newsletter is hot off the digital press.You will find inspiring articles…

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    Strengthening Sustainability Together: Join the DIGI-FACE Learning Dialogues

    We are excited to invite Project Leaders and Coordinators of the Centres of African Excellence and the DAAD-funded Global Centres to take part in the upcoming DIGI-FACE Learning Dialogues – interactive…

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    9th CEMEREM Summer School on Circular Economy

    The 9th CEMEREM Summer School on Circular Economy was successfully held in Germany from 21st to 25th July 2025, bringing together 14 students and 4…

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    DIGI-FACE: September 2025 modules

    Our September courses are out! Make sure you don’t miss out. During the month of September, we’ll be starting with 2 modules: Quantitative Research Methodologies…

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    Learn at your own pace for self-enrichment: 3 mini-modules to boost your digital skills

    Looking to sharpen your digital skills but short on time? We’ve got you covered! DIGI-FACE offers three mini-modules, for self-enrichment - no deadlines, no facilitation…

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    Pro-RUWA call for application for a short course: R statistics for Beginners – Again!

    Due to high demand request, we offer again a short course for using R for your statistical analysis as an absolute Beginners-second cohort: By the…

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    CEMEREM International Conference: Celebrating A Decade of Transforming Mining and Natural Resource Education in East Africa

    “From classroom to quarry—and from raw student dreams to patented solutions—CEMEREM is scripting East Africa’s next chapter in sustainable mining.” CEMEREM to celebrate 10 years…

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    DIGI-FACE Prospectus 2025 (semester 2): More Free Courses Ahead!

    Our 2025 prospectus – semester 2 is now available (see attachment below), with more exciting courses on offer. Remember, our courses are free, so join…

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    🌍 Pro-RUWA Newsletter – July 2025 Edition is Out!

    Dear community members, We’re thrilled to share our latest Pro-RUWA newsletter, highlighting exciting developments in sustainable agricultural resource use in West Africa. In this edition:🔹 A hybrid…

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    2025 South African – German Collaborative Research Programme on Artificial Intelligence for Societal Transformation

    National Research Foundation in partnership with Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), (and the DLR Project Management Agency) will fund up to five…

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    Formation sur l’Espace de Publication DIGI-FACE

    Le 10 juillet 2025 à 16 h 00 CAT, une formation passionnante vous attend. Rejoignez-nous ! Inscrivez-vous à la formation via le lien suivant :…

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    Harnessing Africa’s Mineral Might: Experts Call for Knowledge-Led Governance

    The season for north-south comparisons and complaints is over; now is the opportune moment for African leaders to wake up to a new dawn of…

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    Last chance – Send your abstract by tomorrow

    Tomorrow is the deadline to hand in the abstracts for the conference "Shaping the Future of African-European Relations for a Sustainable Future" in Kehl in…

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    Pro-RUWA call for application for a short course: R statistics for Beginners

    We offer a short course for using R for your statistical analysis as an absolute Beginners: By the end of this course, you will be…

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    DIGI-FACE TRAINING COURSE: EMPOWERING CENTRE MOODLE MANAGERS

    Are you part of a team supporting online learning at a DIGI-FACE Centre? Whether you’re a Moodle manager, lecturer, administrator, or teaching assistant, there’s a…

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    Façonner l’avenir des relations afro-européennes pour un avenir durable – appel à contributions

    Dans un monde de plus en plus interconnecté, les avantages de la mondialisation s’accompagnent de défis majeurs. C'est dans ce contexte que le réseau PMIC organise…

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    Shaping the Future of African-European Relations for a Sustainable Future – Call for Papers

    In an increasingly interconnected world, the benefits of globalisation go hand in hand with major challenges. It is against this backdrop that the PMIC network…

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    Driving Sustainable Futures: Highlights from the 2025 Community Workshop in Nairobi

    On May 14–15, 2025, the Africa Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Operations for Resource Management and Food Supply hosted a vibrant Community Workshop on Sustainability…

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    Empowering Communities Through Sustainable Energy: Highlights from the 2025 CSO Summer School

    The 2025 Summer School hosted by the African Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Operations in Resource Management and Food Supply (CSO) brought together students, faculty,…

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    FORMATION: Introduction à la création de cours en ligne sur Moodle – Appel à candidature

    Les inscriptions pour une nouvelle Formation en Français sur la Création de cours en ligne sont ouvertes. La formation a pour objectif de fournir aux…

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    DIGI-FACE: Join the reworked “AI in Education” online course – registrations now open

    Back by popular demand, DIGI-FACE is excited to offer another opportunity to participate in the updated AI in Education course, developed by Dr Martin Compton…

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    APPEL A COMMUNICATIONS : COLLOQUE SCIENTIFIQUE INTERNATIONAL CEGLA-DAAD

    DU 24 AU 26 NOVEMBRE 2025 NIAMEY AU NIGER Chers universitaires, professionnels et étudiants, Depuis quelques années, le Centre d'Excellence de Gouvernance Locale en Afrique (CEGLA)…

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    Webinaire : Éducation ouverte, droits d’auteur et licences dans un monde numérique – 15 mai

    Vous travaillez dans l'enseignement supérieur et vous aimeriez savoir comment utiliser les Ressources Éducatives Libres (REL) dans le respect des règles juridiques ? Alors notre…

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    Join Our Online Event: Open Education, Copyright & Licensing in a Digital World – 8 May

    Are you working in higher education and curious about how to use Open Educational Resources (OER) without running into legal issues? Then our upcoming 1-hour…

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    Pro-RUWA call for applications: Introduction to Agroecosystem Monitoring with UAVs 🚁🌾

    Join us for a practical four-day workshop on using drones for agroecosystem monitoring! Day 1: Introduction to agroecosystem monitoring using UAVs Day 2: Basics of…

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    CEMEREM Supports Research Leading to TIMPM: A New Spatially Integrated Decision Support Model with the Mining Sector at Heart

    Why the Mining Sector? Minerals are of crucial and cross-cutting relevance to all four quadrants of geopolitical influence, which I once singled out as technology,…

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    DIGI-FACE: April 2025 modules

    Our April courses are out! Make sure you don’t miss out. During the month of April, we’ll be starting with 3 modules: CourseCraft: Building a Dynamic…

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    TODAY: AfricArXiv Open Science Webinar Session Featuring ASSAF

    You are invited to join us on March 27, 2025 at 10am WAT (UTC+1) // 11am CAT // 12 pm EAT for our webinar session…

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    Pro-RUWA calls for application – Agent-Based Modelling Course

    Join us for an introductory course on Agent-Based Modelling -sub course 1 (ABM-1), designed for researchers and students interested in simulating complex socio-ecological systems. The…

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    Exciting Training Opportunities in Spring 2025! 🌱📚 Pro-RUWA

    We’re launching a series of skills & scientific training programs in Spring 2025! Whether you're looking to expand your knowledge or gain hands-on experience, our…

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    DIGI-FACE: Enhancing Research Visibility with ORCID: Join Our Webinar

    In today’s digital research landscape, ensuring your scholarly work is properly attributed and easily discoverable is more important than ever. ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor…

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    Free webinars by publishers

    Register for free workshops and webinars hosted by Cambridge University Press, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley publishers during March and April 2025. Topics include Open…

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    Explore DIGI-FACE’s Self-Paced Modules

    Did you know that DIGI-FACE offers self-paced learning modules? In addition to our monthly course offerings listed in the prospectus, we provide seven self-enrolment modules,…

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    Self-Paced Course on Digital Safety and Security (by Atingi/Yoma) available

    Dear DIGI-FACE community, Due to the high relevance and the many threats to information security, we can offer this excellent course as a self-paced course…

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    The 5th CEMEREM Biennial International Conference 2025: Extended Call for Abstracts

    We have heard you, and we have heeded! After many appeals to allow more time for more abstracts and exhibitions, the Organising Committee of "CEMEREM…

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    Financements Innovants et Gouvernance Territoriale: Colloque Scientifique International DAAD-CEGLA 2024 à Dakar

    Le centre CEGLA (Centre d'Excellence de Gouvernance Locale en Afrique) a organisé la 6e édition de son Colloque Scientifique du 17 au 19 décembre 2024,…

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    DIGI-FACE and its global network

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    The Centres of African Excellence offer many opportunities

    The “African Excellence” programme was developed in 2008 to improve academic education qualitatively and quantitatively in a sustainable manner. On the one hand, the programme is designed to increase the quality of teaching and to widen the research environment of selected universities in sub-Saharan Africa, with the cooperative support of German universities. On the other hand, it was also designed to train students to develop ‘soft skills’ such as leadership, decision-making and managerial abilities, in addition to supporting their personal development. The main goal of this programme, therefore, is to educate Africa’s future decision-makers, leaders and experts – for the continent’s benefit. In order to meet these goals, the DAAD supports cooperation projects – with a budget from the German Federal Foreign Office – between German and African universities. Consequently, the partner universities in each project can flexibly use the different sponsorship instruments offered by the DAAD. For instance, they can put them toward training courses for teaching staff from African universities, courses for administrative personnel, scholarships for studying on-site, and even to facilitate mobility opportunities for students, teaching staff and project managers. These funds can also be invested in summer schools and conference participation. more

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    The DIGI-FACE programme provides our Centre of Excellence, CEGLA, with invaluable support for the digitalisation of university teaching.

    Le programme DIGI-FACE apporte à notre Centre d’excellence le CEGLA, un appui inestimable pour la digitalisation des enseignements universitaires.

    Zakaria Yahaya

    Coordinator - Manager CEGLA NIGER
    Coordonnateur - Gestionnaire CEGLA NIGER

    Digitisation of education is a top priority of Phase III of the CEMEREM Programme

    La numérisation de l’enseignement est une priorité absolue de la Phase III du programme CEMEREM.

    Prof. Maurice Juma Ogada

    CEMEREM

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    The DIGI-FACE programme provides our Centre of Excellence, CEGLA, with invaluable support for the digitalisation of university teaching. This is the first time that such an initiative has been undertaken in two CEGLA member universities. We benefit from DIGI-FACE through online training courses, by receiving equipment for the production of educational content as well as consultancy support if necessary.

    Le programme DIGI-FACE apporte à notre Centre d’excellence le CEGLA, un appui inestimable pour la digitalisation des enseignements universitaires. C’est la première fois qu’une démarche de cette nature est entreprise dans deux universités membre du CEGLA. A travers DIGIFACE NOUS BÉNÉFICIONS DE FORMATIONS POUR LA MISE EN LIGNE DE COURS, du matériel pour la réalisation de différents contenus pédagogiques ainsi que d’un appui-conseil en cas de besoin.

    Zakaria Yahaya

    Coordinator - Manager CEGLA NIGER
    Coordonnateur - Gestionnaire CEGLA NIGER

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    Digitisation of education is a top priority of Phase III of the CEMEREM Programme. The objective is expected to culminate in the setting up of a state-of-the art digital classroom as well as the launch of online and blended programmes at Taita Taveta University which will extend the regional reach of CEMEREM. This dream could be realised earlier than the hitherto planned schedule. This is due to equipment support received from DAAD through the DIGI-FACE Programme.

    La numérisation de l’enseignement est une priorité absolue de la Phase III du programme CEMEREM. Cet objectif devrait aboutir à la mise en place d’une salle de classe numérique de pointe ainsi qu’au lancement de programmes en ligne et mixtes à l’université de Taita Taveta, ce qui permettra d’étendre la portée régionale du CEMEREM. Ce rêve a pu être réalisé plus tôt que le calendrier prévu jusqu’à présent. Ceci est dû au soutien en équipement reçu du DAAD par le biais du programme DIGI-FACE.

    Prof. Maurice Juma Ogada

    CEMEREM

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    Our Members and Alumni strive for Excellence

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    The heart of our platform is our network of members coming from the African Centres of Excellence. This is the ideal space to connect with other members and to learn more about their areas of expertise as well as their achievements.
    If you belong to an African Centre of Excellence get registered and become a part of our excellent community!

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    Knowledge Transfer Coordinator Daniel Cordoba Knowledge Transfer Coordinator Universidad Santo Tomás
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    Mrs EDNAH CHEPKEMOI TUTORIAL FELLOW MOI UNIVERSITY
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    One of our main pillars is the creation and dissemination of digital modules. There are several types of modules: Generic and specific skills mini-modules as well as discipline-specific modules of the African Centres of Excellence.
    Check out below our most valuable generic modules created for academics, postgraduate students and administrative personnel!

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