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    12.02.2026 | DIGI-FACE | Karlien Potgieter
    DIGI-FACE Prospectus 2026: Building digital and research excellence

    DIGI-FACE is proud to present its 2026 course offering - a focused programme designed to strengthen digital teaching practices, research capacity, and innovation in higher…

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    09.02.2026 | DIGI-FACE | Karlien Potgieter
    The DIGI-FACE Review: Seventh Edition Now Live 

    Newsletter DIGI-FACE à télécharger en français ci-dessous We’re excited to share the seventh edition of the DIGI-FACE Review (February 2026) with our community! This latest newsletter captures…

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    02.02.2026 | SCO | Michela Tacca
    Celebrating SCO’s First MBR Cohort Graduates at the University of Nairobi

    From left to right: Valeria Yogo, Khatibu Mgunya and Matilda Munyoroku,  SCO’s MBR graduates, December 2025 Three students of the inaugural Master of Business Research…

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    27.01.2026 | DIGI-FACE | Karlien Potgieter
    Welcome to 2026!

    As we step into a new year at DIGI-FACE, we know our members are excited about what’s ahead. This year brings fresh ideas, new opportunities,…

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    20.01.2026 | CEMEREM, Education | Nashon Adero
    Tools, Talent and Traction: The Inaugural SME Magazine and a Decade of CEMEREM Impact

    CEMEREM's Decade of Impact on Mining Education at Taita Taveta University (Home of Ideas). Students assured of optimal exposure to modern survey equipment throughout their…

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    05.01.2026 | Agriculture, Alumni, General - DAAD, UKUDLA | Jadzia Hack
    UKUDLA Releases Report on 2025 Summer School

    The UKUDLA Summer School 2025 marked the first of five Summer Schools aimed at building sustainable and resilient food systems in Africa. Hosted at UWC…

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    05.01.2026 | General - DAAD, WAC-SRT | David AGBO
    WAC-SRT NIGER Application for an Integrated Master’s Program in Sustainable Transformation of Rural area / DAAD scholarships

    CALL FOR APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION AND AWARD OF GERMAN ACADEMIC EXCHANGE SERVICE (DAAD) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR AN INTEGRATED MASTER PROGRAM FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION OF RURAL AREA…

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    16.12.2025 | Agriculture, Education, General - DAAD, Scholarships, UKUDLA | Jadzia Hack
    UKUDLA Call for Doctoral Scholarship Applications 2026

    The African German Centre of Excellence UKUDLA invites applications for PhD scholarships in the area of sustainable, resilient food systems and data science. Scholarships will…

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    09.12.2025 | General - DAAD | Thanh Thi Nguyen
    Pro-RUWA Calls for Applications for Python hybrid course 17-18 December 2025

    To enhance data analysis and broaden the skills to deal with data, we are pleased to announce a hydrid course “Python for Data Science –…

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    28.11.2025 | General - DAAD | Martin Wiehle
    Pro-RUWA: Call for Application – Development and implementation of learning modules on

    Advanced R – application for statistics in agricultural sciences Basic Python for Data Science for postgraduate students in West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger, and…

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    Latest blogs and news from our Alumni world

    17.05.2023 | AFAS, Agriculture, Development, Environment, Land Governance, Land Management | Marie Thomalla Arellano
    Our panel at “African Futures” – the European Conference on African Studies (ECAS)

    AFAS will participate in this year’s European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) from 31 May to 3 June 2023 in Cologne (Germany). ECAS is hosted…

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    03.04.2023 | AFAS, Education, Environment, Scholarships | Marie Thomalla Arellano
    AFAS – Call for Application

    The call for application is now open: AFAS scholarship program on Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) regarding Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity Conservation in African Savannas

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    29.03.2023 | AFAS, Education, Environment, General - DAAD, Scholarships | Marie Thomalla Arellano
    AFAS – Retrospect on previous activities

    DAAD Climate and Environment Center “Future African Savannas” (AFAS) just opened the application and selection process for the second cohort of our Master's programme. On…

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    23.01.2023 | DIGI-FACE, Education | Aristide Fongang
    Do you want to generate revenues for your Centre of Excellence? Then apply for this course: Financial Sustainability 1

    All DAAD funded Centres of Excellence face the same challenge: sooner or later funding will expire and the Centres are supposed to find other ways…

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    08.12.2022 | CERM-ESA, DIGI-FACE | Aristide Fongang
    CERM-ESA MOI – Launching Activities 2022 

    By Raymond Sawe The CERM-ESA Centre of Excellence at Moi University (Kenya) is proud to announce the launch of its latest short course exclusively hosted…

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    06.11.2022 | DIGI-FACE, Education, NGCL | Aristide Fongang
    The Namibian-German Centre for Logistics – Launching Activities 2022

    By Brighten Simasiku The Namibian-German Centre for Logistics (a business Centre within the Namibia University of Science and Technology) with assistance and guidance from the…

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    04.11.2022 | Education, Law, TRANSCRIM | Aristide Fongang
    African Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice – Launching Activities 2022

    By Dr. Windell Nortje The African Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice (formerly, South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice) is housed in the Law Faculty…

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    28.10.2022 | DIGI-FACE, GGCDS | Aristide Fongang
    A Survey to Evaluate the Effectiveness of E-learning as a Learning Tool – Launching Activities 2022

    By Dr. Ama Pokuaa Fenny, GGCDS ISSER E-Learning has been well embraced in the center as a teaching method, however, there are few challenges that…

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    02.05.2022 | DIGI-FACE, General - DAAD | Aristide Fongang
    Appel à Propositions 2022 : DIGI-FACE et Activités

    L'appel à propositions pour les activités sur la plate-forme DIGI-FACE est ouvert. Les représentants actifs, les conférenciers, les coordinateurs, les employés, et le personnel des…

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    02.05.2022 | DIGI-FACE, General - DAAD | Aristide Fongang
    Call for Proposals 2022 : DIGI-FACE Launching Activities

    The call for proposals for launch activities on the DIGI-FACE platform is open. Active representatives, lecturers, coordinators, employees, and staff of the Centres of Excellence…

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