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

      Not surprisingly, a decade of international educational and research partnership between TUBAF and Taita Taveta University (TTU) has yielded several innovative products in the form of actionable doctoral and master's theses in mining and natural resource management. This milestone has been made possible under the DAAD-funded Kenyan-German Centre of Excellence for Mining, Environmental Engineering and Resource Management (CEMEREM), the 8th such centre of excellence in Africa and the first one focusing on postgraduate education in engineering and natural resource management.

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    • DAAD In-Country / In-Region Scholarship Programme
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      Do you see your future academic career contributing to sustainable development and the SDGs in Africa? Are you planning to pursue a Master’s or PhD…

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

      From September 30 to October 1, 2025, CEMEREM will be celebrating the Decade of Delivery (CEMEREM at 10) with a landmark international conference hosted by Taita Taveta University, Kenya. This event will etch a new milestone in the bilateral partnership between Kenya and Germany, supported through the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), a globally outstanding scholarship programme.

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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 au CESAG à Dakar.

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    • Information event on Research4Life (access to peer reviewed journals and papers)

      Where: Zoom, please register here. When: 20.02.2025 13h00 Senegal, 14h00 Germany/Niger, 15h00 South Africa, 16h00 Kenya Research4Life provides institutions in lower income countries with free or low-cost access to…

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    • DAAD Networking Conference 2024
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      The DAAD will host this year's Networking Conference of Centres of African Excellence from 26-28 November 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa. This prestigious gathering…

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    • Online Courses on 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁ion by AFAS

      𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗦 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴! 💻 In 2023, the DAAD Global Climate and Environment Centres, AFAS and TRAJECTS,…

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    • Perspectives on the Germany-Kenya Labour Mobility Pact in the Digital Age

      It can be hypothesised that the new attention-grabbing labour mobility agreement between Germany and Kenya, while offering immediate relief to both countries — Germany’s ageing workforce and Kenya’s youth unemployment crisis — may ultimately hinder Kenya’s long-term development by exacerbating brain drain. However, if properly managed, it could also promote brain circulation, fostering skills transfer and capacity building that benefits both nations in the long run. In the digital age, physical migration is not the only way to labour productivity. For a long time, the DAAD has been a keen advocate of the idea that the Kenyans who have been sponsored to study in Germany return home to build their economy, which is a noble initiative indeed and a key element of the broader concept of brain circulation through skills transfer. Recent suggestions of encouraging the DAAD scholars to stay on and work in Germany has not taken away from the fact that the desired end for them is to return to their home countries eventually and impact the domestic economy, as returning experts.

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    • SDG University Day 2024

      We are delighted to share the highlights and successes of the third Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) University Day Baden-Württemberg, which took place on 28 June…

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    • E-Learning Training at Nelson Mandela University

      Remotopia, or remote working, has become a buzzword. In a world becoming increasingly connected through a meshed network of digital spaces, a progressive realisation of the metaverse concept, universities cannot be left behind if they are to produce market-ready graduates for the new borderless knowledge generation and research environment. Proficiency in utilising digital tools to enhance learning outcomes is critical to reaching new heights of excellence for any modern university.

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