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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Eight-point summary On June 21, 2022, the Berliner Zeitung, a leading German daily newspaper, made an exclusive press release on the findings of a new…

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Is the attention span of an academic longer than the regular internet attention span of some seconds? I said yes, and here comes a video of 12 minutes length. Claus Pakleppa summing up, what took place at the Network Meeting 2017 in Kenya. The video is available as a HD version for larger presentations on […]

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