The Leipzig team has started the transfer strategy workshop series with its African partners. Within the upcoming months IRGIB, MKU, INES, KNUST, Tunis University and the University of Ibadan will each develop tailor made transfer strategies. In accordance to the strategy of hands-on measures will be developed to foster its
Access and Benefit Sharing – Sustainable Use of Biodiversity (ABSbio) (2019 – 2022) The joint project seeks to introduce entrepreneurship promotion as a cross-cutting issue into existing sustainability and biodiversity programmes at our partner universities in Uganda and Benin. The project partners are Leipzig University (Germany), Makerere University (Uganda) and IRGIB
We are currently in the process to finalize a course on biodiversity based business development on Atingi. This course will serve lecturers at any university as a basis for their coursework with students in BA modules that seek to link entrepreneurial training to their knowledge about biodiversity resources. In the
The two (2) modules of the AGEA training on Entrepreneurship Promotion and Education at African Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) was successfully completed for the first batch of participants. The AGEA training sessions were held as follows: Module 1 (Developing Entrepreneurial Courses at HEIs) – 28 April and 05 May 2021;
The top 3 winners of the Grand Final of the 1st PAU Innovation Challenge has been announced. Under the patronage of H.E. Prof Sarah Anyang Agbor, AUC Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (ESTI), the Grand Final of the 1st PAU Innovation Challenge (www.pau-au.africa) went on successfully. The event
Dear participants and interested parties of the Ideas Competition, The deadline for this year’s Ideas Competition „University of Ideas 2021“ has been postponed until 22.08.2021. This means that the ideas already submitted can be further developed. Additionally, we hope that interested teachers who have not yet had the chance to
ACCESS: Call for PhD Applications We are happy to announce our second round of five PhD grants within the ACCESS project. The programme, which is financed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), will analyse the employability of university graduates within the African context. The programme aims to research how
GRADUATE EMPLOYABILITY IDEAS COMPETITION 2021 To all our friends and colleagues in #Benin, #Ghana, #Kenya, #Nigeria, #Rwanda and #Tunisia we cordially invite you to participate in our ACCESS Ideas Competition „University of Ideas“ 2021 for and by lecturers from May 5 2021 at 15:00 (GMT +0) The Idea competition “University
Im Rahmen dieser Konferenz werden die Themen Arbeitslosigkeit von Hochschulabsolventen, Qualifizierung und Förderung der Beschäftigungsfähigkeit im breiteren Rahmen der vielfältigen Aspekte wirtschaftlicher Zukünfte und Zukunftsgestaltung in Afrika angegangen und auch aus deutscher Perspektive beleuchtet. Zwei Key Note Speaker werden relevante Themen im Zusammenhang mit den oben genannten Aspekten ansprechen, und
Wir freuen uns mitteilen zu dürfen, dass die ersten Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten im Rahmen des ACCESS-Projektes angekommen sind, aus Ghana, Kenia, Nigeria, Tunesien, Ruanda und Benin. Die Themen ihrer Arbeiten reichen von digitalem Marketing über Einfluss sozialer Netzwerke bis hin zur Entwicklung von Internationalisierung in Bezug auf Beschäftigungsfähigkeit. Wir freuen
The second ACCESS Summer School in 2023 will be hosted by the University of Ibadan and will take place from 30th of July – 05th
On the 18th of January 2023, the Award Ceremony of the „University of Ideas Competition“ will take place at Leipzig University. The topic of this
The first ACCESS Summer School in 2023 will be hosted by the Mount Kenya University and will take place from 22.-26. of May 2023 in
The ACCESS Summer School 2022 in Ghana is hosted by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and will take place from the
