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This summer, we are attending the 30th anniversary of the International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (IEEE – ICE2024) taking place from the 24th to the 28th of June 2024 in Funchal – Madeira Island. With Prof. Utz Dornberger and Dr. Kevin Reuther, we have two ACCESS Board members

In December 2023, the ACCESS Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop took place in Kenya, bringing together representatives from nine local universities and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to address the pressing need for stronger linkages between academia and industry. The workshop, held on the 18 and 19 December at Mount

Dear Alumni, we have great news: The call for application for the International Germany Alumni Training Seminar Entrepreneurship For Agriculture: Methods, Energy, Ranch 4.0 (E-FARMER 4.0) is open. Deadline is 30.11.2023 We are looking forward to your applications. Today, agriculture in most African countries is predominantly structured by smallholder farmers

ACCESS Benin, led by IRGIB Africa University, organised “The Idea Market” Business Model Competition at ‘Le Majestic’ from 03 – 04 October 2023. The event was designed with a focus on enhancing the skills of participating entrepreneurs in three areas: Investor Impressions: Entrepreneurs learned to develop presentations that capture investor

From 31 August to 04 September 2023, AGEA, in collaboration with the Digital Logistics Project, organized a five-day Green Economy Study Tour as a follow-up to the AGEA Business Idea Competition 2023. The event hosted six start-up teams of the seven finalists of the 2023 AGEA Business Idea Competition in

As additional support material, please find in the following the slides of the PowerPoint presentations, that were held during the ACCESS Summer School in Abuja, Nigeria. You can download the presentations here: Day 1: ACCESS Presentation Summer School Nigeria Day 2: Dynamics of Employability and Soft Skills Development Day 2:

ACCESS University of Ideas 2023 competition is officially launched, and we could not be more thrilled to kickstart this inspiring journey! We warmly invite all esteemed African university lecturers, professors and dedicated academic and administrative staff to come together and share their visionary ideas to enhance University Business Linkages and

The second ACCESS International Summer School and Conference 2023 in Abuja, Nigeria recently concluded. In total, over the five days from 31st July – 4th August, more than 300 participants attended the event in person and in online formats, which was held under the title “Cultivating New Frontiers in Employability

During the ACCESS International Summer School and Conference in Abuja, also the press followed the invitation to the opening ceremony and reported about the event. The NIGERIAN TRIBUNE wrote a comprehensive report about the first conference day and their speakers.You can find the whole article here: ACCESS article Nigerian Tribune

The final of the AGEA Business Idea Competition 2023 was held on 31 July 2023 as part of the opening day of the ACCESS International Summer School and Conference, held in Abuja, Nigeria. The event was organised in a blended format with about 150 in-person and over 100 virtual participants.