Fortune Agbele

Meet Fortune Selorm Agbele

Alumni spotlight

I am Fortune Selorm Agbele. I am a former beneficiary of the DAAD Helmut-Schmidt scholarship programme, graduating from the Hertie School of Governance. I am also a recent beneficiary of the DAAD research grant for the PhD, completing a PhD in political science. I got the degree from the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies, having been there from 2016 to 2021.

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Meet Akua Afra

Alumni spotlight

I am currently the Projects Coordinator at the Institute of Industrial Research of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-IIR). My name is Ekua Afrakoma Armoo. I am a former DAAD scholarship holder and I studied MSc Tropical Hydrogeology and Environmental Engineering (TropHEE) at the Technische Universitaat (TU) Darmstadt from October 2015 to October 2017.

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Addo Koranteng

Meet Addo Koranteng

Alumni Spotlight

Dr. Addo Koranteng is the Head of the Center for Research Development and Technology Incubation at the Kumasi Technical University in Ghana. He is currently a DAAD sponsored guest lecturer at the Eberswalde University of Sustainable Development in Brandenburg, Germany for the winter semester September 2020 – February 2021.

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Thomas Hinneh

Meet Thomas Hinneh

Alumni Spotlight

Meet Mr. Thomas Hinneh; a senior officer of the Ghana Health Service and a founder of a Diabetes and hypertension foundation(hifoundationgh.org) in Ghana. He just completed Msc. International Health from the University of Heidelberg, Germany

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Students in the corridor of a university. DAAD/Himsel/Ausserhofer

Effects on HEIs and the DAAD

Corona crisis

As an organisation that promotes international exchange; this situation is a challenge. The DAAD will continue to contribute to overcoming the challenges of the Corona pandemic – through intensive support for students and researchers affected by travel restrictions, flexible solutions for selection and funding of scholarship holders, and the use of digital formats.

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Lena Leumer

DAAD Ghana's participation

Ghana Higher Education Fair

The GHEF is a yearly event organized by I-Texon Ghana in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service under the auspices of the Ministry of Education for students about to complete secondary school.

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DAAD/ Joshua Cleopas

Alumni conference 2019

DAAD Alumni

The DAAD Alumni conference held in June 2019 with the theme; “SDGs: The role of German-Ghanaian Alumni Networks in tackling global challenges” was aimed at creating a platform to bring together scientific expertise from different disciplines to collectively tackle aspects of the SDGs.

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DAAD/ Joshua Cleopas

Editorial

DAAD Ghana Newsletter, June 2019

For us at the DAAD, connecting people to facilitate new networks and consolidate existing ones is one of our main tasks.

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DAAD

DAAD Regional meeting in Africa

DAAD Ghana Newsletter, June 2019

Under the heading “Africa in Transition – changing (with) the German language” 26 DAAD lecturers from countries in Easter, Southern, Western, and Central Africa as well as colleagues from the DAAD headquarters in Bonn met in Addis Ababa from 20th till 25th May.

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DAAD / Forchibe Ethelyn Echep

DAAD Ghana Alumni

DAAD Ghana Newsletter, June 2019

In a bid to promote international scientific cooperation, supporting future leaders who are in a position to contribute to solving global challenges, the DAAD offers alumni/former scholars the opportunity to organize events that contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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