KAAD in Africa

KAAD's Africa Department works with sub-Saharan Africa, while the Arabic-speaking countries of North Africa belong to the Middle East Department.

The focus countries of KAAD are spread across four regions, each of which has a KAAD partner committee that represents KAAD affairs and plays an important role in the process of pre-selecting applicants. In West Africa the focus country is Ghana, in the Horn of Africa it is Ethiopia and in southern Africa the focus is on Zimbabwe. In East Africa there is a partner committee in the focus country Kenya, but the two neighbouring countries Uganda and Tanzania are also in focus.

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News from the Department

Participants stand in front of the flags of the EU member states in the entrance area of the European Parliament in Strasbourg under the large European flag.
| Afrika, Aktuelles, Seminare

Multilateralism in Africa and Europe – Answers to the Challenges of the 21st Century

From November 30 to December 3, 25 current and former KAAD scholars met in Strasbourg to discuss the political and institutional dimensions of multilateral cooperation.


| Afrika, Alumni, Aktuelles

Federal Cross of Merit for KAAD Alumnus Dr Ralph Nyadu-Addo

During his state visit to Ghana, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier honored four personalities for their services to German-Ghanaian relations – among them KAAD alumnus Dr Ralph Nyadu-Addo.


Participants of the KASEA Seminar 2025 stand in a row outside, surrounded by trees
| Afrika, Alumni, Aktuelles, Seminare, Veranstaltungen, Reisen

Social and Economic Development Corridors within the East African Community (EAC) – KASEA Seminar 2025 in Mwanza

At the seminar of the East African KAAD Alumni Association in July 2025 in Mwanza, Tanzania, economic, legal and ecological interdependencies in the region were analyzed and discussed.


Africa Department in Figures 2024

110 Scholars

from 8 Countries

30 Events

mit 721 Participants