DAAD SCHOLARSHIPS

The DAAD Regional Director wishes to inform all staff and students that the call for Applications for the 2021 In-Country/In-Region Scholarship Programme for Eastern Africa is now open! This programme is open to individual Master and PhD students in the Sub-Saharan Africa region who wish to study either in their home countries or at selected host institutions in other African countries. The programme is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and aims at university staff in the first line, without neglecting the public sector demand for academically trained personnel.    For this region, the scholarship is open to citizens and permanent residents of sub-Saharan Africa to study in selected institutions in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia and Sudan. More details on the scholarship can be found here.  The deadline for application is 15 December 2020. For further information, one can contact the In-Country/In-Region team on info.nairobi@daad.de  or per telephone on 0733 929 929. The DAAD will be conducting Web seminars from Thursday, 29 October 2020 and the very final one on 09 December 2020 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EAT. The links to join in the Web seminars for next couple of weeks can be found here: Thursday, 29 October 2020 from 2:00 pm -3:00 pm EAT: https://bit.ly/32Hcu7u Tuesday, 03 November 2020 from 2:00 pm -3:00 pm EAT: https://bit.ly/31H50QU Thursday, 05 November 2020 from 2:00 pm -3:00 pm EAT: https://bit.ly/3onUU0W  Please see the attached flyer for the event schedule of the web seminars.  Also, on offer are virtual visiting hours every Thursday from 10 am - 11 am EAT.  To visit, please register at https://www.daad.or.ke/en/online-seminar-schedule/.

Ms. Beate Schindler-Kovats the Director, DAAD Regional Office for Africa wishes to inform all staff and students that DAAD recently launched a new Leadership for Africa Scholarship Programme. The programme is open to bachelor’s degree holders who wish to pursue a master’s degree in Germany. The scholarship is open to applicants from Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Sudan. More details on the scholarship can be found at  https://www.daad.or.ke/en/study-research-in-germany/leadership-for-africa/. The deadline for application is Friday, 16 October 2020. For further information, one can contact the Leadership for Africa team on  lfa.nairobi@daad.de. Webinars seminars have been organized on Tuesday, 6 October 2020 and Thursday, 8 October 2020 to elaborate more on the application process as well as to answer any questions that one may have. The links to join in the Web seminars are: i)      Tuesday, 6 October 2020  - https://daad.reflact.com/riomu32g466k/ ii)     Thursday, 8 October 2020 - https://daad.reflact.com/riomu32g466k/ Virtual visiting hours are on every Thursdays from 10 am - 11 am EAT https://daad.reflact.com/daadnairobivisit/ Please share this information with your networks and encourage many Kenyan nationals to apply.