Applications Open

Falling Walls Lab Cape Town

The annual Falling Walls Lab is back in Cape Town and accepting applications from students and early-career professionals of all disciplines who want to pitch their innovative idea on the big stage.  Application Deadline 9 Aug.

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Scholarship Call

INISA Students Grant

The “Initiative Southern Africa” (INISA) offers a grant for students from Universities and other tertiary education institutions in countries of the SADC region (Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe) and invites applications until 30 July.

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Scholarship Call

International Parliamentary Scholarships - German Bundestag

Two Scholarship opportunities with the Deutscher Bundestag! International Parliamentary Scholarship and the IPS Programme for African States. (Deadline: 31 July)

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Scholarship Call

Wits-TUB-UNILAG Programme

Masters Scholarship under the Wits-TUB-UNILAG Programme at School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand. Call for Sub-Saharan Students other than South Africans. Deadline for the programme is 31 July 2023!

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UWC hosts workshop with world-renowned geoscientist from the GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam

The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is proud to host a workshop presented by a world-class specialist and international leader in transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and its application in Geosciences - Dr Richard Wirth.

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DAAD South Africa

We are hiring!

The DAAD Information Centre in Johannesburg is looking for a dedicated and versatile staff for student counselling, administration and program coordination in part-time (50%). Accepting applications until 2 May!

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Nelson Mandela University and University of Oldenburg celebrate 25 years

Nelson Mandela University and University of Oldenburg celebrate 25 years

Nelson Mandela University (Gqeberha, South Africa) received a delegation from the University of Oldenburg (Germany) as part of the 25th cooperation anniversary.

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Falling Walls Lab Johannesburg

The Falling Walls Lab Johannesburg will be taking place on Friday, 2 June and will be hosted by the DAAD South Africa and the University of the Witwatersrand.

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Falling Walls Science Summit 2022

DAAD SA Director Supports Winners in Berlin

On 7th November we all gathered in the Radialsystem Berlin among hundreds of people waiting for the pitches to begin. 80 nervous entrepreneurs went on stage to present the core information of their ground-breaking ideas in three minutes. It was a firework display of inspiration to break down the walls of our recent knowledge for a better world, like the Berlin Wall that has fallen on 9th November 1989.

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Event Summary

DAAD South Africa in 2022

In spite of the challenges faced after two years of the Covid-19 Pandemic and unexpected budget constraints, we are grateful to be able to reflect back on a highly successful year.

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