africa re:load

The purpose of the two-day Africa Re:Load workshop was to bring together a selected group of Ethiopian & German partners from the private and public sectors to generate ideas on green economic development, green technologies & innovation in Africa.

Some of the main outcomes:

• The establishment of an online learning platform to facilitate crosscontinental public and private cooperation as well as the exchange of skilled personnel between Ethiopia and Germany (“brain gain”)
• Regional cooperation on low-cost architecture (East Africa and Germany)
• Piloting of different forms of lowcost sustainable buildings and local production plants for green buildingmaterials in Addis Ababa
• “Business Bootcamps” to facilitate exchange and collaboration between young entrepreneurs in Ethiopia and Germany

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Leaf through the africa re:load brochure

Access the individual presentations here:

• Dr. Gerald Heusing (DAAD): The DAAD and Africa
• Kim Nguyen VAn (GiZ): German Development Cooperation - Innovation & Green Growth 
• Dr. Dirk Donath (BUW/EiABC): Building in Africa. A 1:1 laboratory for research & experimentation 
• Dr. Karola Hahn (EiABC): Engineering education reform in Ethiopia
• Zegeye Cherenet (EiABC): Higher academic education - A bridge for both
• Christian Niemczik (TFH Wildau): E-Education : Collaboration : Technology
• Susanne Muschik (neudeli): neudeli incubation center
• Martón Kocsev & Oliver Petzoldt (GiZ): Being the sorcerers' apprentice - The state of innovation in Africa
• Jana Liebe (SolarInput e.V.): Activities of solar enterprises in Thuringia
• Dipl. Ing. Susanne Gampfer (TUM): EU program EDULink 2011
• Prof. Dr. Jürgen Ruth (BUW): Cooperation for Africa
• Prof. Dr. Reinhard König (BUW): Computational planning methods
• Johannes Schilling & Kokebe Haile Gabriel (CIM): It's people that make a difference
• Dr. Ing. Gregor Gluth (BAM): Inorganic binder systems for innovative panel technology in East Africa
• Jasmin Bauer (Knoten Weimar GmbH): Knoten Weimar international Transfer Center Environmental Technology GmbH
• Hagen Reum (Assman Beraten + Planen GmbH): A sign for responsibility
• Oliver Gürtler (Dr. Michael GEOMATICS): Services for spatial information technologies and remote sensing
• Eckardt Dauck (ECOSYSTEM BAUSTOFFE Ltd. & Co. KG): Innovative buildingmaterials for Africa
• Geraldine de Bastion (newthinking communication GmbH): Creating with the crowd
• Florian Kirfel (BUW): Global city - Local identity
• Florian Manderscheid (BUW) adream exhibition of sustainable green products & materials