The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has announced 2 new academic centers in West and East Africa, respectively in the fields of agriculture and logistics. 4.5 million euros have been invested by the DAAD to cover the needs of the centers until 2025.

The DAAD has 12 academic centers of excellence in Africa to its credit. The new specialized centers focus on resource management. “We are strengthening the education systems of African partner countries by supporting excellent master's and doctoral programs. The projects contribute to the development of better training opportunities, more jobs and new prospects for staying in place. The two new centers also aim to encourage responsible societal use of scarce resources,” said Joybrato Mukherjee,

Located in Burkina Faso, Benin and Niger, the first center focuses on the challenges of climate change and the need for the sustainable use of scarce resources in the region. It aims to promote academic capacities for the sustainable use of agricultural resources in West Africa (Pro-Ruwa). This center will be managed by the Department of Organic Agricultural Sciences at the University of Kassel in Germany, with the aim of contributing to the provision of master's and doctoral training in agricultural sciences

The second center will focus on distributing Covid-19 vaccines with partners from Kenya and Tanzania. Its objective is to apply innovative management processes to control the production, distribution, and processing of food and other health-related resources and goods. It is under the coordination of the logistics department of the Kühne Logistics University