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“When most of the countries in the world had gone into another lockdown due to Covid-19 in late fall last year, the situation in Rwanda still seemed stable and quite optimistic. Restaurants, cafés, markets and shops were still open, yet people had to be home by 22:00. The more we came closer to Christmas though, the stricter the rules became…”
Prof. Dr. Harald von Korflesch presented the StArfrica project within the topic of ‘Market-Entry by Entrepreneurship’ at the Africa-Day for Enterprises by the University of Applied Sciences Neu-Ulm. The event focused on the East African countries Rwanda, Kenya and Ethiopia. The record is available here…
Our board member Tara Méité was interviewed by “Deutsche Welle” and introduced the StArfrica project….
“This is a common greeting in Kinyarwanda and means something like “Good afternoon, how are you doing?” It’s almost two months since I have been living in Rwanda now and I have recently started to feel that I have “arrived“. The past weeks have been incredibly stressful and quite hectic – but at the same time, I was fulfilling tasks and executing things I have been wanting to do in my profession for a long time…”
It was a great pleasure for us to present our StArfrica project on the “Ruanda-Tag 2020” which was organized by the Ministry of the Interior Rhineland-Palatinate, the University of Applied Sciences Bingen and the Partnership Rhineland-Palatinate / Rwanda (Jumelage). It was a day full of a great spirit and people…
After the unpredictable Rwandan rain crashed our plans for performing the StArfrica expert talk at the rooftop of the Westerwelle Startup Haus Kigali, we had to relocate it into the main rooms of the Westerwelle Haus. The stress was worth it – it was an amazing StArfrica expert event at the Westerwelle Startup Haus together with around 40 guests…
“I have been with StArfrica since the project started and my task is to create the blog and the website with WordPress. As I am only in my second semester of study, I would like to use the work in the project to gain experience…”
“Since the beginning of July I have been working as a research assistant in the team and am responsible for social media management. For one year I have already been managing the social media of a social business called “Aventurin Waste”, so I was able to bring along my own experience in this field…”
“Since the beginning of July I have been a research assistant to the team. I am responsible for the blog and since I have never worked in this field before, I hope to gain new experiences and learn more about entrepreneurship and founding through StArfrica…”
That moment when you get off the airplane and you breathe in the Rwandan air – always a bit humid, never too cold and somehow a bit smoky – the feeling of home returns almost immediately – Rwanda, here I come!
It has already been two weeks since I arrived and a lot has been going on for me in my new role as the Project lead of StArfrica in Rwanda since…
