{"id":109,"date":"2020-09-12T09:21:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T07:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uni-koblenz.de\/starfrica\/?p=109"},"modified":"2020-10-06T10:26:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T08:26:43","slug":"niklas-richter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.uni-koblenz.de\/starfrica\/2020\/09\/12\/niklas-richter\/","title":{"rendered":"Team: Niklas Richter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Niklas Richter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Welchen universit\u00e4ren Hintergrund haben Sie und wie haben Sie Ihren Weg in das StArfrica-Team gefunden?<\/strong><\/span>
Ich habe zun\u00e4chst im Bachelor Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universit\u00e4t in Jena studiert und habe ein Vertiefungsmodul zum Thema Entrepreneurship bei Prof. Dr. Fritsch geh\u00f6rt. Die Themen Entrepreneurship und regionale Entwicklung haben mich direkt sehr stark interessiert und ich absolvierte daher anschie\u00dfend ein Praktikum beim K1 Gr\u00fcnderservice der FSU Jena. Da ich noch mehr \u00fcber Entrepreneurship lernen wollte, studierte ich im Master “Entrepreneurship und Innovationsmanagement” an der Bergischen Universit\u00e4t Wuppertal. Als ich die Stellenausschreibung zur EXIST-Potentiale-Antragsphase an der Universit\u00e4t Koblenz-Landau sah, wusste ich, dass das genau das ist, wonach ich gesucht habe.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is your academic background and how did you find your way into the StArfrica team?<\/strong>
<\/em>I first studied economics at the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena and took a special module on entrepreneurship with Prof. Dr. Fritsch. The topics entrepreneurship and regional development directly interested me very much and therefore I completed an internship at the K1 Gr\u00fcnderservice of the FSU Jena. Since I wanted to learn more about entrepreneurship, I studied in the Master “Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management” at the University of Wuppertal. When I saw the job advertisement for the EXIST-Potential application phase at the University of Koblenz-Landau, I knew that this was exactly what I was looking for.
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Seit wann sind Sie dabei, was sind Ihre Aufgaben und welche Erfahrungen bringen Sie mit?<\/strong><\/span>
Ich bin seit April 2019 am ZIFET t\u00e4tig und habe gemeinsam mit dem Team um Prof. Dr. Harald von Korflesch das Pilotvorhaben eingeworben. Nun bin ich als StArfrica-Projektleiter in Koblenz t\u00e4tig und bin in dieser Rolle insbesondere f\u00fcr die Sensibilisierung und Beratung von Startups und Unternehmen zust\u00e4ndig.<\/span><\/p>\n

When did you join the project, what are your tasks and what experience do you bring with you?
<\/strong><\/em>I have been working at ZIFET since April 2019. Together with the team ofProf. Dr. Harald von Korflesch, I acquired the pilot project StArfrica. Now I am working as StArfrica project manager in Koblenz and in this role I am especially responsible for sensitization and consulting of start-ups and companies.
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Wie hat das Pilotvorhaben Ihr Interesse geweckt? Was ist Ihre Motivation, daran teilzuhaben?<\/strong><\/span>
Ich hatte die Gelegenheit, das Pilotvorhaben von Anfang an mitzuentwickeln. Damals wollten wir uns auf die Projekts\u00e4ule “Internationalisierung” von EXIST-Potentiale bewerben und dort viel unser Blick zum ersten Mal nach Afrika. Da die Universit\u00e4t Koblenz schon l\u00e4nger Verbindungen nach Ruanda pflegt und Afrika ein unheimlich gro\u00dfes wirtschaftliches Potential birgt, finde ich es sehr spannend, ein Teil dieser Reise zu sein.<\/span><\/p>\n

How did the pilot project arouse your interest? What is your motivation to take part in it?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
I had the opportunity to help develop the pilot project from the beginning. At that time, we wanted to apply for the project pillar “Internationalization” of EXIST-Potentials and there we took our first look at Africa. Since the University of Koblenz has had connections to Rwanda for a long time and Africa has an incredibly large economic potential, I find it very exciting to be part of this journey.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Was verbinden Sie mit Ruanda? Waren Sie schon einmal in dort? Wenn ja, welche Erfahrungen haben Sie gemacht? Was hat Sie \u00fcberrascht\/erschreckt\/begeistert? Falls nicht: Haben Sie vor, nach Ruanda zu reisen und wenn ja, was erhoffen Sie sich? Was zieht Sie an, was sind Ihre Erwartungen?<\/strong><\/span>
Ich war leider bisher nur einmal in Kigali, der Hauptstadt Ruandas, in der ich aber sehr positive Erfahrungen gemacht habe. Die Leute sind hochmotiviert und fortschrittsbegeistert. Man trifft sehr viele junge Menschen in F\u00fchrungspositionen und hat wirklich das Gef\u00fchl, dass sie ihr Land voranbringen und zum \u201eSingapur Afrikas\u201c machen wollen.<\/span><\/p>\n

What do you associate with Rwanda? Have you ever been there? If so, what experiences have you had there? What surprised\/frightened\/enthused you? If not: Do you plan to travel to Rwanda and if so, what do you hope to achieve? What attracts you, what are your expectations?
<\/strong>Unfortunately, I have only been to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, once before, but I have had very positive experiences there. The people are highly motivated and enthusiastic about progress. You meet a lot of young people in leading positions and really have the feeling that they want to advance their country and make it the “Singapore of Africa”.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Welchen Erfolg w\u00fcnschen Sie sich f\u00fcr das Projekt StArfrica?<\/strong><\/span>
F\u00fcr das Projekt w\u00fcnsche ich mir vor allem, dass es Deutschland und Afrika, beziehungsweise Ruanda, einander n\u00e4herbringt, viele wirtschaftliche Kooperationen entstehen und es f\u00fcr beide Seiten mehr Erfolge bringt, als wir erwarten k\u00f6nnen. Aus dem Pilotvorhaben soll sich ein dauerhaftes Projekt entwickeln, das Europa und Afrika verbindet. Es w\u00e4re sch\u00f6n, wenn wir gemeinsam mit Ruanda als Partner und Freunde an den zuk\u00fcnftigen Erfolgen des Landes teilhaben k\u00f6nnten.<\/span><\/p>\n

What success do you wish for the StArfrica project?
<\/em><\/strong>I wish that the project will bring Germany and\u00a0 Rwanda closer together, that many economic cooperations will develop and that it will bring more success for both sides than we can expect. The pilot project should develop into a lasting project that connects Europe and Africa. It would be nice if we could share in the country’s future successes together with Rwanda as partners and friends.<\/em><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI had the opportunity to help develop the pilot project from the beginning. At that time, we wanted to apply for the project pillar “Internationalization” of EXIST-Potentials and there we took our first look at Africa. Since the University of Koblenz has had connections to Rwanda for a long time and Africa has an incredibly large economic potential, I find it very exciting to be part of this journey.\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":392,"featured_media":310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.uni-koblenz.de\/starfrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.uni-koblenz.de\/starfrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.uni-koblenz.de\/starfrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.uni-koblenz.de\/starfrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/392"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.uni-koblenz.de\/starfrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/wp.uni-koblenz.de\/starfrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470,"href":"https:\/\/wp.uni-koblenz.de\/starfrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions\/470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.uni-koblenz.de\/starfrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.uni-koblenz.de\/starfrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.uni-koblenz.de\/starfrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.uni-koblenz.de\/starfrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}