UNU teams up with the University of Yaoundé I and participates in a workshop on its campus to share experiences with online courses and e-learning facilities to strengthen the development of higher education systems in Africa.

The National Advanced Polytechnics of Yaoundé received from the Association 'Afrisciences‘ technical material to evaluate the CO2 pollution in Cameroon. The handing-over ceremony was organised on Friday, 24 June in the House of German Cooperation in Yaoundé. It was organised in cooperation with the DAAD Information Centre Yaoundé and presided over by the Rector of the University of Yaoundé I Prof. Bouba Oumarou and the First Secretary of the German Embassy Mr. Philipp Rößler who acted as personal representative of the Ambassador.

Kevin Farel Ndefo Kamga und Rostand Aime Djiadeu Woktha aus Kamerun forschen im Rahmen eines Praktikums an der Professur Schaltkreis- und Systementwurf der TU Chemnitz.

Internationale Forschung und Lehre werden an vielen deutschen Universitäten groß geschrieben. So auch an der TU Chemnitz: Seit 17. Februar 2010 forschen an der Professur Schaltkreis- und Systementwurf zwei Gastwissenschaftler aus Kamerun.

The Federal Government is addressing the requirements of globalization with its Strategy for the Internationalization of Science and Research. A central element of this strategy is strengthening cooperation with developing countries, that is, African countries under this pilot measure. With a few exceptions, special funding is required to boost the development dynamics of this region in order to enable these countries to make economic and social progress.

In this way, Germany can position itself as a partner for future scientific and economic centres and together with them contribute to regional solutions that are of global importance. The Federal Government is thus acting on its commitment to significantly increase government support for developing countries.

Another aspect is that future innovation potential must be developed at an early stage in regions which offer considerable prospects for development.

April 1^st 2010 has witnessed the completion of the LISAG group’s board of directors, with Dr. Etienne Nitidem promoted to the position of CTO.  Mr Hans-Herlof Hardtke, president of the LISEGA group praised the qualities of Dr. Nitidem as “recognized expert in production as well as innovation management”. Dr. Nitidem responsibilities within the LiSEGA group will be the leading of the production, development and construction as well as the engineering department. Also the software LICA, one of the singularities of the group will be in Dr. Nitidem’s hand.

Dr. Nitidem, who was born in Cameroon, is 43 years old. After attending the technical high school of Douala with specialization in mechanics, he studied mechanical engineering at the University of Hanover where received his doctor degree in 1998. He then worked as a development engineer but quickly took over managerial tasks in product development at companies like Mannesmann, Siemens, and Lenze.