EU: Any vision for Africa?

(29 February 2024, Language: English, Words: 478)

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) welcomes visitors to its website with the words: ‘Welcome to the Ministry of Opportunities’. If you search for the BMBF’s ideas on cooperation with Africa, you will find ‘The Africa Strategy of the BMBF’ on Google. This is characterised by the following: ‘Our cooperation activities are guided by what we have in common: German and African players in education, science and research were involved in drafting the …’ – and that’s where it ends, because the corresponding website cannot be accessed. In this respect, it was interesting to listen to the German ambassador in Brussels, Martin Kotthaus. He spoke to a large audience, many of them from African countries, about European and German ideas and visions for Africa. The venue for his lecture was the Royal Higher Institute for Defence in Brussels.