Still open places for application! Apply now and join great sessions by experts in their area! We invite students and PhD-candidates (and also other interested people such as entrepreneurs and aspiring business starters) to apply for our Digital Camp on Corona Resilience Stories, held from the 07th of January to the 28th of January 2021 […]
Waste to energy an opportunity for waste management in Africa The realisation of value addition to solid waste birthed the evolution of waste to energy. Waste to energy is an innovative way of converting waste into useful energy and by-products. The innovation emerges since the late 19th century and it continues to evolve and today […]
Research Stay in Mozambique (Maxixe) Research topic: “Female Entrepreneurship in Mozambique: What are the push and pull factors affecting accessibility to small scale entrepreneurship for Mozambican “rural” women?” Research location: Mozambique, Maxixe (July-October 2019) University Pedagogica Sagrada Familia My name is Daniela Rössing and I studied the master’s degree course “Intercultural Personnel Development and Communication […]
My Research Stay in Cape Town, South Africa: Marie Sophie Röder Making profit for a purpose, being a conscious businessperson, leveraging economic activities to achieve greater good for the broader society – high hopes and expectations are attached to social entrepreneurship. This is especially the case where governments struggle to effectively tackle socio-economic problems and […]
I’ve always wanted a chance to visit Europe for research and networking, and when the YEEES research grant was advertised, I applied immediately. I’m Obrukevwe Okuah, I completed my master’s degree in Computing Science from the Nelson Mandela University, South Africa. My research was topic was “A Social Media Method for Eliciting the Worldviews of […]
Namibia is a semi-dry country that is particularly vulnerable towards climate change. It has been characterized by high variability of rainfall and temperatures leading to persistent droughts and scarcity of water. Through climate change this situation is expected to become more extreme. Windhoek, the capital, has been suffering from intensified droughts over the last ten […]
Hey! My name is Matthias, and I am a final year student from Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany. I am studying an interdisciplinary master’s program called ‘Public Economics, Law and Politics.’ One year ago, I found out about the opportunity to apply for the YEEES research grant that funds research stays for a master’s thesis in […]
My name is Marie Fürste and I am a student of the Master’s program Culture, Arts & Media at Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany. As a candidate for the YEEES Master Grant, I got the wonderful opportunity to travel to Namibia and South Africa in order to conduct research for my master’s thesis. With my […]
We are happy to draw attention to an exciting project (BOATS Virtual Tournament) in which YEEES is involved with our partner Nelson Mandela University. If you are a teacher or lecturer in South Africa, please let your school students know about this interesting opportunity (see flyer). It’s on short notice, but it’s fun and you […]
About me: My Name is Loini Amwaama, a 26-year-old female born in northern Namibia. I however grew up in the southern part of the country where I attended my primary and secondary education before I moved to Windhoek for my tertiary education. I am currently based in the capital city; Windhoek were I am enrolled […]