Unique Characteristics

INTER-African:

connecting East and West Africa

INTER-organisational:

integrating universities, private companies, regional and continental organisations, civil society

INTER-disciplinary:

  • agriculture
  • environmental science
  • forestry
  • geography
  • international relations & development studies
  • social and cultural anthropology
  • literature & communication science
  • management of natural resources
  • political science
  • peace & conflict studies
  • public policy
  • socio-economy
  • soil science
  • law

CROSSING language barriers:

different African languages as Arabic, English, French and German

INTER-cultural:

team members are from different countries as well as from urban, rural, farming and pastoralist cultures