On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the winners of the 3rd German-African Innovation Award 'GAIIA' were honoured in Berlin on 12 December 2024. The award ceremony was organised in cooperation with the Sub-Saharan Africa Initiative of German Business (SAFRI). It honoured outstanding project ideas from African-German research collaborations that contribute to sustainable progress on the African continent.

With the 'Modern China Research II' funding guideline published today, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) aims to further expand independent China expertise in Germany. Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger explains: 'Sound and independent China expertise is essential in order to be able to safeguard and assert German interests in the face of increasing systemic rivalry with China.'