Economic Data about Africa
This page offers a selection of publications worth reading with a focus on economic data on the African continent.
Publications of the Africa Institute
2018 - 2021
Publications of the Africa Institute
- Cubillas, Leonicio and Steurer, Elmar (2019) Solar Technologies for Off-grid Rural Fishing Communities. PSAKU International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 8 (1).
- Hoeck, I., & Steurer, E. (2021, June 2). Advancing Off-Grid Electrification by Uncovering the Holistic Risk Landscape Using a Standardized Risk Management Procedure (SRMP). IntechOpen. DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.98040
- Steurer, Elmar (2021). "Ländliche Elektrifizierung in entlegenen Gebieten Afrikas - Erkenntnisse anhand eines Fallbeispiels in Namibia." VAA-Jahrbuch 2021. Green Deal: Chance für EU und Afrika? Verband angestellter Akademiker und leitender Angestellter der chemischen Industrie e.V. Download: http://www.vaa.de/presse/publikationen/jahrbuch/
- Wagemann, Bernard (2021). "Afrika - Schicksalskontinent für Europa? Warum Europa ohne eine enge Verzahnung mit Afrika der Machtpolitik Chinas ausgeliefert sein wird." VAA-Jahrbuch 2021. Green Deal: Chance für EU und Afrika? Verband angestellter Akademiker und leitender Angestellter der chemischen Industrie e.V. Download: http://www.vaa.de/presse/publikationen/jahrbuch/
- Wagemann, Bernard and Manetsgruber, David (2019) Insights from a factfinding Mission to a remote area of Namibia. In: (Proceedings of the) 2nd International Conference on Economics, Management and Technology (IEMT) "Bridging Entrepreneurship and Social Innovations", November, 19-21, 2019, Neu-Ulm, Germany, p. 234.
- Wagemann, Bernard (2018) The development of an Applied Entrepreneurship Academy at the Kenyatta University in Nairobi – A multiannual project for organizational learning on business development based on international and multidisciplinary knowledge exchange.Project Report.
until 2017
- Steurer, Elmar and Selomie, Daniel and Wagemann, Bernard (2017) Productive use of renewably energy supporting applied entrepreneurship. Lessons learned from a development project in rural Ethiopia. In: (Proceedings of the) 5th Annual Conference “Universities, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa” between the University of Nairobi, Kenya, the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, November, 10-11, 2016, Sankt Augustin, Germany, pp. 7-24. ISBN 9783960430421
- Steurer, Elmar and Manetsgruber, David and Wagemann, Bernard (2017) Standardized Risk Management Procedure (SRMP) for Mini Grids - Case Study: Mini-Grid Sunderbans, West Bengal, India;. In: (Proceedings of the) International Conference on Technologies and Materials for Renewable Energy, Environment and Sustainability (TMREES17), April, 21-24, 2017, Beirut, Lebanon, pp. 86-97.
- Wagemann, Bernard and Manetsgruber, David (2016) Risk Management for Mini-Grid deployment in rural areas. In: Applied Energy Symposium and Forum, REM2016: Renewable Energy Integration with Mini/Microgrid, Elsevier Ltd, Energy Procedia.
- Manetsgruber, David and Wagemann, Bernard and Bozhil, Kondev and Dziergwa, Katrin (2015) Risk Management for Mini-Grids : A new approach to guide mini-grid deployment. Working Paper, Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), Brussels, Belgium.
- Steurer, Elmar and Manetsgruber, David and Wagemann, Bernard (2014) Risk Mitigation for Mini-Grids by using the PUMA concept as an appropriate business model.Working Paper, Brussels.
- Steurer, Elmar and Wagemann, Bernard (2013) Application of the hydrothermal carbonization technology to produce electricity by using rice-straw as a renewable energy resource. Working Paper, Nr. 29, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Neu-Ulm.
- Steurer, Elmar and Manetsgruber, David and Prudence Jouego, Esther (2015) Risk Clustering as a Finance Concept for Rural Electrification in Sub-Suharan Africa to attract international private investors. Working Paper, Contribution to ARE Newsletter 09/2015 Innovative Financing,.
Useful Links
- African Union, Agenda 2063 (external link, opens in a new window)
- BDI Erfolgsgeschichten Afrika: Unternehmer berichten von ihrem Engagement vor Ort (external link, opens in a new window)
- Entrepeneurship in Entwicklungsländern, DAAD Studie (external link, opens in a new window)
- G20 Compact with Africa (external link, opens in a new window)
- Gemeinsam tragfähige Strukturen entwickeln: Deutsch-Afrikanische Hochschulkooperationen, DAAD Handreichung (external link, opens in a new window)
- GTAI Fact Sheet Africa 2019 (external link, opens in a new window)
- Marshallplan mit Afrika, BMZ (external link, opens in a new window)
- Mo Ibrahim Foundation, African Governance Report 2019 (external link, opens in a new window)
- Praxishandbuch Wirtschaft in Afrika (Thomas Schmidt, Kay Pfaffenberger, Stefan Liebing) (external link, opens in a new window)
- Studie: Wachstumsmärkte in Afrika für die bayerische Wirtschaft (external link, opens in a new window)
- Africa Business Guide, a service of GTAI
- Press review of the German Africa Foundation (Deutsche Afrika Stiftung e.V.) (external link, opens in a new window)
- Economic policy call for comprehensive industrial cooperation between Europe and Africa, Prof. Dr. Bernard Wagemann (in German) (PDF, 1.14 MB - opens in a new window)
- Market Studies of the "Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft" (Africa Association of German Businesses) (external link, opens in a new window)
- Inspire Africa Day 2021 [video recordings] (external link, opens in a new window)
- brand eins sechsteilige Serie zu Unternehmertum in Afrika, 2021 (external link, opens in a new window)
About the Covid-19 Crisis
- Exploring the impact of COVID-19 in Africa: a scenario analysis to 2030; Study funded by Humanity United and Hanns Seidel Foundation (external link, opens in a new window)
- Voices from our project partners about the Corona pandemic
- E-Learning Africa Report: "The Effect of Covid-19 on Education in Africa and its Implications for the Use of Technology" (external link, opens in a new window)
- "In Europe such a lockdown would not have been possible" - Niklas Prenzel, fluter (external link, opens in a new window)
