German Africa Foundation
Corporate brand
UnclaimedA non-partisan foundation that provides a platform for exchange between German and African actors and promotes German-African relations.
Last updated September 16, 2026
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Overview
The German Africa Foundation (Deutsche Afrika Stiftung e.V., DAS) is a non-partisan foundation that works for the successful implementation of the German federal government's Africa policy guidelines. It serves as a mediator, offering a platform for partnership-based exchange between German and African actors, with a particular focus on work in the parliamentary sphere. Through expert talks, parliamentary breakfasts and panel discussions, it brings together members of the German Bundestag, specialist ministries and other political decision-makers from Germany and Africa. It also advocates stronger involvement of representatives of African embassies and the African diaspora in the German political space, and works to convey a differentiated image of Africa in politics and the German public. Since 1993 it has awarded the German Africa Prize annually.
History
The German Africa Foundation (Deutsche Afrika Stiftung e.V., DAS) is a non-partisan foundation committed to promoting German-African relations. It works for the successful implementation of the German federal government's Africa policy guidelines and acts as a mediator, providing a platform for partnership-based exchange between German and African actors, with a particular focus on the parliamentary sphere. Since 1993 it has awarded the German Africa Prize annually to outstanding personalities from the neighbouring continent.
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Non-partisan foundation and mediator for partnership-based German-African exchange, focused on the parliamentary sphere.
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