Fraunhofer in Africa

The institutes of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft cooperate with partners in African countries in a variety of research areas. In addition to its contract research for companies, Fraunhofer is active in scientific collaboration and interested in establishing long-term cooperations with research institutions in Africa.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with the following contact persons at Fraunhofer headquarters with inquiries concerning research cooperation in Africa. We will make sure to connect you with the most suitable colleagues at our Fraunhofer institutes!
 

Africa (except South Africa): Petra Beer

South Africa: Jens Neugebauer

Africa-wide projects

 

LEAP-RE: OASES

Africa-wide

2022 – 2025

OASES develops and demonstrates a sustainable open-access AU-EU ecosystem for energy system modeling.

 

LEAP-RE: Geothermal Atlas

Africa-wide

2020 – 2025

The Geothermal Atlas for Africa allows access to information on geothermal resources across the continent as a basis for energy production, heating/cooling applications, and water use.

 

HyAfrica

Morocco, Mozambique, South Africa, Togo

2022 – 2025

HyAfrica explores the deposits of natural hydrogen in several African countries to provide alternative energy for local areas.

Sub-Sahara Africa

 

HySecunda

South Africa

2023 – 2026

HySecunda aims to optimize the production, storage, capacity building, and certification of hydrogen.

 

HyGO

South Africa

2022 – 2025

HyGo aims at renewable energy supply and the use of oxygen generated during electrolysis for wastewater treatment.

 

HyTRA

South Africa

2021– 2024

HyTrA uses a hydrogen-based microgrid that stores excess solar and wind energy as hydrogen and converts it back into electricity when needed.

 

INSPIRED - Agri-PV

Namibia

2022- 2026

INSPIRED-APV tests agrivoltaics in Namibia across different agro-ecological zones to promote rural electrification.

 

LEAP-RE: Geothermal Village

Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti

2020 – 2025

Geothermal Village brings geothermal power and heat systems to off-grid communities, using local resources for sustainable energy and water supply.

 

SERPIC

South Africa

2021 – 2024

SERPIC sustainably reduces pollutants and pathogens in wastewater treatment plant effluent to enable the safe irrigation of crops.

 

PreCare

South Africa

2022 – 2024

PreCare improves medical care in rural regions of Africa through mobile, solar-powered units for examinations, testing, and vaccinations.

 

CoalCO₂-X™

South Africa

2022 - 2026

CoalCO₂-X™ aims to convert CO₂ from South African coal-fired power plants using green ammonia and hydrogen.

North Africa

 

SolLabTUN

Tunisia

2021 – 2024

SolLabTun targets the Tunisian innovation system and aims to foster innovation activities, collaboration and competence building.