Christine Freitag
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Christine Freitag has been working in development cooperation projects – mainly with Africa – for the past 8 years. She started her career in development with the former German Development Service (DED) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. After returning from Tanzania, Christine worked in the Headquarters of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internatioanle Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in several different projects with Africa. Since 2015, she works at the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences as Project Manager for the German–African University Platform for Entrepreneurs and SMEs. The project is carried out by the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, the University of Cape Coast (Ghana) and the University of Naiorbi (Kenya), and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).