Stories & Interviews

There are plenty of people around the world with the courage to try something new and turn ideas for a better future into reality. Here you’ll hear from our project cooperation partners, network members, and participants in addition to experts in fields that motivate us and make a difference in society.

Insight | Arts & Culture | 20 December 2022
The transcendent power of music: A social and economic leveler
In her blog post, Dr. Nina Smidt sheds light on the role Africa's largest music network can play in the continent's social and economic development.
Insight | Arts & Culture | 19 December 2022
Diversity sounds good
In 2022, the Gender@Work workshop series prepared young women from all over Africa for a career in the music industry for the third time.
Interview | Social Entrepreneurship | 29 September 2022
Sustainability as a Growth Engine
A reportage of projects in a country aiming to expand its economic power sustainably and without detours, and the role that social enterprises play in this.
Insight | Social Entrepreneurship | 02 August 2022
Toward green economy with climate and gender equality: Three Kenyan social enterprises pave the way
The “epScale Funding Call Promoting Women in the Green Economy” supports social enterprises that have a positive impact on the environment along with strengthening economic opportunities for women.
Insight | Education | 27 October 2021
Science with a pink rabbit
Teaching in a completely different way! Facundo Mercado Sandoval and his fictional persona Facu bring STEM education to preschool and elementary school children in Chilean Patagonia – until close to Antarctica.
Insight | Social Entrepreneurship | 26 October 2021
E-Mobility Innovation Call 2021: Five African innovations for greener mobility
Innovative, sustainable and social: Get to know the winning solutions of the E-Mobility Innovation Award 2021 of Siemens Stiftung.
Insight | General | 01 October 2021
Thank you for nine years with Siemens Stiftung, Rolf Huber!
Rolf Huber stepped down as Managing Director at Siemens Stiftung on 30 September 2021. A tribute from our team and network partners.
Interview | Education | 13 September 2021
Welcome to Antarctica: with school closed, the world is a classroom
Even though Jessica Espinoza Fuentes' students have never met in person at school, they discover the world together on a digital research trip.
Interview | Education | 13 September 2021
Even the smallest collaboration creates great cohesion
Teaching in the Pandemic: Emma Janelle UC Artigas on digital platforms and the unwavering will to keep teaching.
Interview | Education | 13 September 2021
When creativity sparks curiosity even digitally
The pandemic turned María Vargas Fernández's life upside down: From one day to the next, kindergarten classes moved online.