Frankfurt School and UPC inaugurate Centre Congolais-Allemand de Microfinance

 
Entrance to the UPC Campus.

The German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAAD) supports the CCAM financially. It is one of five Centres of Excellence that the DDAD made possible.



Prof. Mgr. Daniel Ngoy Boliy, UPC's Rector, and Prof. Dr. Udo Steffens, FS' President

The Master of Micoinance is the core of the CCAM’s activities. It already started last October for the first time. The 35 students were selected out of ca. 100 applications after a multi-level assessment centre. 15 students receive a DAAD scholarship which completely covers their tuition fees. In addition to the Master programm, various research projects on microfinance are being carried out by the researchers of the CCAM.

Presidents, professors and project managers of both universities, DAAD representatives, Congolese and German politicians, representatives from donor organisations and foundations as well as the students of the Master of Microfinance and other UPC students celebrated the opening of the CCAM.

Dr. Christian Bode, General Secretary of DAAD

f.l.t.r.:Evariste Boshab, President of the Congolese National Assembly; 
Mgr. Marini Bodho, President of the Eglise du Christ au Congo, that holds UPC; Dr. Chr. Bode

 
Prof. Dr. Patrick Bakengela, Programm Director of the CCAM, and Dr. Barbara Drexler,
Programm Director at the Frankfurt School, present the Master of Microfinance.

 
Karl-Heinz-Fleischhacker from KfW stressed in his speech that talents and qualified
experts and managers are needed in development finance. 

Supports the CCAM with passion and expertise: Barbara Mück (middle) from DAAD.