INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 20.5.2010 - 22.5.2010

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From 20th until 22nd of May 2010 the cultural organization STADTWERKSTATT Linz arranges together with partners from development cooperations, art and science the international festival TREFFPUNKT AFRIKA.
It will will partly be held at a ship (the MS Negrelli) on the bank of the danube.

The focus of the festival lies on a two-day symposium with topics on „African-European developments“ and „African Networks“ .

The lectures will be accompanied by filmscreenings, a DJ and concert nightline with musicians from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Germany and Austria and a soccer tournament..
Innovation from Africa: Mobile Money in Kenya (Language: German)
Through „Mobile Banking“ and the principle of „Banking the Unbanked“ the wider population of Kenya has for the first time the possibility to securely transfer money and to take part in an economic circuit beyond informal economy and without territorial boundaries. What kind of impact has especially „Mobile Banking“, what can be accomplished and what chances and risks does it imply?



Monique Muhayimana
Mag. Monique Muhayimana was born 1970 in Rwanda, lives since 15 years in Austria and has a university degree in business economics. After managing a womens microcredit programm in Kibuye, Rwanda for many years, she is now an employee at Post AG and AVP (Afrika Vernetzungs Plattform) in Linz.