DAAD is represented around the world through its lecturer’s programme, regional offices and information centers: In Kenya, other than the Regional Office for Africa, there is a lecturer for German each at the University of Nairobi and Kenyatta University in the capital Nairobi as well as a language assistant at Pwani University in Kilifi. In Uganda, DAAD is represent by a lecturer for German at Makerere University in Kampala.

DAAD finances the lecturers in the fields of teaching German as a foreign language, training professors, German affairs, linguistics and the science of translation.

DAAD has posted a long-term lecturer for Political Science at the University of Rwanda.

In addition to language teaching at universities, the lecturers also provide valuable information on study opportunities, scholarships and scientific exchange in general. Therefore, DAAD lecturers are often the first point of contact for students and academics interested in a stay at a higher education institution in Germany, and are thus a valuable link between African and German universities.