18 Oct 2020

Dr Jonas Hahn appointed Professor in Real Estate

Dr Jonas Hahn, member of the Management Board of the IREBS Foundation for African Real Estate Research has accepted an offer for the Professorship in Real Estate Management at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany. The IREBS graduate completed his MSc in Real Estate in 2015 and his PhD under supervision of Prof Dr Sven Bienert in 2018. He has been an independent researcher and advisor to the real estate industry as well as a commercial department head with the church-owned housing investor ESW in Nuremberg, Germany, since.     At the Frankfurt department for Architecture and Civil Engineering, he…
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13 Jan 2020

Successful Real Estate Study Tour through East Africa

In September 2019, the first Study Tour of the IREBS African Real Estate Research Center took 14 real estate professionals from Germany and the United Kingdom to East African metropolises and to the Annual Conference of the African Real Estate Society (AfRES). The tour was organized and accompanied by Prof Dr Karl-Werner Schulte HonRICS and Dr Jonas Hahn.   The schedule of the tour comprised, amongst others, the urban development project "Tatu City" close to Nairobi, an affordable housing project in Arusha (powered by German DESWOS organization and the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Bavaria/Germany) as well as a variety of high-rise…
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01 Jan 2020

Join our Webinar on African Real Estate

You are invited to join our webinar on "The Lace, Race and Ace of the African Real Estate Space" on: Saturday, January 11, 2020 10:00 AM German Time Panelists/Speakers: Professor Kola Akinsomi (South Africa), Mr. Tayo Odunsi (Nigeria), Mr. Patrick Katabua MRICS (DRC/South Africa), Mr. Chris Chege (Kenya), Mr. Emmanuel Kofi Gavu (Ghana). The preliminary schedule comprises, amongst others, 10 AM - Welcome and Introduction (Prof Dr Karl-Werner Schulte) 10:15 AM - Guest Speaker 1: Patrick Katabua on "The Journey, Preparations and Opportunities in the South African Real Estate Market" 10:45 AM - Guest Speaker 2: Chris Chege on "The…
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