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The latest results from international cooperation: current topics that move or challenge us and the work of GIZ. Updates on project data and news from our partners in our projects worldwide provide insights into our work.
Two hands in green gloves hold a pile of black powder.

18.03.2025

Black mass for the green transition

Fortech is a Costa Rican company that recycles used batteries. Their customers include German firms. GIZ helped them realise their vision.
A smiling cotton farmer in Benin kneels in a field of green cotton plants.

13.03.2025

Organic cotton from Benin: green, fair and inclusive

Organic cotton farming increases yields, protects the environment and improves living conditions for women in Benin.
A doctor examines a young girl sitting on her mother’s lap. The mother smiles gently while the child cautiously chews on her hand.

05.03.2025

Tanzania: Partnerships for sustainable development

GIZ is improving health services, economic opportunities and the protection of natural resources in the East African country.
Young IT talents are being prepared in Ghana and Ruanda to work for German clients of IT software company AmaliTech.

24.02.2025

New strategies to combat the shortage of IT specialists

Germany has a lack of IT experts, while up-and-coming IT professionals in African countries like Ghana and Rwanda are finding it hard to find a job – so GIZ is bringing the two sides together with some lasting solutions.
Sustainable aggregate in cross section; in the background, a factory interior.

20.02.2025

Boosting reconstruction in Ukraine with the private sector

Olga Mitskevych advises companies at the German-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce Abroad (AHK). In this interview, she explains why German investment in Ukraine is in demand.
Federal Minister Svenja Schulze speaks at a podium during her visit to the GIZ in Eschborn.

18.02.2025

Svenja Schulze: ‘GIZ is part of the DNA of development policy’

During her visit to Eschborn, the Federal Minister thanked GIZ for its commitment and emphasised the role of partnerships in development cooperation.
A man (Mamman Nuhu) sits at a desk and looks seriously into the camera.

14.02.2025

Cross-border water management: the power for peace

In our interview, Mamman Nuhu, Executive Secretary of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, explains how joint water management can help stabilise the Sahel region.
Two people walk in front of a hospital.

10.02.2025

Together for Syria: hospital partnerships improve healthcare

Thanks to new German-Syrian hospital partnerships, doctors from Syria will soon be able to support their old homeland from Germany.
A woman stands in front of an open refrigerator and fills it with medications. She is wearing medical workwear.

05.02.2025

Vaccine cooling – smart, solar and digital

Solar-powered refrigerators that store medicines reliably: mini transmitters report malfunctions directly to technical support, thus ensuring fast repair.
A woman in a white T-shirt stands in front of a tree and smiles. In her left hand she holds a branch of limes. Next to it is the lettering “GIZ works”.

30.01.2025

From limes to dried fruit: High-quality organic products for Germany and Europe

GIZ works! Together with the Import Promotion Desk (IPD), GIZ supports organic producers worldwide. At the BIOFACH trade fair in Nuremberg, their products are attracting buyers from across Germany and Europe.
Map of Kenya showing the national borders.

21.01.2025

50 years of commitment to Kenya’s future

79 projects, one goal: GIZ Kenya has been committed to the long-term development of the country and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for 50 years.
A man at a pond throws out a fishing net; a second man is in the background.

13.01.2025

Higher yields and incomes, better nutrition

Aquaculture schemes can secure food and higher incomes. GIZ supports sustainable fish farming in Zambia.
Six people stand close together and look at a smartphone.

09.01.2025

Harnessing the power of AI to improve harvests

Young software developers in Kenya and Uganda are working on AI-based recommendations for farmers. GIZ is providing advisory support.
A woman processes milk so it can be better preserved.

23.12.2024

Syria: Supporting people to shape their own future

Syria has a chance of a better future after the fall of the Assad regime. GIZ is already supporting people in shaping the future of their country.
Two women in colorful clothes bend over a notepad together and write something on it.

19.12.2024

Women reporters for justice

Women in Nepal are encouraging other survivors of the civil war to talk about what they have experienced. That also helps them to heal from their own experiences.
View of Algerian coast with green mountain background

18.12.2024

Teaming up to protect Algeria’s coast

When it comes to protecting Algeria’s coast, everyone needs to have their say. GIZ brings all the different stakeholders together and develops solutions that work for everyone.
Five young people in a modern room; three look at a laptop while two chat.

05.12.2024

Innovation for transformation

The ‘Suli Innovation House’ in Iraq is a place that creates ideas for a more digital economy as well as jobs for young people.
Women wearing helmets sit on motorcycles in front of a store

27.11.2024

Women who drive business

In Rwanda, a group of women are establishing themselves as motorcycle taxi drivers. In the process, they overcome stereotypes and develop new business ideas.

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18.03.2025

Black mass for the green transition

Fortech is a Costa Rican company that recycles used batteries. Their customers include German firms. GIZ helped them realise their vision.

13.03.2025

Organic cotton from Benin: green, fair and inclusive

Organic cotton farming increases yields, protects the environment and improves living conditions for women in Benin.

05.03.2025

Tanzania: Partnerships for sustainable development

GIZ is improving health services, economic opportunities and the protection of natural resources in the East African country.

24.02.2025

New strategies to combat the shortage of IT specialists

Germany has a lack of IT experts, while up-and-coming IT professionals in African countries like Ghana and Rwanda are finding it hard to find a job – so GIZ is bringing the two sides together with some lasting solutions.

20.02.2025

Boosting reconstruction in Ukraine with the private sector

Olga Mitskevych advises companies at the German-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce Abroad (AHK). In this interview, she explains why German investment in Ukraine is in demand.

18.02.2025

Svenja Schulze: ‘GIZ is part of the DNA of development policy’

During her visit to Eschborn, the Federal Minister thanked GIZ for its commitment and emphasised the role of partnerships in development cooperation.

14.02.2025

Cross-border water management: the power for peace

In our interview, Mamman Nuhu, Executive Secretary of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, explains how joint water management can help stabilise the Sahel region.

10.02.2025

Together for Syria: hospital partnerships improve healthcare

Thanks to new German-Syrian hospital partnerships, doctors from Syria will soon be able to support their old homeland from Germany.

05.02.2025

Vaccine cooling – smart, solar and digital

Solar-powered refrigerators that store medicines reliably: mini transmitters report malfunctions directly to technical support, thus ensuring fast repair.

30.01.2025

From limes to dried fruit: High-quality organic products for Germany and Europe

GIZ works! Together with the Import Promotion Desk (IPD), GIZ supports organic producers worldwide. At the BIOFACH trade fair in Nuremberg, their products are attracting buyers from across Germany and Europe.

21.01.2025

50 years of commitment to Kenya’s future

79 projects, one goal: GIZ Kenya has been committed to the long-term development of the country and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for 50 years.

13.01.2025

Higher yields and incomes, better nutrition

Aquaculture schemes can secure food and higher incomes. GIZ supports sustainable fish farming in Zambia.

09.01.2025

Harnessing the power of AI to improve harvests

Young software developers in Kenya and Uganda are working on AI-based recommendations for farmers. GIZ is providing advisory support.
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