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Sustainable business initiatives in developing countries

Would you like to take your product to a new market?
Do you want to pilot an innovative technology or a demonstration unit?
Would you like to train people or suppliers to improve the quality of your products and services?
Do you want to raise the standards in your supply chain and are you seeking certification?
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100 countries 150 experts worldwide Total funds EUR 443 million 2,000 partnerships
Africa Asia Eastern Europe North Africa & Middle East Latin America

What we offer

Apply for up to EUR 2 million* towards your project idea
Joint strategy development and implementation at local level
Experts with regional know-how and expertise
Established contacts to local governments and networks

Success stories from entrepreneurs and project partners

Gain valuable insights into the projects we support. Our stories show how projects are structured, what long-term benefits entrepreneurs derive from the partnership and how the partnerships change peoples’ lives in developing countries for the better.

The spice is right

Ecoland is bringing organic certification to Zanzibar and, in return, gets spices of unmatched quality.

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German prostheses for Viet Nam

Intercus trains orthopaedists and surgeons and is positioning itself in the growing medical tech market.

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Responsibility in full bloom

Employees' health and well-being is a priority for Mount Elgon Orchards Ltd. in Kenya.

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Forging links through education

Lorch is training young people in India and creates job opportunities for them as welders.

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Solar power for everyone

Mobisol provides householders in Tanzania with a technology for cost-effective, green solar energy.

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An alliance for clean drinking water

Zanzibar: Three mid-size companies are improving drinking water and their market position with top technology.

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There is strength in tranquillity

Dr Willmar Schwabe is training smallholders in the sustainable cultivation of valerian in Kyrgyzstan.

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Green energy all around

Solinc is investing in Kenya and providing rural regions with mobile solar systems.

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Better living conditions through vanilla

Symrise and Unilever are creating better living conditions for vanilla producers on Madagascar.

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Nature protected by sustainable tourism

DAV is promoting mountain tourism in the Balkans – this ensures higher incomes and more jobs.

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Fairly produced leather from Bangladesh

Picard is introducing ecological and social standards for leather production.

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A quantum leap into the digital age

SAP is reducing administrative costs for coffee farmers in Uganda with a digtial accounting system.

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The right partner at your side

Depending on the nature of the cooperation, the industry or the investment project, select the ideal partner for your project. Benefit from their special expertise and long-standing experience in international cooperation.

Your partner for financing your project

DEG has been successfully funding and supporting companies investing in developing and emerging countries for 55 years. Companies benefit from DEG’s financing and structuring expertise and entrepreneurial approach.

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Your partner for technical cooperation in country

GIZ supports economic development and employment and works with companies to develop strategies for sustainable business development. Companies benefit from GIZ’s 50 years of experience in international cooperation and its contacts to governments, agencies and non-governmental organisations in some 120 countries.

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News and current events

Transforming energy with wind and solar power

The development of renewable energy is making great strides in Mexico and Central America. Local grid operators are therefore keen to find efficient solutions for integrating the variable feed-in from wind and solar energy into their routine operations – energy & meteo systems is supplying the necessary know-how on power forecasts.

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New Bachelor’s degree course in Biomedical Engineering aims to improve health care services in Senegal

First semester completed: In cooperation with develoPPP.de, five medical technology companies are establishing a practical Bachelor’s degree course in order to improve health care in Senegal by contributing to the training of experts.

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International Women’s Day: women behind the wheel in Ghana

Charlotte Bayn is one of the first women to drive a bus in her home country, Ghana. A develoPPP.de project enables more women to work as professional drivers.

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ITB: Sustainable development through tourism

What role does development cooperation play in the tourism industry? What specific contributions can companies make to promoting sustainable development? To find out more, visit the BMZ stand (Hall 4.1) at ITB Berlin between 6 and 10 March.

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Knauf opens training centre in Ghana

The Knauf Group opens the first of eight new training centres in Africa with Dr Gerd Müller, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development. The family business is thus launching a large-scale training offensive with DEG as part of develoPPP.de.

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Madagascar: Symrise is Germany's most sustainable big company in 2019

The fragrance and flavor manufacturer Symrise, which operates with develoPPP.de in Madagascar, has won the German Sustainability Award 2019 for its comprehensive sustainability management.

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Kenya: Coding together across continents

‘A key aspect of our development partnership with sequa was establishing our training programme CodePamoja, so that Dutch and Kenyan programmers could learn Agile project management skills in teams spanning the two countries,’ says Andy Haxby, Managing Director of software developer Competa. ‘We trained approximately 90 IT professionals. They now have the skills required to successfully deliver complex IT projects for Kenyan and International clients.’

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Worldwide: sharing risks, doubling opportunities

Are you looking for best practices from developing and emerging countries? You want to know what motivates entrepreneurs? What opportunities does the funding program offer you? And which participation criteria apply? Here you can download brochures, reports and fact sheets about the develoPPP.de-programme.

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