Stories by region: Africa

Report

Africa’s path to fairer land rights

Secure land rights promote development and stability. Together with the African Union, GIZ is taking action to drive sustainable progress on land issues.

Integrated Company Report 2024

Fit for the labour market – in our partner countries and in Germany

In Senegal, GIZ supports the training of young skilled workers through networked projects: effective training aligned with labour market needs.

A woman wearing a medical face mask and a white T-shirt draws up an injection from a vaccine vial outdoors.

Interview

‘Protecting against future pandemics’

Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey heads the National Vaccine Institute of Ghana. In our interview, he explains why Africa has to produce more vaccines itself, why this is a good business case and how the collaboration with GIZ works.

Feature

Global responsibility, African impetus

Solidarity, equality, sustainability – this is the theme of South Africa’s G20 presidency. GIZ is supporting Germany’s key partner country with a broad portfolio of activities.

A smiling woman stands in front of a blue metal wall wearing a printed t-shirt and carrying a brightly coloured fabric bag with a floral pattern on it.

Integrated Company Report 2024

Initiatives with added value

Nachhaltigkeit ist mehr als ein Schlagwort – sie prägt unser Handeln auf allen Ebenen. Ob interne Ideenwettbewerbe oder weltweite Initiativen: Wir übernehmen Verantwortung für eine zukunftsfähige Entwicklung. Drei Beispiele zeigen, wie.

Eine Frau mit blonden, lockigen Haaren steht auf einem Balkon, trägt ein schwarzes, gemustertes Spitzenoberteil und lächelt leicht, im Hintergrund ist üppiges tropisches Grün mit Blüten und einem bewölkten Himmel zu sehen.

Hello from Niamey

I’m Natalie Naeser. I work for GIZ in Niger, where I manage the Sahel Resilience Strengthening project.

Schwarz-weiße Zeichnung eines Mannes mit lockigem Haar und kariertem Hemd vor hellblauem Hintergrund.

Three questions

‘Creating sustainable jobs with purpose: balancing profit and impact’

Kaleab Getaneh Zewelde is the co-founder and CEO of Mela for Her. The Ethiopian company for reusable menstrual products not only stands for sustainable goods with a social impact, it also offers attractive employment opportunities for women.

A woman with long brown hair wearing a blue blouse sits at a conference table in a modern office with glass walls and round ceiling lights in the background.

Interview

‘The responsible use of AI could be a game changer in Africa’

In our interview, Member of the GIZ Management Board Anna Sophie Herken discusses why women leaders are necessary for a just transformation through artificial intelligence (AI) and why GIZ has launched the FemAI Leaders for Africa Initiative.

Ein lächelnder Mann in einem hellen Sakko und blauen Hemd steht vor einem modernen Bürogebäude mit Glasfassade.

Portrait

A lawyer for inclusion

How a blind lawyer from Ethiopia ended up at GIZ in Bonn and why he feels very much at home there.

Interview

‘Every woman has the right to a self-determined life’

Sara Nuru rose to fame as a winner of Germany’s Next Top Model. She is now a successful entrepreneur, supporting women in Ethiopia. In 2018, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) appointed Sara Nuru as an ambassador for fair trade. In this interview for akzente, she reports on how her own association, nuruWomen, is supporting economic independence for women.

A smiling man in military camouflage uniform with a name tag reading ‘A. Stirnimann’ stands next to a woman in a red shirt in front of a modern blue building.

Interview

Peacekeeping Training Centre: securing peace is only possible together

GIZ component manager Teresa Krafft and Swiss Colonel André Stirnimann report on their work at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center (KAIPTC) in Ghana.

Vorgestellt: Matthias Militzer

My name is Matthias Militzer. I returned to Germany at the end of last year, having spent many exciting years working as a GIZ risk manager in Afghanistan and South Sudan.