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New data is helping to make public transport safe and accessible for everyone. A study is investigating how women use transport in Lagos.

GIZ and Charité are enabling the reference laboratory in Benin to comprehensively diagnose poxviruses for the first time. Early detection of the viral disease helps Germany too.

The Team Europe Democracy (TED) Initiative supports worldwide democracy. In Colombia, for instance, it promotes women’s participation in politics and elections.

Child protection in the face of unique challenges: Working without the government’s involvement in Burkina Faso in practice.

Ukrainian firefighters use innovative equipment to extinguish fires, with specialised robots carrying out dangerous tasks for the emergency services.

Agricultural training for refugees, internally displaced people and host communities in Ethiopia: a success story for people like Bontu Tesfa.

Christine Arlt recruits skilled workers for commercial vehicle producer MAN’s servicing workshops. Baha Eddine Boukachata is employed as a mechanic at one of those workshops. In our interview, they explain how GIZ helped them cross paths.

The African Union is an important ally for large projects in Africa. Special Envoy Bineta Diop explains why in an interview.

In a joint article, Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, Chair of the Board of GIZ, and Jean Van Wetter, CEO of the Belgian development agency Enabel, point out that international development organisations play an essential role in supporting fragile states.