The engineering firm Gauff operates in several African countries and receives financial support from KfW IPEX-Bank. Gauff Managing Director Stefan Tavares Bollow and Thorsten Metz, director of KfW IPEX-Bank’s office in Johannesburg, explain how the company holds its own against Chinese competitors – and why it also relies in part on cooperation.
By Andreas Sieren
Claudia Voß has been CEO of the German-African Business Association since early April. In an interview with Table.Briefings, she explains the goals she has set herself in her new role.
By David Renke
The regional World Health Summit opens in Nairobi on Monday. Ahead of the conference, Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan spoke with Table.Briefings about how Germany is continuing to support global health despite tighter budgets – and why she is critical of the United States.
By David Renke
Earlier this month, South Africa announced record increases in gasoline and diesel prices following the war in Iran. In an interview with Africa.Table, South African foreign minister Ronald Lamola discusses the war’s impact on his country and why African mediation efforts deserve greater international attention.
By David Renke
As part of the Sudan Conference in Berlin, the UNDP published a report on possible development scenarios for the country. In an interview with Table.Briefings, Marina Walter explains how heavily the war will burden future generations of Sudanese as well.
By David Renke
In March, Mozambique pulled off a major surprise: The country repaid its International Monetary Fund (IMF) debt in full and well ahead of schedule. In an interview with Table.Briefings, Mozambique’s minister of public works, housing and water resources, Fernando Rafael, explains what is behind the move and which business sectors the country wants to promote in the future.
By David Renke
The World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings began on Monday amid mounting global challenges. In an interview with Table.Briefings, Patricia Wratil, head of the World Bank’s Berlin office, explains how the bank aims to support the poorest countries as development budgets are being cut worldwide.
By David Renke
Rising energy and transportation costs resulting from the war in Iran are causing acute hardship in regions affected by hunger in the Global South, explains Rafaël Schneider of Welthungerhilfe. But serious consequences are also expected in the medium term.
By David Renke
Last year, former German Development Minister Gerd Müller was re-elected as head of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). In a short interview, Müller explains what goals he has set himself for this term of office and what consequences the possible closure of UNIDO’s offices in Germany would have.
By David Renke
