Matthias Rompel
@matthiasrompel.bsky.social
Director East Africa & Horn of Africa @giz.de, formerly Country Director Ethiopia, Djibouti, Malawi. Global Citizen, International Cooperation Practitioner, Hon. Professor @jlugiessen.bsky.social
Investments matter: an important step for ramping-up business ties and economic partnerships between Ethiopia and Germany.
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#ethiopia #germany #trade #investment #germancooperation | Matthias Rompel
Investments matter: an important step for ramping-up business ties and economic partnerships between Ethiopia and Germany.
This week a substantial dialogue between businesses took place at the Ethio...
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November 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Investments matter: an important step for ramping-up business ties and economic partnerships between Ethiopia and Germany.
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Today marks a historic moment: the first-ever G20 summit being hosted on African soil - a milestone that carries significance far beyond symbolism.
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#g20 #africa #southafrica #africanunion #internationalcooperation #leadership | Matthias Rompel
Today marks a historic moment: the first-ever G20 summit being hosted on African soil - a milestone that carries significance far beyond symbolism.
The G20 members account for 85% of global Gross Dom...
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November 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Today marks a historic moment: the first-ever G20 summit being hosted on African soil - a milestone that carries significance far beyond symbolism.
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I am glad that @danbanik.bsky.social is back with a new season of his informative podcast „In Pursuit of Development“, discussing with guests on global affairs, changing power dynamics and international development.
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In Pursuit of Development
Step into conversations that travel across continents and challenge the way you think about progress. From democracy and inequality to climate resilience and healthcare, Dan Banik explores how societi...
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November 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I am glad that @danbanik.bsky.social is back with a new season of his informative podcast „In Pursuit of Development“, discussing with guests on global affairs, changing power dynamics and international development.
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„From growth agendas to values agendas“ Africa’s call to the G20“ - an inspiring text by Jay Naidoo:
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Africa’s call to the G20: The new colonialism of the mind and a charter of values for a living economy
Key topics:Critique of philanthropy’s cultural extraction and new mental colonialismCall for Africa-led values rooted in Ubuntu and communal interdependenceProp
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November 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
„From growth agendas to values agendas“ Africa’s call to the G20“ - an inspiring text by Jay Naidoo:
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I was in Mogadishu / Somalia recently - read about it here: www.linkedin.com/posts/matthi...
#europeanunion #germancooperation #teameurope | Matthias Rompel
Kofi Annan once said that there is no development without peace, and no peace without development.
There couldn’t be a better motto for my visit this week in Mogadishu as part of the German Delegati...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I was in Mogadishu / Somalia recently - read about it here: www.linkedin.com/posts/matthi...
Urbanization is a megatrend on the African continent: Africa is one of the fastest urbanising regions globally. The number of people living in urban areas in Africa is projected to double from roughly 700 million today to about 1.4 billion by 2050.
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‘Every day’s a fight’: join the commuters in Africa’s rapidly growing cities | Matthias Rompel
Urbanization is a megatrend on the African continent: Africa is one of the fastest urbanising regions globally. The number of people living in urban areas in Africa is projected to double from roughly...
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October 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Urbanization is a megatrend on the African continent: Africa is one of the fastest urbanising regions globally. The number of people living in urban areas in Africa is projected to double from roughly 700 million today to about 1.4 billion by 2050.
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Reporting on the Kenyan - German partnership:
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Investing into potentials in Kenya: labor migration, skills, and community success stories
I just returned from a visit to Kenya, where I examined the portfolio of German - Kenyan Cooperation. Kenya is an established democracy and driver of economic growth, also making key contributions to ...
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September 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Reporting on the Kenyan - German partnership:
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Of refugees and resilience in Uganda
This week, I had the great pleasure to visit Uganda, tour the German Cooperation portfolio, and talk to counterparts and people benefitting from the joint work we do in partnership with the government...
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August 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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„East Africa has made greater strides towards the free flow of people crossing borders and seeking work than most of Africa.“
Interesting reflections on the state of play, and on success factors of regional integration and free movement of people in East Africa.
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Interesting reflections on the state of play, and on success factors of regional integration and free movement of people in East Africa.
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East African countries and open borders: great strides, but still a long way to go
The East African Community has been ambitious in creating a regional common market. This includes making it easy for people to move between countries.
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July 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
„East Africa has made greater strides towards the free flow of people crossing borders and seeking work than most of Africa.“
Interesting reflections on the state of play, and on success factors of regional integration and free movement of people in East Africa.
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Interesting reflections on the state of play, and on success factors of regional integration and free movement of people in East Africa.
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Reflections on the 4th UN International Conference on Financing for Development, convened against a geopolitical backdrop in which international cooperation and humanitarian aid are more needed than ever, but at the same time under pressure than never before.
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#ffd4 #sdgs | Matthias Rompel
The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development has just been closed in Sevilla, Spain. From 30 June to 3 July, around 70 heads of state & government and over 12,000 delegates from s...
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July 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Reflections on the 4th UN International Conference on Financing for Development, convened against a geopolitical backdrop in which international cooperation and humanitarian aid are more needed than ever, but at the same time under pressure than never before.
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Unfortunately, we see unfolding, what scientists predicted for decades: Climate change is driving droughts. A recent UNCCD report shows that global climate patterns of the previous years set the stage for severe drought impacts worldwide that are continuing into 2025.
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Drought Hotspots Around the World 2023-2025
This report identifies the regions of the world that were most severely affected by droughts in 2023–2024, with some continuing into 2025.
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July 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Unfortunately, we see unfolding, what scientists predicted for decades: Climate change is driving droughts. A recent UNCCD report shows that global climate patterns of the previous years set the stage for severe drought impacts worldwide that are continuing into 2025.
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Worth a read: „Europe must move beyond its traditional role. It needs to act as a strategic ally to the #GlobalSouth, it needs to co-design solutions.“
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Europe’s strategic role in global development - Foundation for European Progressive Studies
A call for ambition and reform
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June 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Worth a read: „Europe must move beyond its traditional role. It needs to act as a strategic ally to the #GlobalSouth, it needs to co-design solutions.“
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Powerful reflections: „Decolonizing expertise in IOs demands more than just diversifying expert pools; it requires dismantling the epistemic hierarchies that sustain the status quo. It means creating spaces where knowledge is co-produced rather than extracted ….“
Decolonizing Expertise: Reflections on Power, Knowledge, and Governance in International Organizations (IOs)
By Marine Gauthier / part of our “Share your Decolonising Story” project A Personal Reckoning with Expertise My engagement with international development has always been entangled with postcolonial…
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June 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Powerful reflections: „Decolonizing expertise in IOs demands more than just diversifying expert pools; it requires dismantling the epistemic hierarchies that sustain the status quo. It means creating spaces where knowledge is co-produced rather than extracted ….“
Identifying mutual interests: How both donor and recipient countries benefit from international cooperation
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Identifying Mutual Interests: How both recipient and donor countries benefit from international cooperation
Economists of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy point out in a recent issue of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, one of Germanys leading newspapers: “Development cooperation (DC) is not only ...
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June 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Identifying mutual interests: How both donor and recipient countries benefit from international cooperation
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Learning and Unlearning: Sowing the Seeds of a Decolonising Mindset
"In Botswana, I also learned about the importance of starting out from the existing knowledge and life experience of the learners. I realised very quickly the school students had an incredibly deep knowledge of their own contexts"
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Learning and Unlearning: Sowing the Seeds of a Decolonising Mindset
By Peter Taylor / part of our “Share your Decolonising Story” project Beginnings I grew up in an industrial town in the North of the United Kingdom, and as a child my experience of agriculture was …
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June 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Learning and Unlearning: Sowing the Seeds of a Decolonising Mindset
„International cooperation is and will remain a highly relevant and crucial policy area for Germany, quite particularly against the backdrop of radical global upheavals. This makes it all the more important to reform and adapt it so that we are well equipped for the future.“
🌍 Europe is struggling to find its place in the world – caught between war, climate change, and authoritarianism.
💬 Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer explains why cooperation with the Global South needs a reset – on #GIZakzente and June 2 at #HSC25.
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💬 Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer explains why cooperation with the Global South needs a reset – on #GIZakzente and June 2 at #HSC25.
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June 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
„International cooperation is and will remain a highly relevant and crucial policy area for Germany, quite particularly against the backdrop of radical global upheavals. This makes it all the more important to reform and adapt it so that we are well equipped for the future.“
Food for thought: „… a shifting global economic landscape offers Europe an opportunity to start engaging with Africa on equal terms.“
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Europe Must Change Its Approach to Africa | by Carlos Lopes - Project Syndicate
Carlos Lopes envisions a new relationship based on equality and engagement with continental institutions.
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May 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Food for thought: „… a shifting global economic landscape offers Europe an opportunity to start engaging with Africa on equal terms.“
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Happy Africa Day to all people living in Africa, to all people of African descent, and to all friends & partners of Africa! 25th May marks the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) 1963, now African Union (AU). This year’s theme: “Revisiting Our History, Shaping Our Future”.
May 25, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Happy Africa Day to all people living in Africa, to all people of African descent, and to all friends & partners of Africa! 25th May marks the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) 1963, now African Union (AU). This year’s theme: “Revisiting Our History, Shaping Our Future”.
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Opinion
In search of a Plan B: The Future of Global Development Lies in ‘Like-Minded Internationalism’
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In search of a Plan B: The Future of Global Development Lies in ‘Like-Minded Internationalism’
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May 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Opinion
In search of a Plan B: The Future of Global Development Lies in ‘Like-Minded Internationalism’
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/22/05/2...
In search of a Plan B: The Future of Global Development Lies in ‘Like-Minded Internationalism’
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Driving digital transformation and private sector development - insights about my recent trip to Rwanda
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Driving digital transformation and private sector development in Rwanda
I visited my GIZ colleagues in Rwanda this week to discuss how we deal with the current challenges in our work, how to improve impacts and cost-efficiency, and how to harness digitalization efforts. D...
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May 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Driving digital transformation and private sector development - insights about my recent trip to Rwanda
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Growing disparity between the rich & poor remains a critical challenges of our days, affecting countries across all continents: Particularly in Africa, where the richest 1% of Africans received 27% of the total revenue from growth on the continent.
What causes inequality in African countries? New book traces a vicious cycle
The richest 1% of Africans received 27% of the total revenue from growth on the continent. This is one of the inequalities that needs to change.
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May 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Growing disparity between the rich & poor remains a critical challenges of our days, affecting countries across all continents: Particularly in Africa, where the richest 1% of Africans received 27% of the total revenue from growth on the continent.