Roger Peltzer
Failed military coup in Benin. Does good governance have a chance in West Africa? How should we assess the 10-year presidency of Patrice Talon, who will not be standing for re-election next year? What are Benin’s economic, social and cultural
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Climate and sustainability goals have lost significant public support. The Supply Chain Act is being watered down considerably in Germany and at EU level, as are the sustainability reporting obligations. The cotton sustainability standards BCI, CmiA, Fairtrade and GOTS are
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Presidential elections are due to be held in Cameroon in October. The incumbent 93-year-old president is seeking an eighth mandate. Roger Peltzer analyzes why his chances are crumbling and that there are signs that Paul Biya’s power base is crumbling.
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On January 24, Friedrich Merz gave a keynote speech on his foreign, security and development policy ideas at the Körber Foundation in Hamburg as part of the Global Leader Forum. It was remarkable that he – like the previous governments
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The AA recently published its Africa policy guidelines. Roger Peltzer comments that the guidelines largely reflect the current state of the political debate on Africa. However, one would wish that the relationship with China, the largest competitor in Africa, had
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Dear readers, dear friends, Fernand Ousmarou, 22 years old, a newly qualified cotton farmer from the village of Ngong in northern Cameroon, has recently set up his own business, bought land and is now growing cotton, maize and peanuts. This
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Roger Peltzer comments on the results of the 5th German African Business Summit on December 3, 2024 in Nairobi: How can Germany systematically support economic development in Africa beyond investments by its companies? In the competition for markets and political
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The Federation of German Industries (BDI) and the CDU parliamentary group are united in calling for German industry to receive more support from the BMZ for its investments in the Global South and for development cooperation to be at least partially tied to deliveries in future. Roger Peltzer evaluates these demands and assesses whether and to what extent the deficits diagnosed by the BDI and CDU actually exist.
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Interview with Bernt Hagenlocher, Senior Investment Manager in the Business Support Service Team of DEG Impulse gGmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of DEG-Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft in Cologne. Can development cooperation (DC) bring about institutional change in Germany’s partner countries?
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Can development cooperation regain public acceptance? Jürgen Zattler, Head of Department at the BMZ until 2023, and Roger Peltzer have published an article on epo.de. Development cooperation (DC) is being criticized. Many people are asking why Germany should spend money
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