Episode 25: Top German Business Stories of 2024 – A Year in Review
- December 2024 -
Despite sluggish growth overall, the past twelve months featured a host of major business expansions and technological breakthroughs in Germany.
Your company is already operating in Germany and you would now like to export worldwide?
- December 2024 -
Despite sluggish growth overall, the past twelve months featured a host of major business expansions and technological breakthroughs in Germany.
- November 2024 -
After some initial German skepticism, fintech solutions of various kinds are remaking how money is moved in Europe’s largest economy.
- October 2024 -
More and more Germans are following a plant-based diet in recent years. Growing demand and great business conditions make Germany fertile soil for companies in the sector.
- September 2024 -
It may be some years of technological development, but Europe’s automotive heartland is gearing up for a future of driverless cars.
BMW is investing EUR 650 million to produce electric vehicles in Munich, while Deutsche Bahn and the federal government are spending more than EUR 1 billion in ICE train maintenance. In other news, German researchers are looking at the future of smart mobility infrastructure while groundbreaking battery research work is being done in Dresden.
The country’s transportation ministry is investing more than EUR 26 million in the pilot on-demand project in Germany’s second-largest city.
The Bavarian capital overtook Hamburg in digital industry association Bitkom’s annual Smart City Index.
Tender Award
Financing: KfW Entwicklungsbank
Brief description of the Contract:
The German Financial Cooperation is providing finance to the Government of Georgia for the Sustainable Urban Mobility Project (the “Project”) by way of a concessional loan disbursed by KfW Development Bank to the Tbilisi City Hall. The estimated total cost for the Project is approximately EUR 57,06 million. The Project is funded under the German Climate and Technology Initiative (DKTI). Accordingly, the reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) is the main objective of the...
After marathon negotiations, Germany’s government coalition has agreed to massive investments and streamlined permit procedures for transportation infrastructure.
Germany’s digital quantum leap is a priority for the new coalition government – and international companies are invited to help jump-start the future.