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DEG – more than finance

    DEG has been offering financing, advice and support to private sector enterprises operating in developing and emerging countries for over 60 years. As an experienced partner, we support our customers with in-depth market knowledge, comprehensive impact and climate expertise and our international network.

    We shape transformation

    EUR 2.9 billion

    Investments enabled in 2025

    DEG at a glance

    18 locations

    Represented worldwide

    Your contacts around the world

    Impact & Climate

    Development impact as a yardstick

    Sustainable development at DEG

    Our solutions for your business

    Corporates

    Is your company planning an investment? As a partner you can rely on, we offer financing, advice, and support.

    Funds

    Do you manage a fund with a focus on developing and emerging countries? We can provide you with expertise and capital.

    Banking

    Do you represent a bank or financial institution in a developing or emerging country? We facilitate financing for local businesses as well as offering specialist support.

    Infrastructure & Energy

    Are you working on an infrastructure or renewable energy project? We can offer you flexible long-term financing and comprehensive market knowledge.

    Our promotional programmes

    Are you seeking to expand or restructure your company while simultaneously achieving a development impact? We’ll provide you with additional support with promotional programmes tailored to your business and individual advice, ranging from ESG management to financing in growth phases and co-financing for measures that have an impact on development.

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    How we support businesses around the world

    Finance plus advice that deliver impact

    Discover how DEG, as an internationally active impact and climate finance provider, supports companies in developing and emerging countries, how our clients experience the cooperation, and what impact we achieved on the ground.

    We support German companies abroad

    Do you want to expand your activities in developing and emerging countries sustainably? We’ll support you in the process. A recent example is the family-run company Klaus Böcker GmbH, which is investing in South Africa with an ImpactConnect loan.

    Further information