Business opportunities in emerging markets
- Initiating collaboration between companies and development cooperation
- Benefit from our local expertise - globally and across sectors
- Effective matchmaking for sustainable success
leverist.de is one of the programmes offered by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to promote collaboration with actors in the private sector.
As of January 2024, all programmes will operate under the umbrella brand Partners in Transformation. This new title emphasises the partnership between the private sector and development cooperation, with the shared goal of achieving a social and environmental transformation in BMZ’s partner countries.
The programmes work with companies, trade unions, chambers of commerce, associations and other interest groups.
Companies and development cooperation jointly achieve lasting impact
How your company benefits
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Gain access to emerging economies
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Find new partners for sustainably developing your business
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Potential to test your innovative and sustainable solutions in new markets
How development cooperation offers support
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Local presence and profound knowledge on sustainable business development
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Strong networks in business, politics, and civil organisations
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Depending on the project: in-kind or financial support
Your advantages on leverist.de

Access new markets
With leverist.de you can enter emerging markets and find business partners around the globe to expand and develop your business model.
Discover business opportunities
Benefit from our global network of local experts
Our development cooperation experts can help you make the most of your company's business potential in our partner countries. They think entrepreneurially and know the local markets perfectly.
Find experts
Discover funding programs
leverist.de offers you an overview of funding opportunities that might be interesting for your project.
Apply for funding
Make profit sustainably
With your business commitment, you help to fight poverty, improve living conditions, and promote sustainable development.
More on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)The perfect match in just a few steps.
This is how it works:

Find a business opportunity
Search for suitable business opportunities for your company using the filter function.

Register
Register at leverist.de using e-mail, LinkedIn or Google.

Contact us
It's a match! You have found a suitable business opportunity? Get in touch with our local experts and learn more about the project.

Start the cooperation
The contact person of the development cooperation project will review your request. If your match is validated, the cooperation may begin.

Ana Selina Haberbosch
CEO & Co-founder of seedtrace
As a company committed to sustainability, leverist.de offers us the ideal link to German development cooperation. On leverist.de, we can easily find like-minded partners to jointly develop viable solutions to global problems.
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Industries and countries
leverist.de offers you a large portfolio of business opportunities in many markets.
Industries from A to Z
- Agriculture
- Architecture
- Biotechnology
- Business Supplies
- Chemicals
- Consulting
- Consumer Goods
- Cosmetics
- Craft
- Cross-industry
- Digital Technologies
- E-Commerce
- Education & Training
- Energy
- Engineering
- Financial Services
- Food & Beverages
- Green Tech
- Healthcare & Medicine
- Industry 4.0.
- Innovation
- Manufacturing
- Marketing and Advertising
- Mobility, Logistics & Supply Chain
- Natural Resources
- Research & Development
- Retail and Wholesale
- Sports
- Supermarkets
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Textiles
- Tourism
- Trade
- Waste Management, Utilities & Recycling
- Water
Top Countries
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Ukraine
97 opportunities
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Germany
42 opportunities
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Kenya
37 opportunities
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Tunisia
30 opportunities
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Ghana
28 opportunities
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Namibia
21 opportunities
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Moldova
14 opportunities
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South Africa
14 opportunities
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Nigeria
11 opportunities
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Ethiopia
11 opportunities
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Morocco
8 opportunities
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Rwanda
8 opportunities
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Uganda
7 opportunities
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Kosovo
7 opportunities
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Brazil
6 opportunities
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Member states of the African Union
6 opportunities
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Algeria
5 opportunities
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Burkina Faso
5 opportunities
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Sri Lanka
4 opportunities