"Naija no dey carry last!" – Nigerian startups visiting Berlin. Over the past 20 years, national startup ecosystems have emerged across Africa, with South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, and Kenya leading the pace of innovation, talent development, digital entrepreneurship, and investment appeal compared to the rest of the continent. These four countries

Navigating Cross-Border Talent Mobility in the Digital Age.  In contemporary times, digitalization has heavily disrupted industries and sectors, including the talent acquisition and mobility market. Cross-border talent mobility has become a bedrock for organizations and governments to address employment gaps caused by demographic differences within a fast-paced, ever-evolving tech ecosystem that

Digitalization of Germany’s Visa Process: Progress with Challenges  Germany has taken a significant step toward digitalization with the launch of the new online visa portal, known as the Auslandsportal. This platform, which connects all 167 German visa offices worldwide, aims to modernize the visa application process and make it more

Drivers desperately needed in Germany “Drivers desperately needed”. This headline made the rounds in mid-January when the Federal Statistical Office published figures on the proportion of baby boomers in Germany. Whether bus and truck drivers, gardeners or bricklayers: the shortage of skilled workers in many professions in Germany is likely to

Terratalent GmbH Featured in IHK Berlin’s “Fachkräftesicherung” Terratalent GmbH, a consulting firm specializing in global talent mobility, has been prominently featured in the July-August 2024 issue of IHK Berlin’s “Fachkräftesicherung”, a publication dedicated to addressing Germany's critical skilled labor shortage. The article, which appears on pages 26 and 27, highlights terratalent’s

Top 10 immigration countries to Germany  In the last two years, the increase in employment subject to social insurance contributions has been almost exclusively due to immigration from third countries.  While there was an increase of over 336,000 positions in 2023, the increase in 2024 was only 72,000 positions.  This

Demographics particularly affect the bottleneck occupations Germany has a rapidly ageing society. According to an analysis by the German Economic Institute, 19.5 million workers from the so-called baby boomer cohorts will be lost from the German labour market over the next twelve years. At the same time, only 12.5 million younger

Partnership agreement SACOLA and terratalent During a week-long visit to Kigali and Musanze, representatives of the NGO SACOLA and Terratalant signed a declaration of partnership. photo from left: 1. Emmanuel Hakizimana (DAF), 2. Florence Mukadisa (Member of SACOLA); 3. Josephine Mujawamariya (Treasurer of SACOLA); 4. Pierre Celestin Nsengiyumva (Chairperson); 5. Burkhard