IGIP

What IGIP does

GITEC-IGIP GmbH is a privately held German development consulting firm headquartered in Cologne, operating as a multi-continent consulting group through seven regional subsidiaries (Germany, Laos, Bolivia, Brazil, Benin, Gabon, Luxembourg). The firm delivers end-to-end technical consultancy services for international development programmes, organized across seven practice areas: Water & Sanitation, Transportation & Construction, Natural Resources & Rural Development, Environment & Climate Change, Development Assistance, Waste & Energy, and Health.

The firm's core offering is project-based consulting: senior experts provide technical advisory, project management, and implementation support to clients including international development aid agencies (e.g., GIZ), national and regional administrations, municipalities, public and private water utilities, and local community organizations. Specialized technical domains include waste technology, contaminated sites, geotechnics, geology, hydrogeology, and environmental planning. The company secures work through direct enterprise sales, responding to international development tenders and leveraging senior-expert business development.

GITEC-IGIP generates revenue through professional services engagements — project-based, quote-priced contracts with institutional clients. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting government institutions, development agencies, and municipalities. The company operates with no parent entity, no venture capital backing, no public listing, and no disclosed funding history, indicating a self-funded independent consulting group. Revenue, headcount, and contract values are not publicly available.

Name

IGIP

Legal name

GITEC-IGIP GmbH

Website

https://igip.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GITEC-IGIP GmbH is a Cologne-based international development consulting firm providing technical advisory, project management, and implementation support across water, transport, environment, health, and rural development to development agencies, governments, and municipalities in Africa, Asia, South America, and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Development Consulting

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Program & Project Implementation (TA Delivery) (BPADAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD)

Keywords

• Development consulting services
• Water infrastructure consulting
• Environmental engineering services
• Rural development advisory
• International development consultancy

Headquarters

HQ city

Cologne

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. International Development Consulting Services: The company provides end-to-end consulting services for complex development programmes, including technical consultancy, project management, and implementation support across multiple sectors. Revenue is generated through project-based consulting engagements with development agencies, governments, and municipalities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

GITEC-IGIP provides end-to-end technical consulting services for complex international development programmes, supporting governments, municipalities, water utilities, and aid agencies from project initiation through successful conclusion. The firm delivers cross-disciplinary engineering and policy expertise across water and sanitation, transportation, rural development, environment and climate change, health, development assistance, and waste and energy sectors, primarily through project-based mandates won via international development tenders.

Product overview

GITEC-IGIP GmbH operates as a development consulting firm offering a unified portfolio of specialized technical consulting services. The company provides end-to-end project support across seven interconnected business areas: Water & Sanitation, Transportation & Construction, Natural Resources & Rural Development, Environment & Climate Change, Development Assistance, Waste & Energy, and Health. Rather than a software product platform, IGIP delivers expert consulting services from project initiation through completion, serving water utilities, municipalities, national administrations, and international development agencies across Asia, South America, Africa, and Europe.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Water & Sanitation

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• NIRAS: International consulting firm with strong water, environment, and development practice working for EU, World Bank, and bilateral donors in the same markets as GITEC-IGIP.
• IMC Worldwide: UK-based consultancy providing infrastructure and development advisory on water, transport, and rural development projects in emerging markets, frequently the same sub-contractor pool.
• EPOS Health Management: International development consultancy specialising in health systems strengthening and facility planning, closely overlapping GITEC-IGIP's Health business area.
• GOPA Consultants: German private development consulting firm providing TA across water, environment, rural development, and infrastructure to the same donor and government clients as GITEC-IGIP.

Broad incumbents

• KfW Development Bank: German development finance institution commissioning infrastructure and water/sanitation consulting in emerging markets; frequently engages firms like GITEC-IGIP as implementing partners.
• Cardno (now Stantec International Development): International development consultancy (now part of Stantec) delivering water, infrastructure, and environment advisory services to USAID, DFAT, and DFID across similar geographies to GITEC-IGIP.
• Tetra Tech International Development: Large engineering firm with a development services division providing water, sanitation, environment, and infrastructure consulting to USAID, USAID, and other donors overlapping with GITEC-IGIP's portfolio.
• GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit): German federal agency implementing international development programmes across the same sectors (water, environment, health, governance) as GITEC-IGIP, often acting as prime contractor or framework partner.
• COWI (Development Advisory): Danish engineering group with a dedicated development advisory practice covering water, environment, climate, and infrastructure in line with GITEC-IGIP's service mix.
• WSP Global Development Practice: Engineering consultancy with a dedicated international development arm delivering water, transport, and environment advisory for the same multilateral and bilateral clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/igip

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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