RWANDA : INVESTMENT HOTSPOT

RWANDA : INVESTMENT HOTSPOT

Friday 30 September
Rwanda is considered to be one of the most attractive African countries for doing business. In a castle in Wassenaar, the Netherlands, the Dutch Rwandan Embassy and the Rwandan Chamber Found
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Vlisco, the famous Dutch fabrics manufacturing company, has returned to Cameroon after withdrawing

Vlisco, the famous Dutch fabrics manufacturing company, has returned to Cameroon after withdrawing

Friday 30 September
For the past few months, Vlisco, the famous Dutch fabric brand, has been on advertisement banners and billboards across the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé. The ads read: “Dutch Vlisco now avai
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ICT and telecoms seen as key to socioeconomic growth in Africa

ICT and telecoms seen as key to socioeconomic growth in Africa

Thursday 29 September
Internet usage in Africa grew by 2 527% between 2000 and 2011, compared with a world average of 480%, highlighted Standard Bank’s 'Africa Macro Insight and Strategy' report,
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Retailers eye Africa as 'final frontier' for growth

Retailers eye Africa as 'final frontier' for growth

Thursday 29 September
Africa is starting to appear on the radar screens of western retailers as they look for the next growth opportunity in emerging markets while having to cope with subdued consumer spending
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Ivory Coast Aims to Boost World Cocoa Market Share to 50%, President Says

Ivory Coast Aims to Boost World Cocoa Market Share to 50%, President Says

Thursday 29 September
Ivory Coast, the world’s largest- producer of cocoa, aims to increase its share of the world market to 50 percent as the West African country recovers from a civil war.
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Small Factories Take Root in Africa

Small Factories Take Root in Africa

Thursday 29 September
After a bumpy two-hour truck ride and a river crossing by canoe, Tim McCollum reached this village set beside a canopy of cacao trees, the first link in a supply chain that would help boost
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Resource-rich South Sudan beckons new investors

Resource-rich South Sudan beckons new investors

Thursday 29 September
South Sudan has one of the highest reserves of gold and uranium in the world and American and Chinese companies have opened a new battlefront for their commercialisation
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New discoveries boost Tanzania's gas reserves

New discoveries boost Tanzania's gas reserves

Thursday 29 September
Tanzania's current natural gas reserves have risen to more than 10 trillion cubic feet (tcf) from a previous estimate of 7.5 tcf following major gas discoveries in the country's deep-water
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Kenyan retail chains in regional expansion drive despite inflation

Kenyan retail chains in regional expansion drive despite inflation

Monday 26 September
As inflation eats into consumers’ buying power at home, Kenya’s retailers are putting their money into new investments around the region
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INCOMING TRADE MISSION SENEGAL, 26 OCT, THE HAGUE

INCOMING TRADE MISSION SENEGAL, 26 OCT, THE HAGUE

Thursday 22 September
On 26th October, a delegation of 40 companies from Senegal will be in The Hague and want to meet Dutch counterparts.
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EBCAM JOINT MISSION

EBCAM JOINT MISSION

Friday 16 September
The European Business Council on Africa and the Mediterranean (EBCAM) is organizing a joint mission to Washington D.C. from the 3rd to the 7th of October.
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CHANGED DATE: Trade Mission Cameroon 22 - 28 May 2011

CHANGED DATE: Trade Mission Cameroon 22 - 28 May 2011

Sunday 23 January
From 22 to 28 May 2011, NABC is organizing a multi sector trade mission to Cameroon for Dutch companies. This last minute trade mission is unsubsidized!
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  • We are pleased to introduce to you one of our newest members: Skandar. Skandar offers consultancy and interim management services in the field of international real estate with a special focus on Africa. Skandar is founded by Alexander van Trig

    Skandar
  • Please meet our newest member Integrated Consultancy Services (ICS) established in 2010, based in South-Sudan. While providing independent assessments of how efficiently your organizations program is working, ICS can give cost effective recommendati

    Newest Member:
  • We welcome our newest member : BEIN BEIN (Business Explorer International Network) believes that market for ICT supported managed services will grow rapidly throughout the world and to its cost effectiveness. In Africa the telecommunication infrast

    Newest member: Bein
  • We are happy to welcome Van Hijfte BV as one of our newest members to NABC.Van Hijfte BV is a family company founded in 1920. The van Hijfte Group is specialised in offering a complete service package of food covering fruit, vegetables, canned food,

    Newest member: Van Hijfte BV
  • NABC welcomes Steward Redqueen (SRQ) as one of its latest members. SRQ is a strategy consultancy firm that aims to magnify the positive impact of the private sector on society. It is represented in Haarlem, Luxembourg, Barcelona and New York and exec

    Newest member: Steward Redqueen
  • We are happy to welcome ANTMAR Search as one of our newest members to NABC. ANTMAR Search is an Executive Search firm specialized in the recruitment of Middle & Top expat managers in Africa. Our goal is to guide international companies in their se

    Newest member: Antmar Search
  • WerkinAfrika Recruitment Services is specialised in recruiting young professionals to senior management for small and middle sized enterprises operating in Africa. My name is Inez Willeboordse, initiator of WerkinAfrika. I have lived and worked in Af

    Newest member: WerkinAfrika Recruitment Services
  • S3C- Solar Energy for Africa. We are happy to welcome S3C as one of our newest members to NABC. Being a social venture S3C aims to stimulate local entrepreneurship in sustainable energy in Sub-Sahara Africa. Adressing the challenges to create local

    Newest member: S3C - Solar Energy for Africa
  • A testimonial about how one trade mission through NABC grew into big business in DRC Congo

    Into the heart of Darkness: Dutch enterprise closes a contract worth millions
  • Van Vliet Trucks Holland B.V. joined the Cameroon Trade Mission 2011. During this mission we met some high officials and local entrepeneurs. The trip was well organised, the hotels were good, transportation was well arranged

    Patrick Onderwater - VAN VLIET TRUCKS HOLLAND B.V.
  • Nothing but good things towards the organisation of the Trade Mission to Nigeria March 2012. For me the second mission. The trip exceeded my expectations. Especially the interaction between the parallel mission with NABC and the Dutch Government

    Robert van Kats - BKVV
  • How successful and valuable a trade mission can be highly depends on the expectations and aims that the participants have formulated for themselves.

    Jan van Vulpen - Remco Afrique
  • As sales manager responsible for Africa, I was looking at finding opportunities to open markets in this vast continent, besides the few contacts we historically had.

    Joppe Schouten - Van Beest B.V.
  • The NABC Business Club held on the 17th of November was another great platform to meet friends and other Africa interested companies, for to exchange experiences over a drink and a good laugh.

    Ron de Bruijn - Bohler Welding Group
  • Berenschot is active in many countries in Africa. Our passion is to organise. At all times, in the most complex of environments. The events of NABC, like the regular Africa Business Clubs, are very good opportunities to share experiences and more

    Fons de Zeeuw - Berenschot
  • First of all i would like to thank NABC for the nice meeting you have arranged this morning at the Crownplaza Hotel with the delegation of Congolesse businessmen. I was at this meeting this morning in order to represent my company KLEYN TRUCKS

    Christian Sangwa - Kleyn Trucks B.V.
    

 

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