The Nordic Foods market is quite sofisticated and challenging to enter. t’s always important to find out as much as you can about a specific market before you pitch your Products. Which chains operate on the market, what are their market shares, and not the least and how can my products meet customer demands? One of the […]
Chamber Trade Sweden gathered top Somali business women in Nairobi on February 7-11, to meet with our partners East African Women in Agribusiness Network to discuss potential cooperation. The meeting showed how businesswomen put business first! The meeting was supported by Sida and the Swedish Embassy in Nairobi. Several of the Somali business women which joined […]
Boosting Swedish exports and two-way trade! Joint letter to the Swedish Minister for Enterprise and Innovation, Mikael Damberg, from Chamber Trade, regional swedish chambers and other business organisations demanding the involvement and inclusion of the private sector when implementing Sweden’s new Exportstrategy – It is after all companies and not governments that export and trade! […]
As global markets falter and stall, Africa presents some lucrative expansion opportunities. A growing GDP and an increasingly sophisticated consumer market make the continent attractive – for intra- as well as extra- African trade. But doing business in Africa is not without its complexities. In this article we examine the opportunities created by growing regional […]
One of Chamber Trade Sweden’s key goals when partnering with local business member organisations in developing countries is to promote trade. During the past four years we have had numerous workshops and trainings in the name of trade, with our partners in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Iraq, Pakistan […]
AWAN leaders (African Women in Agribusiness Network) from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda met in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 11th to reach their full potential. The training was to encourage and empower the leaders of the regional mentorship programmes to take the AWAN mentorship programmes to the next level. The group went through self-awareness, leadership […]
Zambian and Zimbabwean businesses put the spotlight on renewable energy and environmental risk assessment when Chamber Trade held their last workshops on Industrial Development, together with our local chamber partners in these countries. A special edition workshop on energy was held in Kitwe, the heart of the Zambian Copperbelt on November 30, with participation also […]
CTS partner African Women in Agribusiness Network started their mentorship programme in the fall of 2014, January 2015 the mentorship couples started their journey and the last concluding session was held in November in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Led by coordination teams in all three chapters the graduating couples were happy with their achievements some […]
A delegation from Kurdistan Federation Chambers of Commerce visited Sweden during the last week of November looking at how to improve and develop their organisation and cooperating with different stakeholders in society. Nigar Ibrahim – project manager for Iraq at CTS made the following reflection- “Compared to the first visit from the Kurdish Chambers which was […]
The European Aid for Trade network, TRIC, met in November in The Hague for experience sharing and planning of joint activities. The participation of Chamber Trade Sweden in the TRIC-network brings value both to Swedish SMEs that want to engage in trade and to SMEs from development countries that are interested in exporting to the Swedish market. […]
