Editorial from Charlotte Kalin, CEO We have just had the privilege to be part of the annual meetings of the national chambers of commerce in Zimbabwe and Zambia giving us the chance to meet both the newly elected board and the members. A uniting challenge for all chambers and business organizations is how to be […]
On May 19th Chamber Trade Sweden together with the West Sweden Chamber of Commerce held an “Eat and Talk” lunch focusing on Women, Leadership and International Business. With guests coming in to share their story from Iraq, Kenya and Indonesia and more than 50 business women from western Sweden which had come to listen, learn […]
Sustainability and ethical behavior are key factors for attracting Nordic companies to invest and do business in Africa. Ruth Brännvall from Impact Invest, and a part of the CTS team who joined the Zimbabwean and Zambian Chambers annual meetings in June, spoke on competitiveness. Ruth gave an overview and a roadmap forward challenging the chambers […]
Chamber Trade Sweden has been involved in Iraq for the past two years working with and through the chambers in Kurdistan and the Private Sector Development Centre. Iraq mentorship programs Starting off the mentorship programs in Iraq meant spending time on introducing the concept and the gain of being involved in mentorship. Now there are […]
Take the opportunity to learn more about what our East African partners – African Women in Agribusiness Network, AWAN- are up to. Find their latest newsletter here – Newsletter Qtr 1 2015 Sofie Wikander, Programme Manager sofie.wikander@chambertrade.se
CTS partner ZNCC are developing a dialogue on agribusiness and women and on June 3rd they hosted a stakeholder meeting with women in agribusiness. ZNCC gathered 150 representatives from organizations to farmers and entrepreneurs at Rainbow Towers in Harare to discuss, share and be informed about what is happening and what needs to happen for […]
The first week of June saw the Chamber Trade Sweden team conducting two workshops with the Zimbabwean and Zambian National Chambers of Commerce. These focused on the state of Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) in both countries in order to assess the local ADR capacity and find ways to increase access to justice. Increased trade is […]
Agribusiness is the mainstay of Africa and where a lot of women entrepreneurs are found– which is the reasons that it is a focus sector for the Chamber Academy programme of CTS. One of the other pillars within this programme is networking and networks. CTS are always striving to increase the network – for our […]
Chamber Trade Sweden met with corresponding European partners who also support imports from developing countries, in June in Zurich. The group has been gathering for more than 5 years now to share best practices and develop joint activities. The partners are usually connected to the foreign ministries/Development Agencies of the respective countries and to federations […]
Harare, May 29th. The Women’s Desk of ZNCC, the chamber of commerce in Zimbabwe, has successfully completed the first year of its Mentor programme, where 28 advanced business women have mentored 28 very skillful talented business women to empower them and to see their businesses grow. Chamber Trade Sweden is a very proud partner to ZNCC […]
