Through the CTS – EHPEA (Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association) partnership the commercial farms in Ethiopia are being supported in waste management – going from passive waste disposal like dumping the waste from their production to composting and thereby recycling the fertilizers added to the soil. A research team consisting of PhD and Master students […]
Read the newsletter from our partner the African Women in Agribusiness Network – AWAN AWAN newsletter 2014-2015 For more information about this partnership contact sofie.wikander@chambertrade.se
During the last weeks of January African Women in Agribusiness Network (AWAN) launched their mentorship programmes in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya Focus for the programmes varies from growth (Kenya), going for export (Uganda) and in Tanzania for women entrepreneurs wanting to take the next step but also focusing on job creation for youths by supporting […]
Chamber Trade Sweden hosted the Swedish Serbian Business Forum together with the Serbian Embassy in Stockholm on February 2nd, 2015 at United Spaces. Serbia’s new Prime Minister, Mr Aleksandar Vučić, gave a very frank picture of the problems and opportunities that Serbia faces. Serbia’s new government is said to be East Europe’s most progressive on […]
The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia, the Serbian Swedish Business Council and Chamber Trade Sweden are pleased to invite the business community to a unique business and investment seminar with H.E. Mr. Aleksandar Vučić, the new Prime Minister of Serbia. The seminar will touch upon economic reforms and different investment and trade opportunities in Serbia. When: February 2, […]
Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) is one of CTS key goals that we are pursuing together with all our partners. Next year our WEE network will gather in Jakarta, Indonesia hosted by APINDO (Indonesias Employers and Business Association) to share results, discuss and share best practices for advocacy and improving business services and networks for member companies and the business community. We also look forward to […]
Charlotte Kalin together with Ambassador Ruth Davis, Honorary Chair of IWEC One of the great inspirations from working with Chamber Trade Sweden is connecting with our partners and local business organizations, individual business leaders and member companies. Our network keeps growing and now stretches from Southern and Eastern Africa to Iraq, Pakistan and Indonesia. Together […]
Chamber Trade Sweden is proud to be supporting Nina Magazine – Iraq. Despite almost insurmountable obstacles, the second edition of Nina-Iraq Magazine is out. Thousands of hard copies of Nina, Issue 2, have just come from the printers in Karbala, Iraq, into our hands and hearts. For and by Iraqi women everywhere, http://www.nina-iraq.com is the […]
On 11 and 12 November, Chamber Trade Sweden and the Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations (AACCSA) organised a conference on Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) with more than 300 chamber delegates, legal professionals and public sector officials attended the conference. ADR is developing in Ethiopia, where business and government is starting to see […]
Setting up mentorship programs in Kurdistan, Iraq The mentorship programme in Iraq was launched in Sulaymaniyah in September 2014. Challenged by the fact that mentorship as a concept is a very new and still an unknown tool for business development the program has started off very successfully. The initial steps were focused on providing the […]
