CTS has for the last three years built and ran our Chamber Academy private sector development programs in Iraq, together with our local partners the Private Sector Development Center and individual chambers of commerce. The past year has been, to say the least, difficult due to the wars and insecurity in the country. Nevertheless we […]
On November 16-18th more than 100 successful business women will meet in Stockholm for the 8th annual IWEC, International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge. The theme of this year’s conference is “Ensuring the health of your business in a global competitive world” where the focus will be on the world economy, the health of your business and […]
West Africa is growing at a pace of 7 % and three of the ten biggest economies in Sub-Saharan Africa can be found here. It was therefore very welcome when the bilateral Swedish-West African Chamber of Commerce and Culture launched its chamber together with CTS and other supporters on September 4th. Short presentations were given […]
In early September CTS hosted a Chamber Academy Mining tour visiting the mining industry of Bergslagen, Sweden. Diplomatic representatives from Eastern Europe, Central America and Africa joined in the tour. The focus of the tour was to showcase Swedish knowledge in sustainable mining throughout the whole value chain. Stefan Sädbom, senior geologist at Bergskraft Bergslagen, […]
Chamber Trade Sweden first introduced the concept of mentoring at our Chamber Academy Women’s Economic Empowerment meetings in South Africa. Mentoring is not only a great tool for improving leadership skills and performance in your business. It is also a service that chambers and business organisations can provide to their member companies. Since our latest […]
After five intensive days full of meetings, information, contacts and potential business the seven exporters from Kenya and Uganda made their way back home. Rather than exposing the products and potential business at one of the Scandinavian trade fairs the group together with CTS and Virke travelled to the buyers. This turned out to be […]
Agriculture in East Africa – Business Opportunity! Chamber Trade Sweden with Virke (Norway), as well as our partners in East Africa AWAN has the pleasure to invite you to Spicy Kitchen – a Scandinavian venue that aims to generate new business contacts and business opportunities. On August 25 to 29 we are happy to invite […]
Nyligen hemkommen från Sulaymaniyah och Erbil i Irak. Det känns overkligt att ha suttit i en gul taxi mellan Sulaymaniyah och Erbil och att ha passerat Kirkuk och alla säkerhetskontroller däremellan så nära inpå alla oroligheter. Först när vi kommit hem till Sverige förstod jag vad som hänt och vikten av att kurderna lyckats försvara […]
On the 11th of June Chamber Trade Sweden, in cooperation with Sweden-Ethiopia Chamber of Commerce welcomed a delegation representing the Ethiopian textile and leather industries. The delegation was a result of the business-focused training which was held in Addis during the spring. The industrial development workshop in Addis in May gathered more than 100 companies […]
On May 27-28 the regional government of Gävle together with several other stakeholders, including Chamber Trade Sweden, hosted a successful Business EAC Nordic Investment and Trade Forum. The conference was held to create and strengthen sustainable business between the Nordic countries and countries in East Africa. The conference enabled business meetings and networking between Nordic […]
