Arbitration

Ratification of NY convention on Arbitration – Starting point for lowering the risks of commercial disputes in Ethiopia

The back side of the coin to all business and trade relations is handling commercial disputes. Africa is today underdeveloped in providing independent third party arbitration and mediation institutions for handling such commercial disputes. This raises the risk premium for doing business with Africa. Developing commercial dispute resolution capacity through chambers of commerce is thus […]

Chamber Trade Sweden facilitates African first in mediation initiative

Organizations in Africa are, for the first time, joining with counterparts in the US to promote the use of mediation as an appropriate method of dispute settlement. The American Bar Association has celebrated Mediation Week since 2011 and this year mediation bodies, chambers of commerce and other business organizations across Africa will be joining in […]

Zimbabwe and Zambia advancing on ADR

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 […]

ADR and arbitration conference flings open the doors of trade with Africa

Consensus from local and international experts is that Africa stands on the brink of considerable growth in the fields of alternate dispute resolution (ADR) and arbitration. More than 100 experts, activists and professional gathered in Cape Town in November 2013 to discuss the business and policy challenges and opportunities of ADR in Africa. The inaugural […]

The ending of Southern Africa partnerships open up for promising new beginnings!

Chamber Trade Sweden’s partnerships with Cape Chamber of Commerce, Botswana´s Confederation of Commerce Industry and Manpower and Namibia Employers’ Federation with underlying women’s economic empowerment partnerships between LANN Development, Mhani Gingi South Africa, Women in Business Association Botswana (WIBA) and Women’s Action for Development Namibia (WAD) have now come to an end as the Swedish […]