Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations, AACCSA, successfully closed their first-round Mentorship program by hosting an evaluation workshop and a reception. 11 mentor couples graduated and received their certificates, handed out by Ato Yayehyirad Abate, Deputy Secretary General. CTS is very proud for being the initiating and implementing partner. Malin Dacke has been […]
Welcome to our seminars in Visby, Sweden, on July 5. Be inspired by business initiatives which make a difference and give bang for the buck. Fighting poverty with entrepreneurship and trade! Business plays a key role for fighting poverty in developing countries and governments should put higher priority on strengthening the private sector. Come and be […]
Chamber Trade Sweden visited the leading Women Business Member Organisation in Bosnia Herzegovina, ONE and the Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia Herzegovina in Sarajevo to identify possible partners for capacity building and linking Swedish and West Balkan business networks closer to each other. We also met with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia […]
Business has led and driven many social changes. In their ideal form international corporations operate in a ‘business without boundaries’ environment and are thus in a unique position to deliver economic diplomacy as the driving force of an engaged, prosperous civil society. With the GDP growth of emerging markets far outstripping that of the developed […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A well-functioning private sector equals job opportunities and economic development. But a “healthy” private sector is not something to take for granted, especially not in a developing country. Private companies, especially SME’s, in developing countries operate against all odds with numerous barriers both within their company operations and externally tied to the business climate. Part […]
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 […]
Over 30 women joined together in an international women’s business network event in Cape Town, South Africa the 5th – 8th of March. This event, organized by Chamber Trade Sweden, saw delegates joining from Indonesia, Pakistan, Russia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and not to forget a brave group […]