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A Corruption Crisis – avoidance and management tactics
By Dani Cohen and Sandra Sowray, Prolog Consulting Volkswagen, Enron, Anderson Consulting, McKinsey, KPMG. These are – or were – some of the world’s best known brands. They are also companies which have been embroiled in corruption scandals, grabbing media headlines for months across the globe. Some are still with us, having weathered the storm, […]
Celebrate Women’s Day – Inspired by Pernilla Stålhane’s success of selling car batteries in Africa
Pernilla Stålhane, CEO and owner of the Swedish company Pallmax, is not only celebrating women’s day this week. She is also celebrating the 10-year anniversary of taking over her father’s company Pallmax, in March 2009. The company provides customers in Sweden and Africa with high quality car batteries. Pernilla practically grew up “inside” the company, […]
Business women from Hälsingland visit their “sisters” in East Africa
We visited Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda with seven successful Swedish business women from Hälsingland and the science park Movexum’s women business network. The goal was to inspire and build networks between Swedish and East African business women, through our partner AWAN, the African Women in Agribusiness Network. It was very inspiring to compare the challenges […]
Chamber Trade Sweden has rebranded into Make Trade
Partners and Friends, We are now taking a step forward to provide leadership on trade and development. Chamber Trade Sweden has rebranded into Make Trade, and we have launched our new website. We are a “do-tank” which remains committed to our vision and mission:“Enabling sustainable trade and investment” “Capacitating more women in international business”“Promoting trade not […]
Sweden on the Go – Helping you find International Trusted Expertise
We launched the new version of Sweden on the Go in November. The platform enables companies that are expanding internationally, or who want to invest in Sweden, to search for qualified international expertise and help. Our international experts have been qualified and are openly searchable on the site, and we’ve already started to match companies […]
From cyber-security to organic re-usable tampons -Swedish business women awarded in Shanghai 2018
The world’s most successful women-owned international businesses were rewarded in Shanghai by International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC). Marie Walleberg, Imse Vimse, and Ulrika Nilsson, Secure State Cyber, have just received the 2018 IWEC Award in Shanghai together with 48 other successful business women from around the world. The Swedish business women are now part of […]
Selling piece of mind and Swedish nature – Swedish IWEC 2017 Women Business Awardees
Helene Åkerström Hartman from Orbaden Spa and Resort, Marie Lindqvist Pahlstad and Jenny Helldén from Zilenzio received the 2017 IWEC Award in Seattle Nov 12-14 backed by chambers from all over the world and Microsoft. ZilenZio offers you peace of mind in the form of sound-absorbing furniture and design for the work-place. Our vision is […]
Trade not aid – Promoting the private sector
Good recipes for strengthening the private sector and women businesses in developing countries Chamber Trade Sweden shares inspiring results from its cooperation with 9 business member organizations in Africa and Iraq from 2012-2016. The women’s economic empowerment component has had an outreach to over 30 business member organizations, 15 countries and 100 participants. The program […]