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Economic Summit Africa 2018. Markets and opportunities for SMEs.

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Africa, as one of the most dynamic continents, offers great opportunities for entrepreneurial engagement. The increasing purchasing power of a young, growing population, extensive investment projects as well as new digital achievements are bringing an economic change to sub-Saharan Africa in particular. The Economic Summit Africa 2018 focuses on these future markets.

Be inspired by how you can hit these new market potentials. Use the event to make contact with experts who support you in your projects. Exchange with companies already experienced in the sub-Saharan African business and collect ideas for your own market strategy.

Accompanying The Daily Program of the event, you will be informed by our local partners about funding opportunities and they will provide you with their expert knowledge. Join in the personal exchange with the key note speakers and network with the other participants at the event.

africon GmbH  will attend this event as a guest on the 20th of September 2018, in Stuttgart Germany

Digital Transformation in Africa – Conference 2018, Frankfurt am main

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The development of Micro, Small and Medium sized Enterprises (MSMEs) is “Key” to create jobs and wealth, thus reduce severe poverty, ultimately transform Africa. Digitalisation is not an option, it is a “Must” for developing countries to champion the growing social, political, ecological and economic challenges.
Digital Ecosystems are among the ways forward to bridge the gaps, accelerate economic development, eventually change the life of millions of women and men.

This year, the conference is focused on the presentation of

  1. Digital Infrastructure,Tools and Fintech Solutions developed by MES & DAK to unlock the USD 526 billion p.a. finance gap towards MSMEs in Africa and Middle East.

  2. Innovative solutions for German & European players to tap into the untapped potentials.

  3. With the presence of the following guest countries Cabo Verde, Ethiopia, Mauritius and Morocco

​africon GmbH will attend this event as a guest on the 3rd of September 2018, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

German-African business forum Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Africa 5.0: markets, potentials and chances for German companies. This is the theme of this year’s German-African business forum in Nordrhein-Westfalen. It is mainly for German companies, that might be interested in investment activities in the African market.

A highlight of the event will be a key note of the President of Ghana S.E. Nana Akufo-Addo. The main topics of the event will be the infrastructure and construction sector, the renewable energy market as well as digital economy.

4. German-African Agribusiness Forum 2018

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This Forum serves to create synergies and a platform for exchange and networking to a large number of important decision- and policy makers from all over the African Continent, Germany and around the globe within the agribusiness field.

Marc Zander, Partner of africon presents in Sweden

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Doing business in the Middle Eastern and African region delivers results when you have the right information and tools at hand. Marc Zander, Partner at africon spoke in Sweden on the set up of distribution in Africa. At the MEA Summit visitors got the chance to directly engage with prominent business leaders and industry experts with extensive experience from doing business in the region.

MEA Summit is Sweden’s largest business event geared towards the MEA region, delivering insights, tools and clues as to how market transformation in the region will place future demands on business innovation. During two days in Stockholm, participants engaged in presentations from world-renowned speakers, panel discussions and interactive workshops with top executives and industry experts as well and met with an estimated 200 other Swedish companies who share your interest in the region.

 

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Cédrick Lukusa participates in panel of Africa Business Forum in Cologne

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Cédrick Lukusa, Principal at africon participated as panalist in the 5th Africa Business Forum. Within the discussion on Africa Mr. Lukusa shared insights of ongoing projects, news on latest company Africa strategies and shared sector insights related to the steel and aluminium industry.

The Forum brought together government, business and finance leaders from acrooss Africa and Germany/EU to explore how the can work together in finding and leveraging business opportunity.

 

The forum has organized in partnership with the Association of German Family-Owned Businesses BJU/ASU -http://www.familienunternehmer.eu- and Africa 2.0 -http://www.africa2point0.org.

The target was to establish business partnerships via engagement and business exchange between African and German/EU companies and entrepreneurs. Thanks to the strategic support of the German Chamber of Commerce and the Federal Parliarment, the forum has an extensive outreach which includes the 4000  members of the Die Familienunternehmer.

 

Marc Zander speaking in Sweden at Middle East and Africa Summit

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Doing business in the Middle Eastern and African region delivers results when you have the right information and tools at hand. At the MEA Summit you will get the chance to directly engage with prominent business leaders and industry experts with extensive experience from doing business in the region. If you are looking for markets enabling long term growth, this is your business forum.

MEA Summit is Sweden’s largest business event geared towards the MEA region, delivering insights, tools and clues as to how market transformation in the region will place future demands on business innovation. During two days in Stockholm, you will engage in presentations from world-renowned speakers, panel discussions and interactive workshops with top executives and industry experts as well as meet with an estimated 200 other Swedish companies who share your interest in the region.

Marc Zander to speak at the 4th Africa Business Forum in Cologne

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The Forum brings government, business and finance leaders from across Africa and Germany/EU to explore how the can work together in finding and leveraging business opportunity.

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The past decade hast transformed both perceptions and realities in Africa. Businesses are flourishing; from telecoms & banking to agriculture & mining, attacted by the rising middle class and the continentt’s natural resources. Despite all the challenges, the continent has become a beacon of hope and part of the solution for  a world faced with increasind challenges. Africa has the potential to be the world’s major driver of growth over the next decades. Demographice project a continent of 2 billion inhabitants by the year 2050.

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The forum is organized in partnership with the Association of German Family-Owned Businesses BJU/ASU  and Africa 2.0.

The target is to establish business partnerships via engagement and business exchange between African and German/EU companies and entrepreneurs. Thanks to the strategic support of the German Chamber of Commerce and the Federal Parliarment, the forum has an extensive outreach which includes the 4000  members of the Die Familienunternehmer.

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The 5th African Business Forum will bring government, business and finance leaders from around the world to Germany to explore how they can work together to ensure and sustain the momentum in order to benefit from the African growth.

Germany Africa Business Forum

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On the 23rd of March 2017, Marc Zander, CEO of africon, participated in the Germany Africa Business Forum (GABF) as the moderator of the panel discussion “Germany grows abroad – venturing to Africa for new markets”. In the presence of high ranked African politicians such as the former president of the Republic of Benin, Boni Yayi and the Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea Gabriel M. O. Lima, German and African business men and women came together in the prestigious Adlon Kempinski Hotel.

In absence of German politicians, one could assist to very openminded and trustful discussions. So, Mr. Lima expressed his wish that Germans should be “as aggressive as the other nations to show to the Africans that they are interested”. Also, Mr. J.H. Muhindo, Deputy Head of Mission of the embassy of Uganda, stressed the wish of his country that Germany would rather invest into Uganda’s industrialisation than continuing paying traditional development aid as there are many graduated young people in Uganda who were not able to gain suitable jobs. Altogether, the image of a strong and innovative Africa was drawn during the GABF, that stands in extreme contrast to generally published image of a poor continent in need. This was mainly due to the presence of modern and successful African business people such as Erick Yong, Onyeche Tifase or Rebecca Enonchong.

Between the panels, there were many occasions for exchange between the participants of the forum so that newcomers in the German African business scene could benefit from the experiences of established players.

Watch here a video-summary of the fair:

 

africon participates in the GABF

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“The GABF aims at bringing together shrewd entrepreneurs, key opinion leaders and social influencers, CEO’s and selected politicians and non-governmental organisations to develop fresh commercial and social concepts that shape business, as well as economic thought and institutions.” (GABF)

The German-Africa Business Forum is a one-day event enabling exchange between German and African business communities. New potentials for cooperation can be identified during these days but also the interaction between economic, political and social development is discussed. Side by side with African and German politicians and businessmen Marc-Peter Zander, CEO of africon, will be speaking about opportunities of investment in Africa and share his experiences from the private sector.

The GABF will take place on the 23rd of March in the Adlon Kempinski Hotel in Berlin.

 

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