11th Nordic-African Business Summit
Date: 28-29 September 2022
Oslo
Since their first Summit in 2011, more than 300 speakers, and more than 3000 delegates, have made it the leading place to bring together the Africa-focused business community. In 2022 the Nordic-African Business Summit will take place in Oslo on the 29th of September, with a reception to be held the evening beforehand.
Commission RH - Les secteurs qui recrutent en Afrique et les nouveaux outils des recruteurs
Date: 4 July 15:00-16:30
Online
Ces derniers mois, à la suite d’une période de crises successives ayant touché le continent africain plus ou moins directement, et plus ou moins durement, le recrutement de cadres a connu une période particulièrement faste. Ce dynamisme de recrutement est cependant nuancé selon les secteurs, et il est loin d’être à l’abri de futurs aléas.
La Commission RH du CIAN a décidé de réunir trois experts, intervenant aussi bien dans la chasse de têtes que dans l’intérim en Afrique, afin de présenter les industries les plus proactives en matière d’embauche sur le continent.
Commission Digital - La numérisation des moyens de paiement en Afrique
Date: 1 July 2022, 09:30-11:00 (CEST)
Online
L’inclusion financière est nécessaire à l’éradication de la pauvreté, au développement des marchés et de la consommation en Afrique.
Pour faire face à ces enjeux, les secteurs bancaires africains se modernisent, portés notamment par l’impulsion des banques centrales, et les canaux digitaux de l’inclusion financière prennent de l’ampleur.
La transformation des secteurs bancaires, et l’évolution des établissements de paiement, y compris des établissement de paiement mobile, illustrent tout particulièrement cette dynamique à travers le continent. La révolution des moyens de paiement est donc lancée.
Au cours de cette commission, nous aborderons les enjeux et perspectives de l’inclusion financière en lien avec le phénomène de numérisation qui traverse l’Afrique.
AfCFTA: The Gamechanger for Africa: Trade & Local Manufacturing
Date: 19 July 2022 07:00-10:00
Johannesburg
AfCTFA represents 1.3 billion people across 55 countries with a combined gross domestic product (GDP) valued at $3.4 trillion – A connected Africa. Across the world, countries are questioning trade agreements and economic integration. Africa needs long-term thinking and greater cooperation – and this is precisely what the AfCTFA represents. Across the world, countries are questioning trade agreements and economic integration, but while the world turns in one direction, the African Union is moving in the other by deepening ties across the continent. At the same time, we cannot lose sight of significant challenges of AfCTFA which is the implementation, equity and infrastructure. Beyond trade, the pact also addresses the movement of persons and labour, trade in services, investment, intellectual property rights and competition policy, possibly e-commerce, competition, investment and intellectual property. When African countries trade with themselves they exchange more manufactured and processed goods, have more knowledge transfer, and create more value. Where does local manufacturing fit into the AfCTFA agreement?
Leveraging the East African Opportunity Amidst Mounting Uncertainty
Date: 21 June 2022, 06:30-08:30
Nairobi, Kenya
East Africa has not been spared the double shock of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the wake mounting pressure on prices of key commodities, notably fertiliser, wheat and oil, the region faces the risk of stagflation, undermining its recovery from the pandemic with the AfDB’s growth forecast revised down from 7% in 2021 to 4.1% in 2022. Against this turbulent global backdrop, countries in the region are grappling with their own challenges with limited fiscal space to mitigate negative economic impacts. Kenya’s upcoming elections cast doubts over the country’s future while ongoing conflict in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa undermines peace and stability in the region.
Taxation | Promoting Economic Recovery and Inclusive Growth in Africa
Date: 28 June 2022, 16:00-17:00 (CAT)
Online
As African economies are retooling to relaunch, governments are pulling on different economic levers to continue their regalian functions and honor their fiscal responsibilities while engineering inclusive growth.
One key lever is taxation, which when deployed in coordination with stakeholders including private-sector actors, has the potential of creating a virtuous cycle: generating more revenues through tax collection by broadening the tax base; modernizing tax administration through automation and digitization; reducing tax losses; and incentivizing investment, which creates more jobs.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN THE MOROCCAN AGRI-FOOD SECTOR
Date: 21 June 2022, 10:00-11:30 (CEST)
The Moroccan Agency for Investment and Export Development (AMDIE) will present business opportunities for Dutch companies in the Morrocan agri-food sector in the NABC office, in The Hague, and remains available for individual networking afterwards.
Morocco is well-positioned to be considered your preferred investment country. Its attractiveness for business and investment roots in:
- its strategic locaion as an ideal exporting hub,
- its leading role in Africa towards a green economy,
- its free trade agreements with Africa, the EU and the USA,
- its unique governmental incentives and support, and a young, well educated, population.
Africa Day in Monaco "Green & Digital Africa" - 29 June 2022, Monaco -Club des Entrepreneurs Monégasques en Afrique
Africa Day in Monaco “Green & Digital Africa”
Mercredi 29 Juin 2022 - Yacht Club de Monaco
Organisé par le Club des Entrepreneurs Monégasques en Afrique
En coordination avec :
- Le Monaco Economic Board & FEDEM
- Afrique Magazine
- Le CIAN , la CBL-ACP & l’EBCAM
Avec le Support des autorités Monégasques et du Monaco Economic Board
Boosting Innovation Standards for SDGs: UNIDO–ISO Innovation Seminar and Innovation Labs
Date: 27 and 30 June 2022, 15:30-17:45 (CEST)
Hybrid, UNIDO HQ
Over the years, in line with its mandate of enhancing industrial development worldwide, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has helped many countries to integrate into the global economy by meeting regulatory and market requirements and establishing related national capacities, including national standards bodies (NSBs). Its work in this area subsequently led to a partnership with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The continued partnership between UNIDO and ISO is in response to the increasingly important role international standards play as a policy mechanism and as a market tool for trade and sustainable development.
International Smart City Congress
Date: 21-23 June 2022
CIC Algriers
ASCAME will support the Congress as a partner, in order to promote smart cities and sustainable development in the Mediterranean region.
Urban planning, waste management, water, energy efficiency, urban mobility, and so many other topical issues unquestionably remain at the heart of the changes in society.