EBCAM 29th General Assembly

Paris 16-17 February 2023

EBCAM had the pleasure to welcome its members from all over Europe to the premises of its French member CIAN who hosted the 29th General Assembly. 

This time, we had also the pleasure to welcome EBCAM's new member, the Finnish Business Council West Africa, which plays a major role in the business activities of the Nordic region for the development of Africa. 

The war in Ukraine which monopolises global economic and political affairs, implications of the energy crisis, fight for global climate change, energy transistion and digital transformation were among the topics that were put on the table with valuable contributions EBCAM members, the national associations that represent private sectors all over Europe and contributes to the development of Africa through investments.

During the two days of the General Assembly, we had also the opportunity to welcome insightful presentations made by guest speakers. More specifically, EBCAM welcomed Mr. Hamza EL KACINI from BearingPoint who spoke on digital tranformation trends related to Africa and espeacially Blockchain in Africa: development and prospects, and Christophe WARTEL from Global Sovereign Advisory who developed analysis on the energy opportunities and dynamics in the African continent and the impact of the fight against global warming and against CO2 (the green economy) on public policies of African States and their financing. 

EBCAM would like to thank all members for their participation and the guests for their valuable presentations.