Name: ABD 2022
Start: 18/02/2022 01:00 AM +00:00
End: 14/07/2022 11:00 PM +00:00

Sika is a specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing, and protecting in the building sector and motor vehicle industry. Sika has subsidiaries in 101 countries around the world and manufactures in over 300 factories. Its 25,000 employees generated annual sales of CHF 9.24 billion in 2021.
With Sika subsidiaries in 18 African countries and 22 plants on the continent, we are investing in the long term and sending a strong signal in terms of our commitment to sustainable business activities in the region.

Sika

The Swiss-African Business Circle (SABC) is the leading independent association promoting business contacts and links between Switzerland and Africa. It provides its members with an influential network and a unique platform dedicated to the exchange of expertise, experience, projects and ideas, thereby fostering partnerships and opening new business perspectives. In doing so, the association advocates for Africa as an important business destination amongst the Swiss business community.

Swiss-African Business Circle

Procadres International is the interim management agency to support your company's transformation projects, business developments, or stand-in management in Africa. &nbsp;Xavier Jacomet, a veteran executive in Africa leads the African interim practice with a talent pool of over 500 managers, whether locals, diaspora, or expats. Beyond his personal experience in 49 African countries, Xavier has a track record in over 20 African countries to assign the right manager to lead your transformation to success, should you be a multinational, an NGO, or a local business. Olivier Taburet leads the African linkage for Swiss businesses and NGOs.

Procadres International 

Siemens has been present in Africa for over 158 years as an active supporter in the history of innovation and social development of the continent. &nbsp;
Smart Infrastructure combines the real and digital worlds across energy systems, buildings and industries, enhancing the way people live and work and significantly improving efficiency and sustainability. We work together with customers and partners to create an ecosystem that both intuitively responds to the needs of people and helps customers achieve their business goals. It helps our customers to thrive, communities to progress and supports sustainable development to protect our planet for the next generation. siemens.com/smart-infrastructure.

Siemens

Swiss Export Risk Insurance SERV insures political and commercial risks involved in exporting goods and services. SERV insurance and guarantees protect Swiss exporters from non-payment and facilitate export financing. Its solutions also help companies obtain low-interest loans or higher credit limits in order to conserve cash when exporting goods and services. With its ECA Pathfinding project SERV also enables attractive financing solutions in buyer markets mostly for large-scale infrastructure projects.
As an institution under public law, SERV insures exports that private insurers do not cover. Its products are available to every company domiciled in Switzerland and there are no minimum order volumes required.

SERV

Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE) is the official Swiss organization for export and investment promotion with offices throughout Switzerland and in 31 countries around the world. In addition, thanks to our unique network of national and global partners, we support our clients in many other countries. As a non-profit organization, we provide a public service for our clients on behalf of the Swiss Confederation (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, SECO) and the Swiss cantons and operate jointly with the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA. We strive to create added value for customers in all aspects of our work, ultimately aiming to deliver the best customer experience.&nbsp;
Our mission. Enabling new business. We support Swiss SMEs in their international business expansion and provide consultancy and assistance to innovative foreign companies that aim to set up a successful business in Switzerland.
Our vision. We enable Swiss SMEs and foreign companies to realize their international business potential in new and existing markets.&nbsp;
Our strategy. We provide Swiss SMEs and innovative foreign companies with information, services, and contacts for their entire internationalization process, and support our clients from start to finish. Like our services, we gear our partner network to the needs of our clients.&nbsp;
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S-GE

Bollor&eacute; Logistics is a global leader in transport &amp; logistics. Constantly adapting to its customers' needs, the company has enriched its expertise to become a tier-one supply chain partner and one of the top 10 transport companies in the world with the largest integrated logistics network in Africa.
The company has been operating for more than 50 years in Africa, with a presence in 48 countries on this continent.
We design integrated end-to-end solutions for each industry, in compliance with the most demanding international standards, to the benefit of international major firms &amp; regional African-based companies.&nbsp;

Bolloré Logistics 

SICPA is a global provider of secured authentication, identification and traceability solutions and services. Founded in 1927 and headquartered in Switzerland, the company has a proven track record in trust-enabling technologies customised for governments, central banks, high-security printers and high-stakes industries. SICPA integrates material and digital innovations, ensuring global and regional value chain integrity and driving socio-economic transformation. &nbsp;
 SICPA&rsquo;s global network of offices includes hubs in northern, southern, eastern and western Africa, rooted in strong collaboration with local authorities to help reduce illicit activities and strengthen local economies. The company has implemented supply chain solutions to secure high-risk products in the fuel and telecommunications sectors in several African countries and SICPA&rsquo;s security feature solutions for banknotes are deployed in 40 countries across the continent.&nbsp;

SICPA

METTLER TOLEDO is a leading global supplier of precision instruments and services. The Company is the world&rsquo;s largest manufacturer and marketer of weighing instruments for use in laboratory, industrial and food retailing applications. METTLER TOLEDO also holds top-three market positions in several related analytical instruments and is a leading provider of automated chemistry systems used in drug and chemical compound discovery and development. In addition, the Company is the world&rsquo;s largest manufacturer and marketer of metal detection and other end-of-line inspection systems used in production and packaging and holds a leading position in certain process analytics applications. Additional information about METTLER TOLEDO can be found at www.mt.com.

Mettler-Toledo

The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) is an innovative infrastructure development and finance organisation which encourages and mobilises private investment in pioneering infrastructure in the frontier markets of sub-Saharan Africa and south and south-east Asia to promote economic development and combat poverty. PIDG delivers its ambition in line with its values of opportunity, accountability, safety, integrity and impact. Since 2002, PIDG has supported 157 infrastructure projects to financial close and provided 209 million people with access to new or improved infrastructure. PIDG is funded by six governments (the UK, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia, Sweden, Germany) and the IFC. www.pidg.org
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PIDG

As a pure asset manager, Bellevue is pursuing a multi-boutique approach with a particular focus on investment themes where it can deliver superior investment returns with an active, benchmark-agnostic investment process. All of its investment solutions are characterized by specialization, quality, and innovation. Bellevue&rsquo;s investment professionals have long and strong track records and they are superbly networked with senior executives and leading experts in the industries they cover.&nbsp;
In our African team, the highly experienced portfolio managers have African roots, they speak the local languages and they are familiar with the respective cultural, economic, and political nuances. This gives them a profound understanding of the African investment theme and that is imperative to comprehend the complex interplay of the many factors involved.
The BB African Opportunities Fund was launched in 2009 as a vehicle for investing in Africa&rsquo;s emerging markets. It is one of the few frontier market investment products that focus on reform-minded countries in Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa and that underweights South Africa and the commodity sector. The fund is also suitable as a complement to an international portfolio given its low correlation to developed markets.

Bellevue

Kenya is a country of 47.5 million people (2019).&nbsp;
Major industries include agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, manufacturing, energy, tourism and financial services. Economic expansion in recent years has been boosted by a stable macroeconomic environment, positive investor confidence and a resilient services sector. &nbsp;
Current emphasis for investment is on the &ldquo;Big Four&rdquo; in Kenya&rsquo;s development blueprint, namely, initiatives that focus on food security and nutrition, universal healthcare, affordable housing and enhancing the local manufacturing industry through value addition.
Welcome to Kenya!

Kenya

Swiss Cham Egypt 

(ENGLISH) C&ocirc;te d'Ivoire, the land of investment, is a gateway to the market of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). This market consists of 15 countries with more than 320 consumers.
It is the 1st economic power of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAMU). C&ocirc;te d'Ivoire represents 36% of the area's GDP with monetary stability and a low inflation rate.
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(FRENCH) Terre d&rsquo;investissement, la C&ocirc;te d&rsquo;Ivoire est la porte d&rsquo;entr&eacute;e privil&eacute;gi&eacute;e du march&eacute; de la Communaut&eacute; Economique des Etats de l&rsquo;Afrique de l&rsquo;Ouest, la CEDEAO regroupant 15 pays. Un march&eacute; qui compte plus de 320 millions de consommateurs.
C&rsquo;est la 1&egrave;re puissance &eacute;conomique de l&rsquo;Union Economique et Mon&eacute;taire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA). La C&ocirc;te d&rsquo;Ivoire repr&eacute;sente 36% du PIB de la zone avec une stabilit&eacute; mon&eacute;taire et un taux d&rsquo;inflation faible.

Côte d'Ivoire

(ENGLISH) Madagascar is a country of opportunity. It is an ideal destination for any investment project due to its people, its natural resources, and its geostrategic position in the Indian Ocean. 
Activities related to ICT services are taking on a considerable dimension. In addition, the cost and quality of labor, as well as the energy potential, ensure the prosperity of commercial and productive activities.
The current investment policy and legislative framework, designed as part of the Madagascar Emergence Initiative, make the Big Island a privileged place for investment.
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(FRENCH) Madagascar, pays d&rsquo;opportunit&eacute;s, de par ses hommes, ses ressources naturelles et sa position g&eacute;ostrat&eacute;gique dans l&rsquo;oc&eacute;an Indien, est une destination id&eacute;ale pour tout projet d'investissement.
De plein pied dans l'&egrave;re du tr&egrave;s haut d&eacute;bit, les activit&eacute;s li&eacute;es aux services TICs y prennent une dimension consid&eacute;rable. De plus, le co&ucirc;t et la qualit&eacute; de la main d'&oelig;uvre, ainsi que les potentialit&eacute;s &eacute;nerg&eacute;tiques y assurent la prosp&eacute;rit&eacute; des activit&eacute;s commerciales et productives.
La politique d'investissement et le cadre l&eacute;gislatif actuels, con&ccedil;us dans le cadre de l'Initiative d&rsquo;&Eacute;mergence de Madagascar, font de la Grande Ile un lieu privil&eacute;gi&eacute; pour l'investissement.

Madagascar

South Africa has a wealth of natural resources and it enjoys attention from international exploration companies, particularly in the oil and gas sector.It has world-class infrastructure, innovation, research and development capabilities and an established manufacturing base. It is at the forefront of the development and rollout of new green technologies and industries, creating new and sustainable jobs.South Africa has sophisticated financial, legal and telecommunications sectors, and a number of global business process outsourcing operations are located in the country.It has political and macro-economic stability, an abundant supply of semiskilled and unskilled labour, and it compares favourably to other emerging markets in terms of the overall cost of doing business. For professional jobs, labour costs are less than half of the cost of European countries. For manufacturing jobs, labour costs are around one-third cost of Europe.

Embassy of South Africa

The Permanent Mission of Uganda to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva was opened on March 12, 1996. The Mission was at the time also accredited to the United Nations Organizations in Vienna and later to Switzerland as a country. The Chancery, which was conveniently located at 6 bis Rue Antoine Carteret in Servette, is easily accessible from Geneva International Airport and Central Railway Station, the United Nations Palais de Nations Offices, the Offices of the UN specialized agencies in Geneva, as well as the Offices of other International Organizations based in Geneva.

Agenda

Speakers1 Speakers

Jafari Mangachi

Booth17 Booth

Sika

Swiss-African Business Circle

Procadres International

Siemens

SERV

S-GE

Bolloré Logistics

SICPA

Mettler-Toledo

PIDG

Bellevue

Kenya

Swiss Cham Egypt

Côte d'Ivoire

Madagascar

Embassy of South Africa

Permanent Mission of Uganda

Agenda

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Jafari Mangachi

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Sika

Swiss-African Business Circle

Procadres International

Siemens

SERV

S-GE

Bolloré Logistics

SICPA

Mettler-Toledo

PIDG

Bellevue

Kenya

Swiss Cham Egypt

Côte d'Ivoire

Madagascar

Embassy of South Africa

Permanent Mission of Uganda

Speakers1 Speakers

Booth17 Booth