Celebrate young African and Caribbean entrepreneurs
- 12/08/2022
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News
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The young people of today and tomorrow play a central role in transforming food systems to provide access to sufficient and nutritious food, and adopt sustainable approaches to address climatic and environmental challenges. There are 1.2 billion young people between the ages of 15 and 24 worldwide (16% of the global population), of whom nearly 1 billion world resides in developing countries. Their numbers are growing far more rapidly than in higher-income countries.1 60% of Africa’s 1,2 billion population are… +Business coaching: SwanCape Farms pushing to the next level
- 20/09/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Nigeria
“I can boldly say it’s the best support I have received towards managing my business.” Dr Agnes Fasehun During June and July 2021, SwanCape Farms, a fast-growing farm-to-door company in Nigeria, participated in business coaching with an Agri-Logic expert, organised and facilitated through the Fit For Market programme. Throughout 2020-21, business training and coaching has formed a key part of COLEACP’s Covid-19 Action Plan. The agri-business coaching focused first on issue resolution – human resources, cashflow and profitability, operations, competition… +Business Survival Bootcamp in Pacific
- 14/06/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Pacific
COLEACP and the African Management Institute (#AMI) collaborated in May to organise a Business Survival Bootcamp in the Pacific region. The Bootcamp saw the participation of over 20 people from companies, chambers of commerce, consultants, as well as M. Escipión OLIVEIRA GÓMEZ, Assistant Secretary-General, Department of Structural Economic Transformation and Trade, OACPS, and COLEACP’s Technical Assistance team. This very interactive session received very positive feedback from the participants. Following the Bootcamp, the entrepreneurs and experts are invited to the #AMI… +Embassy’s Doing Business In Ghana Webinar Series
- 07/06/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Ghana, News
On 26 May The Embassy of Ghana to Belgium launched a new webinar series – “Doing Business In Ghana” – to promote business opportunities. COLEACP is taking part in the first webinar on 16 June at 11 am (CET) – Morag Webb, the Association’s Head of Science and Policy, will discuss “EU Regulations: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures”. H.E Mrs. Sena Siaw-Boateng emphasised that doing business in the EU cannot be “business as usual”, and added that business decisions in current… +COLEACP-CABA agreement
- 17/03/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Caribbean, News
COLEACP and the Caribbean Agri-business Association (CABA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in support of the SMEs and businesses operating in the agri-food sector in the Caribbean. The joint COLEACP-CABA action plan includes the following areas of cooperation, among others: Industry and market intelligence – information on international, regional and national policies and regulations impacting private sector operators, and joint information and communication products Business support – technical assistance to business proposals to improve production, access markets,… +