Several Swedish actors support companies working in East Africa. Here is a short overview and how SWEACC complements them.
Coordinated export and investment promotion
Team Sweden
Team Sweden is a collaborative framework, not an organisation. Launched by the Swedish Government in 2015 as part of Sweden’s export strategy, it brings together government agencies, state-owned companies, regional actors and the private sector. Business Sweden manages the Team Sweden website on behalf of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
SWEACC: SWEACC is a private, member-based chamber. We help members meet the people behind these initiatives and others working in East Africa.
Business Sweden helps Swedish companies grow abroad. Its Nairobi office, established in 2007, is the hub for its Africa market area and also covers Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and DR Congo.
SWEACC: SWEACC and Business Sweden have organised events together, including the Ethiopia–Sweden Business Forum in November 2025.
Development cooperation and private-sector partnerships
Sida
Sida partners with companies that contribute to sustainable development. The aim is for the private partner to cover about half the cost of a joint project. Ways to work with Sida include guarantees, challenge funds and Public Private Development Partnerships.
SWEACC: At SWEACC meetings, members share experience of partnerships and projects in East Africa.
Swedfund is Sweden’s development finance institution. It invests in the private sector and funds project preparation in the public sector through its Project Accelerator. Africa is one of its priority regions. Established in 1979, it is a state-owned company managed by the Ministry of Finance.
SWEACC: Our Trade & Investment cluster brings together members interested in investing in East Africa.
Details taken from the organisations’ own websites in October 2026.
Where SWEACC fits in
SWEACC is a non-profit chamber of commerce run by its members. We arrange meetings, industry clusters and contacts between companies, organisations, embassies and the diaspora in Sweden and East Africa.
