Welcome to SWEACC Investment Cluster breakfast event
Agribusiness is very important in Africa, depending on the country 65-90% of the population is involved in some kind of agribusiness. Some of the challenges you can find in East Africa for water and food security have a relationship to climate change (extreme weather) but also conflict, and lately the Covid pandemic. Recently we can also see global price shocks that affect both Europe and Africa. There is volatility in commodity markets, increases in energy and fertilizer prices, trade disruptions, and more. These problems also create issues for security when you must create new supply chains and partnerships.
There are acute problems with famine, water supplies, and food security even in stable markets. Not access to innovation, new technology, and in some cases valid pharmaceuticals and veterinarian medicine creates problems, and opportunities.
There are room for new partnerships and joint ventures, strictly private but also public-private partnerships, so-called PPP. We will listen to MTI Investment and some of their experiences in East Africa but also hear about possible partnerships available for Swedish companies in East Africa.
Welcome to discuss investment opportunities in food and water.
Cluster breakfast meeting
Time: 08:30 (Event will start precisely from 09:00 to 10:00).
Date: November 16th, 2022
Place: Hammarbybacken 27, Stockholm (B-Open Nordic office).
AGENDA
09:00 - 09:05, Opening of Investment Seminar - Kenneth Odwar, Investment and Finance Cluster Manager
09:05 - 09:15, Food and Water investment Climate in East African Region - Joachim Davidsson, CEO at B-Open
09:15 - 09:25, Ruden Water - Somalia water project - Heaven Bereket, Founding Trustee at Pangea Trust
09:25 - 09:45, Investment Opportunities in Food and Water - Pontus Engström, CEO at MTI Investment
09:45 - 09:55, Q&A
09:55 - 10:00, Closing remarks - Kenneth Odwar, Investment and Finance Cluster Manager
RSVP: As soon as possible since seats are limited and we reserve the right to confirm each seat for this meeting. All visitors must be preregistered. For more information and registration, please contact Kenneth Odwar (kenneth@quartal.se), Cluster Manager SWEACC Investment Cluster.
This event will be sponsored by Quartal and B-Open
About the SWEACC - Swedish-East African Chamber of Commerce:
SWEACC focuses on the excellent business potential of the East African Community(EAC) and contributes to increasing trade and investments between Sweden and the EAC region. The prime objectives are to provide a platform for business people to meet and improve their interest in the EAC region. SWEACC organizes and provides members with insight into the EAC countries; Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Sudan, and Uganda. SWEACC's cluster initiatives are working and supporting activities in all Sub-Sahara countries.
The Chamber also offers a platform for the Embassies represented in the Nordics with support for
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Date: November 16th, 2022. Breakfast will be served at 08:30 at the pre-mingle.
Time: 09.00 – 10:00 (10:00-10:45 open for business mingle).
Venue: Hammarbybacken 27, Stockholm (B-Open Nordic office).
RSVP as soon as possible since seats are limited and we reserve the right to confirm each seat for this meeting. All visitors must be preregistered. For more information and registration, please contact Kenneth Odwar, Director of Finance and Investment Cluster, or Heaven Bereket, Deputy Director of Finance and Investment Cluster.