Dear All,

In december 1946 the African Institute (Afrika Instituut) was created by Dutch businesses with an interest in Africa, by the Rotterdam Chamber of Commerce and by the predecessor of the Erasmus University (Economische Hogeschool Rotterdam). This means that we are moving towards a special anniversary later this year! We will organize several commemorating events and missions later this year and in the beginning of 2012 to celebrate this milestone.

In the meantime, we are looking forward to a very busy year. This month, we are busy with a mission to Ethiopia, an Africa Business Club and a seminar on Doing Business in Southern Africa. Lined up are missions to Tenerife (where we will come together with American, European and African companies) and Cameroon. We are also looking at a mission to the latest addition to African states, Southern Sudan. In the second half of the year, we will do a big business to business event in Nairobi in September and are looking into missions to Zambia and West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria and Benin). With at least 2 activities in the Netherlands per month, there is plenty to offer for those of you that are not joining these missions. I would also like to stress that our Pan-African network of contacts is quickly increasing and that our membership is now approaching 300 Dutch companies.

The strong NABC lobby towards the Dutch government in favour of pragmatic support to Dutch companies in Africa will hopefully also give its first tangible results in the coming months. I look forward to make you part of our passionate drive to mainstream business with Africa!

Warm regards,
Bob van der Bijl
Managing Director NABC
 

From 6 to 12 February 2011 NABC is organizing a trade mission to Ethiopia for Dutch companies in the meat & poultry sector - financed by the NL EVD Internationaal. The trade mission is organized in close cooperation with the Dutch Poultry Centre  (DPC) and the Addis Ababa Chamber and Commerce (AACC). Read More

FOR THOSE NON-MEMBERS WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE NEW YEARS RECEPTION, THERE WILL BE AN INFORMATIVE WORKSHOP ON THIS DAY FROM 14:00 TO 15:30. THEREAFTER WE WILL PROCEED TO THE BUSINESS CLUB MEETING. Register Here for the Informative workshop.

The informative workshop will be about the benefits of being an NABC member and how we work with our members and our partners both in Europe and in Africa.

To have some more networking meetings where you can share your own recent Africa experiences, we organize the NABC Africa Business Club exclusively for Members. Every third Thursday of the month,

Date: February 17
Time: 15:30 - 19:00
Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel in The Hague (Van Stolkweg 1)

Register here for the Business Club Meeting.

Our speaker of this month's Africa Business Club is Mathilde Miedema from TNO.

NABC together with Advance Consulting will be hosting a seminar on Doing business in Southern Africa region, focusing on Angola, Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

There will be EXPERIENCED, EXPERT, PROFESSIONALS from companies like SPAR International and White Bird International on the day of the seminar, where potential business investors may be able to inquire and get all the information they require for their future business ventures.

This is an opportunity one does not want to miss!

Date: 24 February 2011

Time: 1500 - 1900hrs

Venue: Advance Consulting
Herengracht 168
1016 BP Amsterdam
Route description Amsterdam office

Fee: NABC Members € 45 
         Non Members     € 95
(NB: cancellation is free up to 24 hours before the event)

Pleaseregister here.

For further inquiries email: info@nabc.nl  
tel: +31 (0) 70 304 3618




 

International Partnerships Conference: Doing Business with Africa!

Here is your chance to meet with potential business partners from Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa’s most powerful markets.


Meet and network with large delegations from the following countries:

Ghana
South Africa
Senegal
India
Nigeria
Spain
The Netherlands
… and many more.

These countries, and several others, will send business and government delegations to CCA’s first International Partnerships Conference: Doing Business with Africa, to be held March 29 – April 1, 2011, in Tenerife, Canary Islands. Read More & Register Here

From 22 to 28 May 2011, NABC is organizing a multi sector trade mission to Cameroon for Dutch companies. This last minute trade mission is unsubsidized! Read more

Not to be silent on our following business clubs:

March 17;

Sponsor: Broekman Group

Speaker: Christiaan Oldenkamp from Expat Preventive

April 21;

Sponsor: Alliance Plus

More information on sponsoring or supporting any of our events may be gotten from our offices.

Email: info@nabc.nl

Tel: +31 (0) 70 304 3618