Via | The Africa Report Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, which together produce about 65% of the world’s cocoa but get only about $6bn each year from the $100bn global chocolate industry, are joining forces in a bid to exert greater pricing power. On 12 June the two countries agreed a price floor of $2,600 per …
Ghana, Ivory Coast and the new cocoa price floor stick Read More »
Via | Cape Business News A report released by Airbnb last September found that the guest activity on the platform in South Africa supported more than 22 000 new jobs and generated an economic impact of $678 million (R9.9 billion) over one year. These are substantial numbers by anyone’s calculation, but perhaps the most important …
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Entrepreneurs have a pivotal role to play in Africa’s unemployment crisis. Today over a third of the continent’s young workforce (those aged 15-35) are unemployed. Another third are in vulnerable employment. By 2035, Africa will contribute more people to the workforce each year than the rest of the world combined. By 2050 it will be home …
Entrepreneurship funds in Africa: distinguishing the good from the bad Read More »
The IABW – Italia Africa Business Week Executive President Cleophas Adrien Dioma, coordinator of Migration and Cooperation Working Group in the National Council of Cooperation and Development of the italian Foreign Ministry, attended the meeting between the malian Prime Minister Boubou Cissé and the italian Deputy Foreign Minister Emanuela Del Re. That was the first …
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This is a 2018 remember for the economy of Subsaharan Africa: the year will end with a growth for the area at 3.1% and the forecasts for 2019 are even better: the coming out of the private sector, the political and economic reforms and more stability in the area are the most important factors of …
The second edition of Italia Africa Business Week can be defined “a success” without any hesitation. Those of the 2018 Forum edition are almost double numbers compared to the 2017 edition, officially makes IABW the main and most authoritative Economic and Financial Forum between Italy and Africa, both quantitative and qualitative terms: over 230 people …
IABW 2018, a success that brings Italy closer to Africa Read More »
While the Africa Hotel Investment Forum opened the 2nd of October in Nairobi, main hotel brands multiplied their announcements: nine new complexes for Hyatt, new arrival on the plateau of Abidjan for Radisson… U turn of horizon. The Radisson Blu of Nairobi welcomed until the 4th of October the representatives of the main hotel chains …
Major hotel chains compete for investment in Africa Read More »
IABW 2018 – Italia Africa Business Week – Second edition 17-18 October 2018 Press Release Fashion, agribusiness, industry, sustainability, technologies, culture, arts and a very strong will to grow together: the second edition of IABW – Italia Africa Business Week, the first business Forum entirely dedicated to Italian and African entrepreneurs, came to an end. …
Bolloré Logistics Italy announced its participation to the 2018 edition of the Forum Italia Africa Business Week (IABW) which will take place in Rome tomorrow 17 and the 18 of October. The first afro-italian meeting of business and commercial kind will see the presence of an important player in the world of transports and …
IABW 2018, 24 Hours to the start of the first Italian-African business forum The 17 of October IABW – Italia Africa Business Week 2018, will start in Rome for its second edition. This is the first business forum entirely dedicated to Italian and African entrepreneurs. The event will take place in Spazio Eventi Tirso, via …
*foto di Giovanni Currado “AFRICA NEXT GENERATION. The challenge of green and digital transformation” innovazione, digitalizzazione, sostenibilità e transizione ecologica, sistemi sanitari, agribusiness al centro …
*foto di Giovanni Currado “AFRICA NEXT GENERATION. The challenge of green and digital transformation” innovazione, digitalizzazione, sostenibilità e transizione ecologica, sistemi sanitari, agribusiness al centro …
Italy Africa Business week (IABW) is looking for volunteers to support the sixth edition of the forum, in a dynamic, young and entrepreneurial environment. What …
