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Africa Works! 2020 goes digital
Africa Works! 2020 did unfortunately not take place as planned in June 2020, due to restrictions caused by the coronavirus. A number of the workshops and round tables that were in preparation will be held on December 15th and 16th during the Digital African Business Days, organised by the Netherlands-African Business Council. You can register for free at www.nabc.nl
Africa Works!
goes digital
Africa Works! workshops and round tables will be held on December 15th and 16th, 2020 during the Digital African Business Days. Register via www.nabc.nl
Africa Works! and the Digital Africa Business Days
Africa Works! “Innovation for Growth”
By 2030, one in five people will be African. Innovation will play a vital role in catering for the continent’s soaring population needs and can solve the numerous challenges Africa faces. Innovation will not only change the nature of doing business in Africa but will play an important role within the development of the private sector and in turning Africa into this century’s economic growth powerhouse.
The theme of the fifth edition of Africa Works! – the largest Africa-focused Business Conference in the Benelux- is “Innovation for Growth.” Workshops and round tables will be organised on December 15th and 16th. Register via www.nabc.nl
Theme of Africa Works! 2020
Innovative solutions in the areas of Digitalisation, Food of the Future, Circular Economy, Jobs of the 21st Century and Fintech will be presented during inspiring keynote speeches and further explored in workshops and high-level Innovation round tables.
Africa Works! aims to:
- Make visible the investment and trade opportunities in different African countries
- Connect Dutch/European companies with competent authorities and businesses from Africa
- Accelerate strategic partnerships between businesses
- Facilitate Public-Private-Partnerships
- Connect (international) investors with top scalable and profitable opportunities across Africa
- Enable SMEs and start-ups to find an alternative financing solution that local banks do not offer, and much more…
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Highlights of Africa Works! 2019
What participants think of us...
"I was truly honoured and pleased to attend Africa Works! 2019, and be part of the panel discussion. The conference was a fantastic networking event and I learned a great deal from interactions with many attendees. Congratulations to the whole NABC team for putting together such a well organised event! I look forward to continuing working together with NABC."
"Africa Works! 2019 was an abundance of ideas, networks and colour, all in a quaint old warehouse embracing the new amidst all the old. The camaraderie was great and the speakers credible and inspiring and conversation flowed, interspersed with moments when we all felt ‘with so much going for us let’s all get going now‘.
The lasting message was: ‘’let’s change the narrative, there is more good in Africa than people hear and there’s not enough bad for people to talk only about the bad."
"Africa Works! Conference is the only one of its kind in the Netherlands where a
true picture is obtained of the economic potential of the continent of Africa and where
the African vision is told, to which European parties can connect. We need more of
these kind of occasions in the Netherlands in order foster the current economic
relationship that really meets the demand of African markets.”
"Africa Works! provided a platform for participants seeking solutions to identified City growth challenges to interact with others who have previously experienced or have expertise in addressing such challenges from both the public and private sector. It is a platform that could serve as a major resource hub for City solutions in the future."
"The Africa Works Congress is the only one of its kind in the Netherlands where a true picture is obtained of the economic potential of the continent of Africa and where the African vision is told, to which European parties can connect”. We need more of these kind of occasions in the Netherlands in order foster the current economic relationship that really meets the demand of African markets”.
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"Africa Works! provides a unique platform for engagement with policymakers, business leaders and knowledge institutions on topical issues of the day. It should not be missed by anyone seriously operating in the Dutch-African ecosystem."
The Africa Works Conference provided a very effective platform on which public sector, private sector, civil society and knowledge institutions from the Netherlands and Africa could meet and interact. The Dutch Diamond in practice! The Call for Proposals that was made public by the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), an initiative sponsored by the Dutch government, lead to real credit for real investments. Those are the tangible results that made the Africa Works! Conference stand out.
Africa Works was a great opportunity to explore ICT in Africa with representatives from business, academia and the non-profit sector. At Africa Works, we were able to go well beyond the repetitive numbers on connectivity, mobile phone penetration and the next exciting application. There is much we can learn from each other and Africa Works offered a common forum to all of us.
The Africa Works! conference in 2012 brought together a varied group of professionals from the private sector, NGOs, knowledge institutes and the Dutch government interested in doing business in Africa; a great opportunity to expand my professional network within the Netherlands. I look forward to meeting you on 16 and 17 October during the 2014 edition in Leiden.
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