NEW AFRIKA-VEREIN OFFICE IN BERLIN
Afrika-Verein opened a new contact office in Berlin.

Berliner Buros des Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft
Charlottenstasse 43
D-10119 BERLIN
Tel +49 30 20607190     Fax +49 30 2060719108

Conference
Securing Energy for Business in East Africa
3-6 December 2008
in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Information

AFRICAN TRADE FAIRS

Afrika Verein participates in selected African Trade Fairs,
with their own booth or in partnership with other organisations

Participation via own booth

TIF - International Trade Fair, Tripoli April 2009  

FIM - Madagascar International Trade Fair, Antananarivo May 2009

FIA - International Trade Fair, Algiers July 2009

Tanzania MedExpo, Dar-es-Salaam October 2009

Participation in partnership with other organisations

PROMOTE, Yaounde  December 5th/12th 2008

Nigeria Infrastructure December 2nd/4th 2008

International Trade Fair Sudan, Khartoum January 2009

Projex, Tripoli  February 2009

ACITF, Addis Abeba  February 2009

INDABA, Cape Town February 2009

NOG, Abuja February 2009

CIER, Electrificatio and Development, Marrakech March 2009

Healthcare, Lybia May 2009

CAPE Mining, Cotonou June 2009

FILDA, Luanda July 2009

FACIM, Maputo  September 2009

TOG, Tripoli  October 2009

ALODE - Algerian Oil and Gas Exibition, Algiers November 2009

More than 80 % of German businesses doing business in the member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are satisfied with their engagement in Southern Africa. Close to two third of these businesses expect stronger activities in the year 2008.

These are just two out of many interesting results shown in the Afrika-Verein survey: "SADC Business Climate 2007 - a German business Perspective".

The survey was conducted amongst approximately 100 German businesses with long-lasting experience in the 14 countries of the SADC region and shows in detail these businesses' perceptions of SADC as a business region. Conducted by Afrika-Verein since 2005, the survey is dovetailed with the survey realised by the Association of SADC Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASCCI) which has analysed the business climate in the SADC region as perceived by local businesses. Both studies disclose tendencies as well as problems of doing business in the region. They thus make an important contribution to the public-private dialogue with the aim of improving the enabling environment of Southern Africa.

Afrika-Verein is committed to this dialogue and, with the help of instruments like this survey, works with its partners on the common purpose to give German businesses a better understanding of African markets.

Click for SADC Business Climate Report 2007