IICA-COLEACP Caribbean Agrifood Business Series
- 15/09/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Caribbean
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4–8 October 2021 is the Caribbean Week of Agriculture. To celebrate, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and COLEACP are presenting the third Caribbean Agrifood Business session on Thursday 7 October, 10h00-12h00 EST. The theme will be “Post-Covid-19: Building stronger links between agriculture and tourism – the key role of SMEs and businesses”. You can register here. The online Caribbean Agrifood Business Series focuses on a range of topics including improved production, trade and competitiveness; food safety and… +COVID-19 virtual business survival bootcamp in Kenya
- 12/07/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Kenya, News
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on international trade particularly on the fruit and vegetable sector in the ACP States. In order to support companies in coping with the crisis, COLEACP in collaboration with the African Management Institute are proposing “”Business Survival Bootcamps””. The aim of the bootcamp is to provide companies with practical tools to plan and cope with the challenges resulting from the consequences of the pandemic. The bootcamp will include: A 90-minute interactive webinar led… +Business Survival Bootcamp in Pacific
- 14/06/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Pacific
COLEACP and the African Management Institute (#AMI) collaborated in May to organise a Business Survival Bootcamp in the Pacific region. The Bootcamp saw the participation of over 20 people from companies, chambers of commerce, consultants, as well as M. Escipión OLIVEIRA GÓMEZ, Assistant Secretary-General, Department of Structural Economic Transformation and Trade, OACPS, and COLEACP’s Technical Assistance team. This very interactive session received very positive feedback from the participants. Following the Bootcamp, the entrepreneurs and experts are invited to the #AMI… +Embassy’s Doing Business In Ghana Webinar Series
- 07/06/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Ghana, News
On 26 May The Embassy of Ghana to Belgium launched a new webinar series – “Doing Business In Ghana” – to promote business opportunities. COLEACP is taking part in the first webinar on 16 June at 11 am (CET) – Morag Webb, the Association’s Head of Science and Policy, will discuss “EU Regulations: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures”. H.E Mrs. Sena Siaw-Boateng emphasised that doing business in the EU cannot be “business as usual”, and added that business decisions in current… +Suriname company Surivit receives business e-coaching support
- 29/04/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Caribbean, News
Horticultural processing company Surivit is receiving personal e-coaching from a business expert to help tackle the macro- and micro-economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. Through COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme. Surivit works closely with women’s cooperative Wi! Uma fu Sranan (WUFS), in English “We the women of Suriname”), an organisation that aims to improve the living standards of female producers, to produce cassava flour, baby porridge, cassava pancake mixes and cassava flakes both for local use in Suriname and for… +Caribbean: Business management training on market access
- 13/04/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Caribbean
COLEACP’s latest Business Management and Development training in the Caribbean will focus on “Market access: How to make an informed business decision regarding the market to target”. The four-week training is intended for managers/directors of companies or farmers’ organisations operating in the local informal market, or in an informal way, who want to expand their activities to more formal, high-end (international) markets. Professional associations providing advice on this to their members can also participate. The current group of participants are… +
