According to US News the best country to have citizenship in is Sweden but when considering not only citizenship but also cultural influence, entrepreneurship, heritage, “movers”, open for business, power and quality of life US News rank Sweden 5th in the World, Germany number 1. This is only one report and there are others that give us better […]
Stockholm welcomes new IT Companies as the economy is stronger than ever before, time to invest!
If you are in IT, software, hardware or services Stockholm and Sweden are the place to be right now. Today Stockholm Chamber of Commerce releases some statistics and the economic indicator for the third quarter of 2016 increased from 100.8 to 102.5. That shows the economy is stronger than normal and is growing more than […]
New partnership for cocoa from Ivory Coast to Scandinavia
B-Open Nordic in Sweden and the African Chamber of Commerce in Scandinavia (ACCS) have join forces in a partnership to represent Farmers Cooperative in the Ivory Coast looking for partners and buyers in the Scandinavian market interested in quality certified cocoa beans. The Ivory Coast, Côte d’Ivoire, is often called the “Jewel of West Africa” […]
It is about ecological and fair traded
We are a business consulting firm and work with international business development. Most of our work have been within high-tech but we also work with traditional retail and agricultural. Next week we will attend Inclusive Business Forum taking place in Stockholm on October 20th. We will listen to people talking about opportunities and challenges in […]
NEW COFFEE INITIATIVE IN EAST AFRICA
Coffee is a very important crop and commodity in East Africa. It is estimated that some 850.000 up to 1 million households in Rwanda and Uganda alone grow coffee and for many of these households coffee is the only source of cash income. The Archbishop of Kampala, Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, have joined forces with […]
Many sustainable opportunities like honey in Africa
As we do business in East Africa we see many interesting business opportunities but also problem for developing different businesses, especially in agricultural and retail sector. Here in Sweden we see we are importing honey that is Fairtrade certified and mixed by different companies so it is not honey from the same source or even […]
Welcome to Uganda, special event in Stockholm for people in tourism and hospitality
On behalf of the Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in the Nordic countries we want to pass on this special invitation. There are exciting and unique travel destinaton and tourism opportunities in Uganda that you need to explore. The Embassy of Uganda in Nordic will arrange a special visit for travel and tour agents […]
The coffee trend in East Africa could create 1 million new jobs in Uganda alone
No doubt is the agricultural sector in many countries in Africa an untapped sector for real economic progress and job creation. When we have been travelling in East Africa (for example) we can see many producers of high quality agricultural products such as coffee, tea, fruit and more that have a hard time to reach […]
Important to follow ICT developments in both East and West Africa
We here in Scandinavia rely a lot on information technology and digital services. It is an important part of your economy and infrastructure. That is also a reason we are leading within R&D and create many new innovations. We here in Scandinavia are very early adapters to new technology but we also need to export […]
Sustainable housing for many, Sweden now build 6 floor high mulihome building all in wooden
Västerås is a nice medium size city in Sweden some 1.5 hour drive from Stockholm. We can today read from a press release that the building company Mimer has today announced they have started to give out keys to the first customers who are ready to move in to Västerås highest wooden houses that have […]