Mr Joachim Davidsson (CEO B-Open Nordic) was elected Chair of the Board for the Swedish East African Chamber of Commerce (SWEACC) during this year’s Annual General Meeting and he will replace Mr Jan Furuvald whom hold this position since 2015. B-Open Nordic have been member of SWEACC for many years and we see alot of […]
We are looking for business and investment opportunties
We are looking for new business and investment opportunities or projects. We are a business consulting firm in Sweden that focus on management and international business development. We also sometimes invest our time, resources and capital in special projects and you are welcome to present interesting business and investment opportunities to us. We here in […]
We are looking for new assignment in Africa
Many markets and economiss in Africa are growing fast but are you on the ground selling your products and Services. Are you looking for someone who can help you develop your new product, or perhaps your own business in Africa? Please contact us today for we have many years of experience developing businesses, particularly in […]
Unicef Innovation, another good model for social entrepreneurship
We can read about UNICEF Venture Capital Fund last week that will help identify and develop innovations that benefit children in developing countries. It is called UNICEF Innovation and has made some interesting investments already such as 9needs (South Africa), Mpower (Bangladesh), Innovation for Poverty Alleviation Lab (Pakistan) and Chatterbox (Cambodia). Right now UNICEF Innovation […]
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 […]
ICT & Healthcare opportunities in Africa
We here in Scandinavia have many interesting and innovative companies offering IT and healthcare solutions, sometimes in the form of medical devices or digital solutions, so called D-Health solution. Africa is developing fast but also face healthcare challenges. As we have travelled in both South East Asia and in Africa we can see needs for more […]
Mobiles and broadband boom in Africa
Mobile phone sales and access to mobile broadband and internet are really booming and growing in a very rapid rate in many parts of Africa. Today we can read in New Times Rwanda that mobile phone subscribers in June went up to 8.9 million users of a population of close to 12 million. TIGO (part […]
Middle East and Africa computer sales down, but Africa still show great potential
IDC just released figures that the PC market in Middle East and Africa suffered an almost 29% drop on a one-year sales based on figures from the final quarter of 2015. Shipments dropped for the third consecutive quarter but that does not mean all sales in every part of Middle East and Africa was and […]
Can you master growth and challenges in Africa?
The business environment in Africa is considered by many entrepreneurs in Scandinavia hard and difficult to navigate. Hence, the need for help and advice for foreign entrepreneurs is greater than in many other places. This might be good news for a consulting company like ours but we do not agree with all the difficulties. It […]
Right time to invest in Africa
We are a consulting firm in Sweden working with international business development. We have experience from ICT, agricultural, retail, tourism, manufacturing, healthcare and cleantech projects. Most of our work is helping foreign companies establish and grow in Scandinavia, but we also help companies establish and grow in growing markets such as Sub-Saharan Africa. We can […]