Today we was invited by Ambassador Merga Bekana representing Ethiopia to meet him and First Secretary Abayneh Ayalew Gelaneh at the Embassy of Ethiopia in Stockholm to introduce my company B-Open Nordic and the services we offer within management and business development. We had a great talk about Ethiopia, development in the African Horn and […]
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 […]
EAC Business & Investment Forum 2018
There is a lot of business opportunity developing in East Africa and elsewhere in Africa and we will now in March attend the EAC Business & Investment Forum 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda. This is a conference arranged by the Swedish-East Africa Chamber of Commerce (SWEACC) together with East African Community Embassies in Nordic; Kenya, Rwanda, […]
AFCA Taste of Harvest comes to Scandinavia
The world’s best coffee comes perhaps from Africa and now you get the chance to sample the absolute best East African coffee the African Fine Coffee Association (AFCA) have to offer this year. AFCA will visit Scandinavia with their Taste of Harvest, a business and cupping event that focus on quality coffee from East Africa […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Like to work with coffee in Scandinavia?
Want to help us sell and promote African Fine Coffee from East Africa in Scandinavia? We have entered a partnership with coffee producers in Uganda but plan to extend this work with others in East Africa as well. This is a project in progress and we have just started our sample introduction and customer engagement […]