Ratification of NY convention on Arbitration – Starting point for lowering the risks of commercial disputes in Ethiopia
The back side of the coin to all business and trade relations is handling commercial disputes. Africa is today underdeveloped in providing independent third party arbitration and mediation institutions for handling such commercial disputes. This raises the risk premium for doing business with Africa. Developing commercial dispute resolution capacity through chambers of commerce is thus […]
IWEC 2015 successfully hosted by Istanbul Chamber of Commerce
The annual world conference of IWEC, International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge, was successfully hosted by the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce in November. The Istanbul Chamber did a fantastic job in taking the baton from Chamber Trade Sweden, that hosted IWEC 2014 in Stockholm. It was indeed a great victory for IWEC to be held in Istanbul this […]
Nigerian business meet in Sweden
Chamber Trade Sweden hosted, in cooperation with Nido (Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation), a business forum gathering Nigerian business people from all over Europe to meet with possible new business contacts in Sweden. 40 Nigerian businesses met with 10 Swedish companies, mainly from renewable energy, communication and financial solutions’ sectors. The Nigerian market is the largest […]
First ever Nordic Pakistan Business Summit
After two successful Finland-Pakistan Business Summit events held in Islamabad in 2014 and 2015 it is now time to expand the event up to the Nordic Level. Over 300 participants and over 200 companies in total have joined the earlier events and the third one, now Nordic Pakistan Business Summit, is hosted in Lahore on February 7-9, […]
New collaboration in West Balkan
Chamber Trade Sweden visited the leading Women Business Member Organisation in Bosnia Herzegovina, ONE and the Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia Herzegovina in Sarajevo to identify possible partners for capacity building and linking Swedish and West Balkan business networks closer to each other. We also met with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia […]
Chamber Trade Sweden facilitates African first in mediation initiative
Organizations in Africa are, for the first time, joining with counterparts in the US to promote the use of mediation as an appropriate method of dispute settlement. The American Bar Association has celebrated Mediation Week since 2011 and this year mediation bodies, chambers of commerce and other business organizations across Africa will be joining in […]