#West Africa Connect: #Hybrid matchmaking: #mango, #cassava and ICT suppliers meet buyers

-




Hybrid matchmaking: mango, cassava and ICT suppliers meet buyers


Sep 9, 2022


On September 20 and 21, 2022, West Africa Connect brings industry representatives from the mango, cassava, and ICT service sectors together in a hybrid format from Accra, Ghana. With financial support from the European Union (EU), the event will connect more than 160 suppliers from 16 West African countries with more than 20 buyers from West Africa and other regions.


West Africa Connect 2022 will be held as a hybrid event on the 20th and 21st of September in Accra, Ghana and online. The event is open to many international visitors. During the event, West African suppliers will showcase their products and attendees can also learn more about the valuable solutions the West African ICT services sector offers. The event's opening ceremony will welcome high-level representatives from the ECOWAS Commission, the UEMOA Commission, and the ECOWAS Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) Network.


Many participants expressed their interest in the matchmaking platform. All attendees can identify "best matches" and meet physically or virtually with new business contacts. 299 B2B matches already have been identified and this number will increase as the event date is getting closer. The event will also include live and interactive seminars for participants and industry experts will cover topics about, among other things:


Exporting West African mango and cassava products: opportunities and challengesApplying digital technologies to modernize agribusiness in West AfricaQuality standards and requirements for mango and cassava products to connect with regional and international value chainsThe rewards of social and Fairtrade certifications to access ECOWAS and international markets


About West Africa Connect

It is expected that West Africa Connect will facilitate linkages between mango, cassava and ICT value chains actors, establish new and durable business partnerships and increase commercial transactions, therefore ensuring the sustainability of the regional value chains in West Africa.


West Africa Connect is implemented as part of the West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP). The WACOMP is funded by the European Union and aims to strengthen the competitiveness of the West Africa region and enhance the integration of ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania into the regional and international trading system. The WACOMP is led by the ECOWAS Commission, in collaboration with the UEMOA Commission and implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the International Trade Centre (ITC), which are the implementing agencies of the regional component of the WACOMP.


source: https://westafricaconnect.com/hybrid-matchmaking-mango-cassava-and-ict-suppliers-meet-buyers/


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

#EVENT: Three-Day Workshop on ECOWAS’ Free Movement & Regional Mechanism Opens in Accra

-
Image
Three-Day Workshop on ECOWAS' Free Movement & Regional Mechanism Opens in Accra By E.K.Bensah Jr Not many people know this, but apart from Nigeria hosting the ECOWAS Commission, Parliament; and Community Court of Justice, other member States of ECOWAS host other institutions. In fact, relatively well-distributed is the hosting that almost every member State of Ecowas hosts an Ecowas institution. Cote d'Ivoire is home to the ECOWAS Regional Monitoring Mechanism for the Free Movement of Inter-State Passenger Vehicles, Persons and Goods within ECOWAS . Established in conformity with the 1993 Revised Treaty of ECOWAS; the 1979 Protocol on Free Movement of Persons, Right of Residence and Establishment; 1985 Protocol of the Code of Conduct for the Implementation of the 1979 Protocol; 1985 Decision of Heads of State and Government instituting a travel document and the 45th Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government held in 2014 adopting the Biometric ID Card, the Mechanism ...
Read more

NEW #IDEP COURSE: #Migration Policy, #Free Movement and Regional Integration in Africa

-
Image
The United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (UN-IDEP) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have launched an online course on: " Migration Policy, Free Movement and Regional Integration in Africa " from 14th November 2022. The course aims to guide middle and senior level policymakers in Regional Economic Communities (RECs); Public Policymakers from National Governments; Stakeholders representing National and Regional Civil Society Organizations on the formulation of national and regional migration policies that will enhance regional integration and actively contribute to the implementation of countries' development strategies and international agreements in the area of migration. It will provide participants with the required knowledge and the appropriate tools to develop coherent migration policies at local, country, regional, cross-regional and continental levels. For further details, please find attached the announcement,...
Read more

NEWS: DIDIGU named interim executive director for ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority

-
Image
The ECOWAS Commission has announced the appointment of Mrs. Henrietta Uzoamaka Didigu, as the first Executive Director of the ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority (ERCA). According to a statement by the ECOWAS Commission on Monday in Abuja, the appointment, which is at the instance of the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, is for an interim period of 12 months, allowing the appointee to undertake crucial establishment activities that would lead to the full operationalization of ERCA in the shortest possible time. Prior to her appointment, Didigu, was the Technical Adviser on Institutional Reform to the President of the Commission. She brings on board, over 28 years' experience in regional integration and chaired, during the period, numerous high level negotiation missions, meetings and projects for country and region. Before joining the Commission in 2000, Didigu, who holds a Master's Degree in Law (LLM) from the prestigious Duke University of Law, N...
Read more