Confidence in African Business
Welcome to the Netherlands-African Business Council. We contribute to an Africa that is economically thriving and globally competitive in trade and investment. Our focus is on building consortia with Dutch companies that jointly enter the market, while developing the local private sector with local partners in our 15 focus countries. We do this in close cooperation with our 250 member companies.
Webinars and virtual trade missions
Speeddate with the Offshore Sector
25th of June 2021 | Online
NABC members are invited for an online networking event with members of the IRO (The Association of Dutch Suppliers in t…
Economic growth in Africa
At NABC, we strongly believe that the private sector is the engine for economic growth in Africa. We welcome you to join one of our upcoming business events or trade missions and invite you to become part of the NABC community. Similarly, we also encourage companies from the 54 diverse African nations to explore the benefits of doing business with the Netherlands.
Our focus countries
The NABC has played an instrumental role in developing the ‘Africa Strategy‘ for the Dutch private sector, that was handed over to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in November 2019. The strategy was developed in close cooperation with employers’ federations VNO-NCW and MKB-Nederland and other partners such as FMO, NLinBusiness, DECP and PUM. For the upcoming years, a lot of our efforts will be geared towards consortium building for the 15 focus countries identified in the Africa Strategy to structurally and sustainably strengthen the economic relations with Africa.
Please click on the country of your interest for country specific information, including an overview of the NABC’s past activities. For questions, make sure to reach out to the assigned NABC country specialists.
In addition to endorsing the Africa Strategy, we also carry out a wide range of activities focused on other African countries. The past years, NABC has been particularly active in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, as you can read in our track record.
MATCH: Hiring African Talents
MATCH is a 3-year initiative funded by the European Union (EU) aimed at providing highly skilled talents to private sector companies whose needs for qualified staff cannot be satisfied by on the EU labour market. It connects skilled workers from Nigeria and Senegal to Dutch companies.
Dutch Africa Poultry Platform (DAPP)
The Dutch Africa Poultry Platform (DAPP) is a membership based platform for Dutch companies interested in the African poultry sector. The DAPP enables Dutch companies and knowledge institutions to cooperatively explore the sector and to promote the Dutch poultry sector in Africa.
Impact Cluster Seeds 4 Change (S4C) Nigeria
Since 2019, NABC and six NABC members are implementing a 3-year programme called Seeds for Change (S4C). You can download the brochure here. S4C increases access to improved vegetable seeds (hybrids) and has introduced modern farming techniques to over 100 farmers in Kano, northern Nigeria.
Sustainably Empowering Africa Through Tech
22nd of June 2021
In 5 years’ time, IT outstaffing start-up, Zwarttech, wants to have contributed to the changing narrative of the African continent. By bridging the ga…
The NABC and Africast Have Joined Forces
14th of June 2021
Africast is an Africa centred podcast on culture, relations and history. Episodes focus on the latest African developments and research through insigh…
AgroFair is Bananas about Knowledge Exchange Facilitation
8th of June 2021
When fairtrade pioneer AgroFair started importing bananas to the European continent, its first supplier was from a banana plantation in the east of Gh…