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private sector development programs. Usually these are attended by 6 to 12 NABC members and sometimes non-members. Members pay their own ticket to the country and accommodation, NABC arranges local transport. To attend the program is free of charge. The NABC organizes a program for a couple of days to a week with again some company visits and meetings at some government institutes. Of course there are the infamous matchmaking sessions and some time for leisure which is part of the
African business life.
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Member companies get support with regards to questions and problems that may arise when business is done with
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per year to and from Africa covering different sectors and countries. There are the incoming trade missions where delegates from a country come to the
Netherlands for usually a couple of days to a week. The outgoing trade missions are usually subsidized by the CPA program in corporation with the
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Business Summit Netherlands-African 2010 on 3 November on ‘How to improve your Africa strategy’. Two hundred participants attended this conference which is the first of its kind covering African business opportunities. Many of NABC's African members flew over just to
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and other Dutch companies in 1946. The NABC celebrated their 70th year anniversary in 2016. The
Netherlands-African Business Council in 2023 had nearly 250 members, both Dutch and African. The NABC has contacts and a wide database within the Netherlands and covers all countries in Africa.
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attend this event. The summit was a full day program in Castle The
Wittenberg in Wassenaar (close to The Hague) with 5 workshops and 15 speakers of big Dutch firms that have been active in Africa for a long time. Speakers were present from companies such as
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NABC had six board members in 2023. The NABC board members have many years of experience in doing business with Africa. NABC shares these expertise with member companies both in the
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