Participating at the NABC Ambassador Dinner 2022

NABC Ambassador Dinner 2022

The Netherlands-African Business Council (NABC) is the premier trade and investment facilitation organization in the Netherlands for Africa. The NABC believes that the Dutch private sector plays an important role in the sustainable development of the African continent. NABC’s mission is therefore, to inform, inspire, catalyze, and connect businesses with Africa’s prospects and to assist businesses in making confident decisions regarding when, where, and how to conduct business in Africa.

The NABC Event

On the 24th of November, the Export team joined NABC’s annual Ambassador dinner at the Kasteel de Wittenburg in Wassenaar. After listening to some speeches from NABC and Netflix Africa, we got into the one-on-one sessions; those were with the 26 African embassies who were present. Before, participants could already choose three embassies they wanted to talk to. In our case, that was, amongst others, Botswana, Uganda, Ghana and Egypt. It was interesting to engage with all the different county representatives as well as see familiar faces again from the other events we joined. 

Doing Business in Africa Award

Later on, there was the DBA award ceremony. The three finalists were Syngenta, Tunga and Signature. Tunga was, in the end, awarded the Doing Business in Africa (DBA) price.  The night ended with a 3-course meal dinner, and seats were assigned in order to network with other participants and ambassadors. The event was successful. We made some new connections, met previously made contacts and enjoyed ourselves.