EU - SUB SAHARAN AFRICA EVENT

18 - 19 SEPTEMBER 2015

The European Commission – the Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMES organised a focused event on EU-Sub Saharan Africa with 362 European and African companies, clusters and Institutions.

The event allowed participants to get information on the European Commission tools supporting SMEs and the business relations between Europe and Sub Saharan Africa. To download the presentations please visit the page "Program".

More than 700 Business Meetings took place among African and European companies as occasion to discuss concrete cooperation projects in business, technology transfer and research.

Results Achieved

Participants	362
- European	182
- African	180
Participating Countries	30
B2B	711
General Satisfaction Rate	88%
No. of partnership agreements (after 3 months)	18
No. of ongoing negotiations (after 3 months)	152
Rate of outcomes on B2B	51%

Participants

58% SMEs
12& Large Companies
3% Clusters
2% Research Centers
23% BSOs and Institutions

Involved African Countries

Central Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of Congo
East Africa: Burundi, Comoros, Djibuti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
Southern Africa: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Sao Tome and Principe, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Sectors of the B2B Meetings

Agro-food manufacturing, food security, safety and quality control, food traceability, food conservation and shelf life
Health biotechnology
Water technologies, space application to agriculture, environmental management
Energy production, renewable energies
Other topics relevant to the thematic focus of the brokerage event