BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20220627T060000Z DTEND:20220627T070000Z RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20220701T070000Z LOCATION:Grand Nile Tower TRANSP: OPAQUE SEQUENCE:0 UID: DTSTAMP:20240328T183323Z SUMMARY:The African Union Annual Small and Medium Enterprises Forum DESCRIPTION:MEDIA ADVISORY\nTHE AFRICAN UNION ANNUAL SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES FORUM\n \nINVITATION TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA\nWhat: The African Union Annual Small and Medium Enterprises Forum under the theme: “Powering industrialization through SMEs, Women and Youth Entrepreneurs for inclusive development”\nWho: The Department of Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry, and Minerals (ETTIM) of the African Union Commission, is organising the first annual SME Forum in collaboration with the Africa Business Council and All-African Association for SMEs (AAASME).\nHighlights:\n\nLaunch of the African SME Development Partnership Platform.\nUnveiling of the Enterprise Africa Network (EAN).\nAfrican Congress for SMEs, Women and Youth Entrepreneurs.\nWomen Awards Gala.\n\n\nTo register online press HERE \n \nObjectives of the Forum\n\nThe main objective of the first Africa SME Annual Forum is to promote, upskill and strategize for a better, more inclusive African SME sector to realize Africa’s Industrialization in the context of the integrated market.\nThe specific objectives of the forum will be to:\nCelebrate the Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day\nProvide SME support by providing training in Quality Infrastructure, Intellectual Property Rights, access to Finance and Access to Market specially e-commerce.\nPromote policies for the development and growth of SMEs in Africa;\nAdvocate for the domestication and implementation of the AU SME Policies and Strategies;\nPresent Enterprise Africa Network;\n\nExpected Outcomes:\n\nThe Event will have four major outcomes, namely:\nImprove the capacity of SMEs, and Start-ups, on Quality Infrastructure, Intellectual Property Rights, access to finance, and e-commerce;\nEstablish a continuous platform for policymakers and high-level participants from the private sector to interact on the technical aspects of the development of SMEs and Start-ups, share knowledge and provide best practices for SME growth and development.\nEstablish a regional and continental collaboration between the private sector and public institutions on industrial research, technology, innovation, and improved support to SMEs.\nPresent the Enterprise African Network to the SMEs, Start-ups, and all the participants.\n\nMedia representatives are invited to cover the opening ceremony of the African Union Annual Small and Medium Enterprises Forum\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
MEDIA ADVISORY
\nTHE AFRICAN UNION ANNUAL SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES FORUM
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INVITATION TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
\nWhat: The African Union Annual Small and Medium Enterprises Forum under the theme: “Powering industrialization through SMEs, Women and Youth Entrepreneurs for inclusive development”
Who: The Department of Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry, and Minerals (ETTIM) of the African Union Commission, is organising the first annual SME Forum in collaboration with the Africa Business Council and All-African Association for SMEs (AAASME).
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\nTo register online press HERE
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Objectives of the Forum
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\nMedia representatives are invited to cover the opening ceremony of the African Union Annual Small and Medium Enterprises Forum
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