The African Union Annual Small and Medium Enterprises Forum is Coming to Cairo

The African Union Annual Small and Medium Enterprises is coming to Cairo!

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).

The African Union Annual Small and Medium Enterprises Forum is under the theme: “Powering industrialization through SMEs, Women and Youth Entrepreneurs for inclusive development”.

The 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.

The Event will have four major outcomes:

• Improve the capacity of SMEs, and Start-ups, on Quality Infrastructure, Intellectual Property Rights, access to finance, and e-commerce;
• Establish 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.
• Establish a regional and continental collaboration between the private sector and public institutions on industrial research, technology, innovation, and improved support to SMEs.
• Present the Enterprise African Network to the SMEs, Start-ups, and all the participants.

The event will be held in Grand Nile Tower, Cairo, Egypt, From 27 June- 1 July 2022.

For more details, please visit:
The African Union Annual Small and Medium Enterprises Forum