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Description<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n NABC in cooperation with\u00a0the Ethiopian Embassy in Brussels invites you to the\u00a0\u2018Invest in Ethiopia Forum\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0Wednesday, April 4th\u00a0at the\u00a0Malietoren\u00a0<\/a>in The Hague. The Forum seeks\u00a0to inform and inspire the Dutch business community about opportunities in Ethiopia,\u00a0Africa’s\u00a0fastest growing economy.\u00a0It focuses specifically\u00a0on investment opportunities abound\u00a0in the country’s\u00a0Indus<\/strong>trial Parks\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0integrated Agro-Industrial parks.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Representatives from the Industrial Parks will explain the benefits of setting up a business in the park, which include tax holidays, affordable electricity, competitive labour costs and a\u00a0one-stop shop\u00a0for everything foreign companies need. International fashion brands like\u00a0Tommy\u00a0Hilfiger and Calvin Klein\u00a0<\/strong>have already set up production\u00a0factories on such Industrial Parks. Equally, Dutch agro-processing company\u00a0Moyee Coffee<\/strong>\u00a0has set-up manufacturing operations in the country.<\/p>\n Dutch investors and financial institutions, such as the Dutch Good Growth Fund, RVO, FMO, ING\u00a0and Rabobank, will be present to tackle the component\u00a0of access to finance, with European businesses active in Ethiopia sharing their experiences with us.<\/p>\n Priority sectors of this event are:<\/p>\n Mid\/High-level companies, interested in setting up a business in an Industrial Park are warmly welcomed.\u00a0NABC\u2019s Arne Doornebal visited the Hawassa Industrial Park in 2017 and wrote\u00a0this article<\/a>\u00a0about it in NABC Magazine.<\/p>\n Register now<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 13:00\u00a0<\/strong>Walk-in and registration<\/p>\n 13:30<\/strong>\u00a0Word of welcome. By\u00a0HE Teshome Toga,<\/strong>\u00a0the Ambassador of Ethiopia and NABC<\/p>\n 13:50\u00a0<\/strong>Doing Business in Ethiopia. By officials from Ethiopia<\/p>\n 14:15<\/strong>\u00a0European entrepreneurs about doing business in Ethiopia:<\/p>\n – Thierry Viale, General Manager, Growth Market Divisions, Ontex Global\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n –\u00a0Guido van Staveren van Dijk, Founder, Moyee Coffee<\/strong><\/p>\n 15:00\u00a0<\/strong>Introduction of investors an financial institutions: Dutch Good Growth Fund, RVO, FMO, ING, &\u00a0<\/strong>Rabobank<\/strong><\/p>\n 15:15\u00a0<\/strong>Coffee break<\/p>\n 15:30\u00a0<\/strong>Roundtables<\/p>\n Roundtable 1.\u00a0<\/strong>General information on Ethiopian Investment Opportunities and incentives, priority sectors, Industrial Parks and Integrated Agro-Industrial Parks and specific information to Hawassa, Bole Lemi, Kilinto and Areti Industrial Parks<\/p>\n Roundtable 2.\u00a0<\/strong>General information on Ethiopian Investment Opportunities and incentives, priority sectors, Industrial Parks and Integrated Agro-Industrial Parks and specific information on Kombolcha, Makele, Adama, Dire Dawa and Debrebirhan Industrial Parks<\/p>\n 16:30\u00a0<\/strong>Follow-up one on one meetings between financial institutions, entrepreneurs,\u00a0the Ethiopian Industrial Parks Development Corporation and officials of the\u00a0Ethiopian embassy.<\/p>\n 17:15<\/strong>\u00a0Closing remarks<\/p>\n 17:30<\/strong>\u00a0Networking opportunity<\/p>\n\n
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