Africa Business Day

AFRICA BUSINESS DAY 2020 GOES VIRTUAL

*Please note that the Swiss-African Business Circle, together with Roche, has taken the decision to hold ABD 2020 virtually due to COVID-19, as this is the safest and best possible way of maintaining the date.

Africa Business Day will be hosted by Roche on 23 October 2020

The Africa Business Day is the indispensable annual platform in Switzerland for doing business in and with Africa. Africa Business Day is organized by the Swiss-African Business Circle under the patronage of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. It brings together around 250 participants including CEOs, members of the Board, business development managers, export managers and investors. During the event, African Embassies/Missions present investment opportunities in their respective countries at country desks in the dedicated virtual exhibition area.

Theme: Emerging Business Models

The theme of AFRICA BUSINESS DAY 2020 is Emerging Business Models. Digitalization, an increasingly shared and collaborative global economy and rapidly changing customer behaviors are changing the nature of business models that define how companies create, distribute and capture value for stakeholders (shareholders, clients, partners etc.). What new and innovative business models are on the horizon? And how will multi-dimensional expectations from stakeholders beyond pure shareholder thinking influence and shape business models going forward?

Keynote Speakers:

Alex Osterwalder, Inventor of the Business Model Canvas, bestselling author, #4 Thinkers50, and Founder of Strategyzer.com
Padraic Ward, Head of Pharma International, Roche
Emilia Chisango, Finance Director, Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited (part of the Econet Group)

A conversation with:

André Hoffmann, Vice Chairman of the Board, Roche Holding Ltd. (Switzerland)

Breakout session topics:

Breakout session 1: Testing & Adapting Business Models
Breakout session 2: Collaborating with (Disruptive) Startups & Managing an Innovation Portfolio
Breakout session 3: Transcending Industry Boundaries to Develop in New Markets

Roche-led sessions:

Session 1 – People Development: Africa as a springboard and magnet for talents
Session 2 – Co-creation with African stakeholders: a case study on forming new partnerships
Session 3 – Innovation in social engagements

Access the full program for 2020 at the following LINK.

The registrations are closed. Please contact Nadja Batista (nb@sabc.ch) for any enquiries.

Sponsors and Partners Africa Business Day 2020

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