Sweacc - Swedish East African Chamber of Commerce

04/05/2026

Welcome to Sweden, H.E. Ambassador Swahiba Mndeme, we look forward working with you.🥳🤝🙏

04/05/2026

New partnership in East Africa. The Swedish East African Chamber of Commerce (SWEACC) have signed an MOU with the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations (ECCSA). This agreement was signed by SWEACC Chair Mr Joachim Davidsson and Dr Aynalem Abayneh, Vice President for ECCSA. The signing ceremony was overseen by Hampus Holmer, Second secretary, Political Affairs and Trade at the Swedish Embassy in Addis Ababa and members from SWEACC and ECCSA.

This will be the starting point of a new relationship focused on business and partnerships between Sweden and Ethiopia. This is a very interesting market as Ethiopia offers access to one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, featuring well over 120 million people, a competitive young workforce, a government that is currently working hard on political reforms, privatization of state operations, and a country that will host Cop32 next year in 2027. We see alot of business and investment opportunities between Sweden and Ethiopia and look forward to a long term partnership with ECCSA.

Welcome to reach out to SWEACC to talk about Africa, East Africa and why not Ethiopia. You can reach us by info@sweacc.se

22/04/2026

Sharing some snap shots from the Ethiopia EU Business Forum that took place from April 20 to today April 22nd in Addis Ababa. Some 550 people attending and it was nice to see so many Europeans here, wish perhaps more Swedish. Beside interesting match-making during these 3 days it was interesting seminars about Ethiopia’s digital future, new energy solutions, business facilitation, supply chains in Africa’s Horn, strengthening health systems, new solutions for capital market development and much more. For sure there are a lot of interesting things developing in Ethiopia.

It was also a change for EU member states to showcase themselves and engage in business match-making and we took part in many interesting meetings. Time for Team Europe to shine! We finish with field visit to EthioFrench CreaTech forum for digital creative companies and innovative startups. This was one of many field visits offered but we wanted to know more about ICT and creative skillset development in Ethiopia. Perhaps we can find ways for Sweden and Ethiopia to work together in knowledge driven business? This is a topic we will talk about further.

Keep in touch for news about East Africa, including Ethiopia.

15/04/2026

This evening SWEACC attended Founders Dinner arranged by Founders Alliance at the Ethiopian restaurant Ethiostar in Stockholm. This was a gathering of Founders Alliance members to introduce them to Ethiopia and Kenya before a group member trip in October. SWEACC Deputy Heaven Bereket in picture with H.E. Ambassador Mehreteab Mulugeta, representing Ethiopia here in Scandinavia and Ambassador Mulugeta also gave us an introduction how to eat Ethiopian style food in the proper way.

Next stop for SWEACC is the Ethiopia EU Business Forum next week in Addis Ababa and we hope to have many interesting news to bring to our members in Sweden.

Thank you to Niclas Carlsson and the rest of Founders Alliance for inviting us and we at SWEACC look forward working with your members for new business and partnerships in Ethiopia and East Africa

15/04/2026

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10/04/2026

Calls for Uganda now open:

09/04/2026

Want to join us at the Swedish East African Chamber of Commerce (SWEACC)? Welcome, these are truly exciting times for Africa. We are firm believers that Swedish companies should better understand and access to the opportunities that are emerging in Africa, and right now in East Africa. For us last year's milestone was the Ethiopia Sweden Business Forum. This was a joint effort and partnership between SWEACC together with the Ethiopian Embassy in Sweden, the Swedish Embassy in Ethiopia, and Business Sweden organized the Ethiopia Sweden Business Forum 2025.

Now in April we keep the momentum going!

The momentum must not be lost so SWEACC returns to Ethiopia for the Ethiopian EU Business Forum 2026, and we want to meet you there. If you are curious about the opportunities, projects, partnerships we are building and the conversations we are part of please reach out to us today and we will make time to connect in Addis Ababa. Contact us by info@sweacc.se

Then we are back for a hectic May.

We have a hectic month in May. We have partner up with Though Leader /Intro Africa for the Nordic Africa EV Summit, in Oslo. We will arrange a Sweden-Kenya Diaspora network event and we will also arrange a Green City cluster event all of you interested in sustainable business.

Join our momentum for Sweden and East Africa, join us at SWEACC. You can reach us as email info@sweacc.se

09/04/2026

Some news from Uganda, sustainable transport and railway projects in East Africa is "hot topic" right now:

🌍 Keeping risk management on track in Uganda What does it take to keep environment and social risk management on track for the Standard Gauge Railway project in Uganda? 🛤️ Alongside the main train track, auxiliary facilities such as sleeper factory, campsite for construction workers, marshal...

02/04/2026

The Swedish Energy Agency’s will arrange a delegation trip with Business Sweden to Kenya and Uganda. They are doing this in partnership with SIDA, UNIDO, Glofin Advisory and our Embassies in Kenya and Uganda. If you are an Energy Company in Sweden and want to know more about opportunites in East Africa this can be something for your, read more here

https://www.energimyndigheten.se/utlysningar/utforska-affarsmojligheter-i-kenya-och-uganda/

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31/03/2026

As Chair for the Swedish East African Chamber of Commerce (SWEACC) I will attend the EU Ethiopia Business Forum in Addis Ababa, will I see you there? SWEACC was founded in November 2010 as a true non-profit organization to promote business and investment between Sweden and the East Africa. Our strategy today is to promote business and partnerships and out motto is “growth and knowledge through collaboration”.

I am interested in all possible partnership between Sweden and Ethiopia, and rest of East Africa. I am especially interested in cleantech (sustainable business), healthcare (Smart Healthcare), impact projects, and information technology (including AI data centres). We think we can create new business partnerships within those fields of business.

If you want to meet me and hear more about SWEACC, reach out to my e-mail chairman@sweacc.se. See you in Addis Ababa! Joachim Davidsson, Chair

26/03/2026

Final reminder for the EU-Ethiopia Business Forum on April 20-23 — deadline is Tuesday March 31!

Do not miss this chance to find new business and partnerships in Ethiopia. This is one of the top five economies in Africa and Ethiopia's GDP growth is close to 8%. SWEACC will be attending, will you?

Register here: https://community.eu-africabusinessforum.eu/event/eu-ethiopia-business-forum

EU–Ethiopia Business Forum 2026: Unlocking the Global Gateway PotentialThe EU–Ethiopia Business Forum (EEBF) will spotlight Ethiopia’s economic opportunities and demonstrate how the European Union and its Member States can strengthen their partnership with the country under the Global Gateway ...

19/03/2026

Sustainable business is where we as a Chamber see most success from Sweden in East Africa so this is good news coming out of Kenya:

We are proud to announce a landmark partnership between the Sweden and I&M Bank Ltd, advancing green transition financing in Kenya. Through a Green Finance Risk-Sharing Guarantee, this collaboration unlocks up to USD 30 million in green lending to support climate-aligned projects and accelerate Keny...