India africa trade council - Latest News Update, Information, Photos & Videos on India africa trade council at Lokmat Times

India Africa Trade Council was inaugurated in Hotel Crowne Plaza, Chennai for building up business relations between both the countries of India and African Region.The India Africa Trade Council was inaugurated by the Additional Secretary (Africa) Ambassador Nagma Mallick (IFS) Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India and the Ambassador of Ethiopia in India Dr Tizita Mulugeta Yimam. There is a huge interest in India as Africa is an emerging region having a great scope for multilateral business opportunities.India Africa Trade council will open 13 Trade offices in Major Metro cities of India to facilitate Indian Businessmen wanting to do Trade in African countries. These offices are expected to work directly with embassies in Delhi and bring opportunities to places like Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad."Africa will be at the top of our priorities as per the Prime Minister's Vision, through the council we will continue to intensify and deepen our engagement with Africa which will be sustained and regular. Our development partnerships will be guided by Africa's priorities. and we will build as much local capacity and create as many local opportunities as possible. We will bring the South Indian market closer and make it easier and more attractive to trade with Africa. We will support our Industries to collaborate with African compes," said the President of the Indian Economic Trade Orgzation (IETO) Dr Asif Iqbal during the Inauguration."My goal is to build stronger multilateral relations and reach new heights between Tamilnadu compes and the African region which is a huge market and I will be focussing on the COMESA region that comprises 19 countries especially South and East Africa with a huge NRI population and we will explore the opportunities in a structured manner before the Africa Free Trade Zone is started," said B Ramakrishan, Founder of Corporate Clinic in Chennai who is appointed as the Director of the India Africa Trade Council. Letter of Appointment was presented by the Additional Secretary (Africa) and the Ambassador of Ethiopia during the Reception Ceremony in Chennai.There was also a round table meeting that has been orgzed by the council in Chennai with participation from Indian compes doing business in Africa.A 30-member delegation from South India of the India Africa Trade Council will visit COMESA region of Ethiopia, Djibouti, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia in the month of April 2021 and various MOUs in Health sector, Skill development, Agriculture are expected to be signed with various compes and orgzations in this region.The following program are planned for the India Africa Trade Council:* Establish the India Africa Film Commission for identifying opportunities in Film shootings for Bollywood and South India film Industry by Mr. Wali Kashvi.* Meetings to discuss the possible collaboration and purchase of 500 cars for Djibouti from India company Tata Motors.* Monthly Round Table to be conducted with focus on different countries of Africa every month in Chennai with the support of Embassies in New Delhi for better cooperation which will be chaired by joint meeting of entrepreneurs and Embassy* Launching of Africa Special Economic Zone in Kolar on 100 acres land parcel for collaboration with Africa compes.Africa is keen to improve it's multilateral relations with India especially in the area of capacity building with orgzations like COMESA, ECOWAS, WAEMU, SADC and SAHEL. Indian Govt extends Credit lines for african countries in areas of education, skill development, healthcare, agriculture and regular talks are held between Indian and African governments."Ethiopia's relations with India date back several centuries and its relationship with India is directed by the historicity of their interactions - the century-old trade partnerships and socio-cultural linkages. We want to elevate our ties to the next level. We want to elevate our bilateral partnership; we can come to an agreement that we can elevate it to the level of strategic partnership. We want to have a dynamic and fruitful dialogue on bilateral and regional levels," said the Ethiopian Ambassador Dr. Tizita Mulugeta Yimam.* Dr. Tizita Mulugeta Yimam, Ambassador of Ethiopia in India* Dr. B. Ramakrishnan (BRK) - CEO of Corporate Clinic in Chennai* Dr. Asif Iqbal - President of the Indian Economic Trade Orgzation* Chris Pohl - Vice Chairman of the India Africa Trade Council* Nagma Malick - Additional Secretary(Africa) Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India.This story is provided by NewsVoir. will not be responsible in any way for the content of this article. (/NewsVoir)( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

India Africa Trade CouncilFOLLOW

India africa trade council, Latest News

World Pulses Day 2023 was celebrated on the 10th of February in Hotel Alisa by the India Africa Trade Council in Accra with the collaboration and support of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Indian High Commission in Accra to accelerate the trade r ...

New Delhi, July 21: A diplomatic dinner evening was hosted by Shri. Anuj Kumar Agarwal Trade Commissioner East African Community (EAC), ... ...

July 12: India Africa Trade Council’s Dr. Shrenik J. Nahar has been awarded for his best contribution to promoting ... ...

On April 7, 2022, the India Africa Trade Council jointly with the High Commission of Rwanda in New Delhi organized physically the Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The Commemoration was attended by an estimate of 150 peo ...

The India Africa Trade Council organized the India Namibia Summit which was attended by the Business community in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. ...

Recently Anuj Agarwal, Promoter of Hydrise Group and also the Trade Commissioner of Tanzania (India Africa Trade Council) expanded the portfolio of Hydrise Group of companies. Under his guidance, two new companies i.e. Hydrise Agro Pvt Ltd. and Hydri ...

India Africa Trade Council was inaugurated in Hotel Crowne Plaza, Chennai for building up business relations between both the countries of India and African Region. ...