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Navigating country risk for Norwegian companies in Africa: Rethinking the African business opportunity
Apr
24
Member meeting

Navigating country risk for Norwegian companies in Africa: Rethinking the African business opportunity

NABA members are invited to a member meeting in Oslo with PANGEA-RISK, discussing: 

  • What is the political and economic outlook for key Norwegian investment destinations in Africa? 

  • Will the Red Sea crisis imperil African free trade and supply chain opportunities? 

  • Are African countries still a debt risk or are they investable again?

PANGEA-RISK is a specialist intelligence advisory that provides commercially relevant and actionable analysis and forecasts on political, security, and economic risk in Africa and the Middle East. PANGEA-RISK operates a leading subscription platform on country risk intelligence and is a trusted risk consultancy with a broad network of clients ranging from development finance institutions, banks, funds, traders, corporates, and insurers, to governments, intelligence agencies, and military forces worldwide.

Dr. Robert Besseling

CEO & Founder, PANGEA-RISK

  • Robert founded PANGEA-RISK in 2015 after pursuing a career in political risk forecasting at industry-leading firms in the UK and US. At PANGEA-RISK, Robert leads a team of partners, researchers, and contributing analysts to produce commercially relevant and actionable analysis and forecasts on political, security, and economic risk across emerging markets with a focus on Africa and the Middle East. Robert also retains the lead on many consulting projects for blue chip corporations in a wide variety of sectors.

    Robert is regularly invited to speak at major international conferences on topics such as metals and mining, trade and export finance, and global security matters. He frequently moderates ministerial panels and has interviewed multiple African heads of state and government during his career. He has travelled extensively on the continent and calls Africa his ‘home’.

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The Africa Initiative in Horizon Europe: opportunities for Norwegian companies
Sep
15
Webinar, Member meeting

The Africa Initiative in Horizon Europe: opportunities for Norwegian companies

The EU has launched the largest Research and Innovation program in the world ever, Horizon Europe with a budget of €95.5 billion over seven years. NABA, in cooperation with the Research Council of Norway, is inviting members to an information session on Horizon Europe's Africa Initiative on 15 September 2021.

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