The Norwegian Agency for Exchange Cooperation (Norec) is an entity under the Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. We are a centre of competence on international exchange. We finance exchanges of young professionals and volunteers between businesses, NGOs and state entities. The projects are in Norway and 25 countries in Asia, Latin- America and Africa, and is one of the tools of Norwegian Development policy, to give young professionals international work-experience and knowledge of agenda 2030.

Tschudi Group is a Norwegian family-owned company with roots back to 1883. The group builds on its three main commercial competencies; Shipping, Logistics and Offshore Services in order to create joint transport solutions. The group is represented in more than 12 countries, and last year, in the middle of the pandemic Tschudi Group opened their second office in Africa in Maputo, Mozambique. We have talked to Thomas Vestergaard, Managing director of Tschudi Mozambique regarding the companies business venture in Africa.