NABA’s annual Summit took place last week as the virtual Nordic-African Business Webcast, with a record number of African delegates. 50 distinguished speakers, including CEOs, politicians and sector experts, took part in more than 17 sessions focusing on how African – Nordic business communities best can re-connect, re-engage and recalibrate business strategies.

As these lines are put on paper, the world is fighting a global pandemic, and African economies will be hard hit. In a year where the African Continental Free Trade Area – the world’s second largest trade agreement - was supposed to kick-off 1st of July, the African continent will rather see most economies slide into recession, for the first time in 25 years. This will affect most members operating in African markets.

NABA’s advisory board member, Mr. Erik Solheim, published this article in newspaper VG on Monday 11th of May 2020.