ACCESS! for African Businesswomen in International Trade
About ACCESS!
Overview
PACT
ACCESS! Focal Points
African businesswomen need ACCESS! Access to markets, access to training, and access to information and support.
This programme is for you, the African woman entrepreneur, if you have already attained a fair level of management competence and are an actual, emerging or potential exporter. By building your international trade skills, helping you to explore new frontiers, and providing access to practical advice and guidance, your chances for success will be greatly enhanced.
Training
A series of workshops introduces participants to the basic knowledge they need to do business in other markets.
Workshops are available in a variety of formats, depending on the country's implementation strategy.
For general information on ACCESS! training.
For information on ACCESS Training in your country, contact the ACCESS! Focal Point.
Mentoring
Selected workshop participants will have access to expert advice and guidance resulting in help with export plans, developing export price lists, or getting connected to sources of assistance. It is through practical application with real-life situations that women entrepreneurs learn best.
Dozens of practical exercises have been developed for use by women exporters to help them prepare themselves and their organizations for the world of international trade. These exercises can be used during ACCESS! workshops, during mentoring sessions with trainers or other professionals, or with the entrepreneur's management team.
On the Web
The ACCESS! web portal WomenExporters.com will be the most comprehensive source of export information, tools and assistance for African businesswomen pursuing international markets. The site will also provide an opportunity for companies to register their profiles and to promote their company’s capabilities online.
ACCESS! for African Businesswomen in International Trade is a regional technical assistance programme, executed by the International Trade Centre Geneva, and Trade Facilitation Office Canada, as part of their joint Programme for Building African Capacity for Trade (see below) funded by the Canadian International Development Agency.
The ACCESS! programme is available in five English-speaking countries - Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and four French-speaking countries - Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali and Senegal. ACCESS! is implemented locally in partnership with trade promotion organisations and other support institutions that have been selected as “ACCESS! Focal Points”.
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PACCIA/PACT - ‘Programme for building African Capacity for Trade’ –
PACT is a joint programme of the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC), in Geneva, and Trade Facilitation Office Canada (TFOC) of Ottawa, Canada. Funding is provided by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) under the Canada Fund for Africa.
Announced by the Government of Canada, at the Kananaskis G-8 summit, in 2002, the mandate of PACCIA/PACT is to “improve the capacity of African enterprises to do business internationally and promote their exports”.
This programme will help African countries expand their participation in the international marketplace, through targeted technical assistance projects, focusing particularly on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their support institutions.
For more information, go to International Trade Centre or Trade Facilitation Office Canada.
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Center for African Women Economic Empowerment (CAWEE)
Mrs. Nigest Haile, Executive Director
Near International Evangelical Church, Emwedesh Building, P.O.Box 41293
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
tel: (Res)+251 1 492641/ (Mobile) +251-09-402957/ Off: 206065-66
E-mail: africanwomencenter@yahoo.com
Federation of Associations of Ghanaian Exporters (FAGE)
Mr. Adongo, Executive Director
91, Achimota cantonments Road, P.O. Box M124, Accra, Ghana
Tel: (233) 21 766 176; 21 766 846; 21 767 257
Fax: (233) 21-222-038;
Email: fage@ighmail.com
ACCESS! South AfricaNAFCOC/JCCI
Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Ms. Joan Warburton-McBride
6th Floor JCC House
Cnr Empire Road and owl Street
Milpark Johannesburg 2001
Private Bag 34
Auckland Park 2006 South Africa
Tel: 27 11 726 5300 Fax: 2711 482 6514 joan@nafcocjcci.co.za
ACCESS! TanzaniaWomen Enterprise Development (WED)
Mrs. Happiness Mchomvu (AFP), SIDO/Women Entrepreneurship Department, Coordinator
Mfaume /Fire Road, Upanga
P.O.Box 2476
Dar es Salaam
email: wed@sido.go.tz
Tel: 255 22 215 1383 fax: 255 744 267556
ACCESS! UgandaUWEAL,Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association (UWEAL)
Ms. Juliet Nazziwa Musoke (Executive Director)
P.O. Box 10002, Kampala, Uganda
Plot 38 Lumumba Avenue
Tel. 256-41-343952
Mob: 256-77-511760 (Juliet Muoke)
Fax 256-41-257177
uweal@enterprise.co.ug
http://www.wougnet.org/Profiles/uweal.html
ACCESS! Burkina Faso
Maison de l’Entreprise du Burkina Faso (MEBF)
Mme Eléonore Kyelem
132, avenue de Lyon
11 BP 379 Ouagadougou 11 Burkina Faso
Tél (226) 50 39 80 60/61
Fax (226) 50 39 80 62
E - mail : info@mebf-guichet.org
Site web : www.mebf-guichet.org
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Groupement Inter-Patronal du Cameroun (GICAM)
M. Martin ABEGA
Secrétaire Exécutif
B.P 829 Douala
Tél : (237) 342 31 41 ou (237) 342 64 99
Fax : (237) 342 45 91
E-mail : martinabega@yahoo.fr
Site Web du GICAM : www.legicam.org
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Fédération Nationale des Artisans du Mali (FNAM)
Mme Assitan TRAORE
Presidente
Tél. : (00223) 229-84-58/ 229-17-95
Fax : (00223) 229-21-63
Portable : (00223) 636-61-52
Email: fnam@afribone.net.ml
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Trade Point Sénégal
M. Mor Talla DIOUCK
Administrateur
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Fonds d'Accès aux Marches d'Exportation (FAMEX)
Mme Mouna Djait
Consultante FAMEX
Maison de L'Exportateur
Centre Urbain Nord 1080 Tunis Tunisie
Tel: +216 71 231 031
Fax: +216 71 231 951
E-mail: mbouattour@famex.org.tn
Site web: www.famex.org.tn
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Featured ACCESS! Points
International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO
The International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC) is the technical cooperation agency of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) for operational, enterprise-oriented aspects of trade development. ITC supports developing and transition economies, and particularly their business sector, in their efforts to realize their full potential for developing exports and improving import operations.
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Trade Facilitation Office Canada
Trade Facilitation Office Canada (TFO Canada) was founded in 1980 by Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to assist developing countries in exporting to the Canadian market. Two decades later, TFO Canada, operating as a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization, has become the primary provider of information and related assistance on exporting to the Canadian market - and a primary source of training for export promotion and foreign investment attraction for developing countries.
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This website was created with funding from the Program for building African Capacity for Trade (PACT) and implemented by the International Trade Centre (ITC/UNCTAD/WTO) and Trade Facilitation Office Canada (TFO Canada) as part of the Canada Fund for Africa.
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