Zukunftstag Mittelstand is a great opportunity to meet high-profile guests and expand your network.
This year’s gathering of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) at Zukunftstag Mittelstand in Berlin promises an array of high-profile speakers and fascinating insights from the worlds of business and politics. Invest for Jobs will once again be present, offering comprehensive information about our extensive business support packages, with a particular emphasis on our collaboration with the event organiser, BVMW. In Senegal and Tunisia we have set up task forces to link BVMW members with partner country stakeholders and with each other. We can also arrange customised visits for businesses and help you analyse your target sectors.
In addition to hosting our own stand, we will also participate in a high-level panel discussion titled “Utilising market opportunities in Africa: What opportunities does Africa offer German SMEs?”. The panel will feature Dr Serigne Gueye Diop, Senegal’s Minister of Industry and Trade, representing our political partnership, and Dr Petra Warnecke, Director General of the Africa Department at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, one of Invest for Jobs’ key implementing organisations. They will be joined on the panel by Christina Böhm, who as managing director of a small German company is working with Invest for Jobs on a project. Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), will deliver a keynote speech setting out the wider context.
Come and talk to us! We’ll be at stand I-04 in hall 7. Further information at https://zukunftstag-mittelstand.de/en/.
Details of the ‘Africa’ panel talk on the Global Stage
11:55 – 12:05
Keynote speech (EN)
Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
12:05 – 12:40
Utilising market opportunities in Africa: What opportunities does Africa offer German SMEs?
- Dr Serigne Gueye Diop, Minister of Industry and Trade, Republic of Senegal
- Dr Petra Warnecke, Director General of the Africa Department, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Edna Schöne, Executive Board Member, Euler Hermes
- Christina Böhm, Managing Director, SR-Malereiunternehmen GmbH
Moderator: David Renke, Capital City Correspondent, Africa.Table