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The Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) provides
leadership in increasing international trade and investment flows, creating new
business opportunities, promoting good governance and corporate social
responsibility, reducing the digital divide and integrating developing countries
into the global market. In fulfilling its mission, CBC strives to provide a
bridge between the private sector and governments, between emerging markets and
developed markets and between small businesses and international private sector.
CBC’s goal is to achieve economic empowerment for shared global prosperity
through the enhancement of private sector contribution to social and economic
development.
Today we also address the following four challenges, working in partnership with
Commonwealth governments and the private sector.
Changing perceptions
Many Commonwealth countries offer good investment opportunities but
suffer from popular misconceptions, uneven media coverage and failure to promote
their economic strengths to important external audiences.
The CBC is well placed to work with governments and investors to bring focus to
their sound fundamentals and the investment opportunities that these countries
represent.
Globalisation
With the growth of the global economy, national and regional boundaries
are losing their relevance. Countries must increasingly take a more global view
of opportunities for growth.
The CBC, as a microcosm of the wider international economic community, can help
countries cope, drawing on its close relationships with business and
governments, and its mission to share knowledge and experience.
Technology and skills
The application of new technology is a key ingredient of economic
success - more important in the long term than mere money. But technological
advancement can happen only if information access systems are available to those
with vision and enterprise to seek out and develop opportunities. Commonwealth
co-operation through the exchange of skills and knowledge can help overcome that
divide.
For example, the CBC plans to deliver programmes for skills development and
capacity building in partnership with training institutions such as Cambridge
University, Aston University and City & Guilds International.
The Commonwealth Factor
The Commonwealth legacy has equipped member countries with affinities
in language, legal systems, and administrative procedures and political outlook
- the "Commonwealth Factor". This goes a long way towards ensuring that members
are prepared to function individually or as a group in the fast-moving global
context.
Governments and the private sector have demonstrated that this relatively
homogenous trading group is also capable of drawing investment from
non-Commonwealth states including the United States, Japan and the countries of
Europe.
Our main objective is to help developing countries and their private sector
attain a standard that enables them to play a proper role in globalisation. If
we contribute to this process even to a small degree, we will have achieved our
purpose.
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SAARC SUMMIT 2008 |
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BIZ DOWNLOAD
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Africa Business Forum 2010
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The Africa Business Forum 2010 will be held in London on 21st -22nd June prior to the 36th G8 Summit in Canada. It will be chaired by Pascal Dozie, Chairman of Diamond Bank Advisory Board and the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC).
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Event Type:
CBC Events
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Country:United Kingdom
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Date:
21-June-2010
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22-June-2010
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Contact Persion:
Sean Leno
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Contact No:
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E-mail:
sean.leno@cbcglobal.org
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Invest in Nigeria Forum
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The Invest in Nigeria Forum coincides with the 50th year of Nigerian Nationhood. Over the last 10 years Nigeria has witnessed sustained economic and democratic development; however the nation still faces significant challenges including bridging the infrastructure gap, revitalise agriculture and manufacturing, and rebalancing the dependence on oil.
This International Investor Forum will focus on how the private sector can partner with government in support of the national objective of becoming a top 20 global economy and in the delivery of Millennium Development Goals for the benefit of all Nigerians.
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Event Type:
CBC Events
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Country:Nigeria
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Date:
31-May-2010
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01-June-2010
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Contact Persion:
Sean Leno
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Contact No:
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E-mail:
sean.leno@cbcglobal.org
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Rwanda Investment Forum - Kigali, Rwanda
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The Rwanda Investment Forum to be held in Kigali on 10-11 May 2010, will be the first large scale investor event organised in the country since Rwanda became the 54th Member of the Commonwealth at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad last November. The Forum will be organised by the Commonwealth Business Council in partnership with the Rwanda Development Board and with the collaboration of the International Private Sector.
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Event Type:
CBC Events
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Country:Other
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Date:
10-May-2010
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11-May-2010
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Contact Persion:
Sean Leno
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Contact No:
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E-mail:
sean.leno@cbcglobal.org
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CBC Members Lunch with HE Paul Kagame
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CBC is delighted to host a Members Lunch with HE Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, on the 10th of March 2010 at the Institute of Directors in London.
The Event is by invitation only please contact Nicole Nwasike for further information.
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Event Type:
CBC Events
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Country:United Kingdom
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Date:
10-March-2010
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10-March-2010
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Contact Persion:
Nicole Nwasike
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Contact No:
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E-mail:
Nicole.Nwasike@cbcglobal.org
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Government Secures Funds For Rural Electrification Project
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The Government in its efforts to make electricity accessible to deprived communities has secured a 115 million-dollar loan to commence a rural electrification project in the Upper East region to connect about 500 communities onto the national grid.
Meanwhile, about 138 communities are currently being provided with electricity under the sponsorship of Government of Ghana (GOG). Speaking at the Ministry of Information’s Regional meet-the-press forum in Bolgatanga, Upper East regional capital, the Regional Minister, Mr. Mark Owen Woryongo, added that the government will in addition, roll-out a solar lighting programme to communities who are too scattered by their location to benefit from the project.
According to the Regional Minister, the region has so far benefited from government’s new policies and programmes that were rolled-out upon assumption of office, whilst existing projects are being continued.
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Country:
Ghana
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Publishdate: 8/31/2010 12:00:00 AM
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NewsSource:
ghana.gov.gh
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UK economy grew 'more than first thought'
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The UK economy grew by more than initially thought in the second quarter of 2010, boosted by a strong performance by the construction sector.
The economy grew by 1.2% in the quarter, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, revising up its initial estimate of 1.1% growth.
That was the fastest rate of quarterly expansion recorded since the first three months of 2001.
But most economists do not expect this level of growth to continue.
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Country:
United Kingdom
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Publishdate: 8/28/2010 12:00:00 AM
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NewsSource:
www.bbc.co.uk
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2010 GDP Growth Forecast Maintained at 13.0 to 15.0 Per Cent
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10 August 2010. The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) announced today that the Singapore economy expanded by 17.9 per cent in the first half of 2010. MTI will maintain the GDP growth forecast for 2010 at 13.0 to 15.0 per cent.
Performance in the Second Quarter of 2010
In the second quarter of 2010, Singapore expanded by 18.8 per cent on a year-on-year basis, stronger than the 16.9 per cent growth in the first quarter. On a seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter annualised basis, GDP grew by 24.0 per cent for the second quarter, following a surge of 45.7 per cent in the preceding period.
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Country:
Singapore
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Publishdate: 8/10/2010 12:00:00 AM
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NewsSource:
www.gov.sg
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CSE ranked second in the world
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For the first time in history the All Share Price Index of the Colombo Stock Exchange closed above the 5,000 mark today. The ASPI closed at 5,138 points. The CSE is currently ranked the 2nd best performing stock market in the world for the year 2010, CSE said.
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Country:
Sri Lanka
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Publishdate: 7/28/2010 12:00:00 AM
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NewsSource:
adaderana.lk
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China's economic growth eases to 10.3 percent
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New York (CNNMoney.com) -- China's economy continued to grow at a robust pace last quarter, a spokesman for the National Statistics Bureau said Thursday.
China's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic output, grew at an annual rate of 10.3 percent during the second quarter of 2010. But the pace eased compared to the 11.9 percent rate during first quarter.
With more than 1.3 billion people, China is the world's largest country, and that fact, combined with its rapid economic growth of recent years, has made it a major player in the global economy.
But the moderate slowdown was widely anticipated and is not a cause for concern for economists, many of whom were worried about China's economy overheating and falling in danger of rampant inflation.
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Country:
China
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Publishdate: 7/15/2010 12:00:00 AM
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NewsSource:
CNN News
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