Author Archives: marc

African dawn

“Those who arrive first at the river will find the water cleaner.” – African saying

Opportunities in AfricaA South-African friend was asking me the other day: “Crisis? What crisis? Crisis is the only thing we know. You have to know how to turn it into a source of opportunities!”

That is the reason why I would like to speak about the “African dawn”. However, the truth is that the African continent has fallen a bit into oblivion. In the best case, the talk now is about the Arab spring, which unfortunately seems to me rather a bloody destruction than a constructive revival. Read more »

Opportunities in Africa; opening doors to a new era in Angola and Mozambique

Opportunities in AfricaOn September 20th I will participate in the first session of a new series “New opportunities. Invest in Africa” at Gild International, the club for networking, highlighting the paths and peculiarities that Angola and Mozambique offer to global companies.

The industrial and service sectors, with special emphasis on all initiatives whose main focus is sustainable development and tourism, occupy a major focus for many of the institutions linked to the Angolan and Mozambican governments promoting cooperation and global investment.

Thus, the seminar aims to share all of this valuable information on investment opportunities in Angola and Mozambique. My speech will focus on internationalization as an opportunity for businesses both for sending and receiving countries.

Click here for further details.

Internationalize to Portugal, similarities and differences

PortugalOn the 21st of June I will participate in an event in Madrid dedicated to investigate the similarities and differences of the Portuguese market, and propose some tools that may help for companies in their initial phases of internationalization. The event is organized together with the audit firm Full Audit.
In my talk I will explain the keys to success to make business and open the Portuguese market.

When: 21st of June, at 09:45h
Place: Tryp Ambassador Hotel in Madrid (mapa).

For more information and if you want to participate please clic here.