Welcome to ACC
Created in November 2015, the African Chamber of Trade and Commerce (ACC) is an African initiative having as purpose to create lucrative opportunities for people and enterprises so as to facilitate the economic development and emergence of the African Continent. It operates through an approach of providing adapted solutions to African problems.
"One vision. One voice for Africa."
Why Become a Member of ACC ?
ACC - AN AFRICAN BASED INITIATIVE
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ACC - An African Based Initiative
The African Chamber of Trade Commerce (ACC) is an African based initiative, headquartered in Yaounde-Cameroon, created to facilitate trade between Africa and her partners around the globe. ACC provides a platform to visionaries, institutions and investors within the continent and the Diaspora to better utilize and exploit Africa’s unqualified socio-cultural and economic potential for Africa’s development and emergence.
THE GOAL
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The Goal
Our goal is to meet the challenges exposed to the world by globalization. Today, doing business requires bringing together people from different backgrounds for a more diversified and dynamic business culture and environment.
AN INNOVATIVE SECTOR BUSINESS VECTOR
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An Innovative Private Sector Business Vector
ACC is an innovative private sector business vector, working through a Federated Network of activities, wherein; stakeholders, businesses and institutions trading and investing across Africa are able to make conscious business decisions based on where, how and when to undertake competitive business opportunities around the world, relying on unequivocal information.
ACC WORKS WITH COMMISSIONS
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ACC Works with Commissions
With 9 commissions, ACC seeks to consolidate existing and new businesses through reliable and federated networks to promote inclusive investment opportunities and competitiveness for startups and SME’s to guarantee that, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Africa are met, considering that structural adjustment, economic and financial reforms remain a threat to the region’s economic emergence.
SEEKING FUNDING
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Seeking Funding
ACC works with financial institutions to enhance efforts to seek funding and build sustainable platforms for financial integration and autonomy of SME businesses, faced with credit and funding difficulties.
Our Amazing Community
The African Chamber of Commerce takes pride in cultivating an international community of organizations, leaders, advocates, and beneficiaries contributing to global solutions.
Program Spotlight
African Fashion Project
Incubator 2021
African Fashion Project (AFP) is our latest program through FICOTA. It is a multi-channel platform created to provide capacity building, development, career opportunities, and more for fashion SMEs, fashion professionals, fashion students, and aspiring fashion professionals + students based in Africa and the diaspora.
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African Fashion Project launched with its first workshop on February 5, 2021 in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The workshop was invite only to select designers throughout Cameroon with existing relationships with the organization as a beta for the pilot project. The aim of the workshop was the evaluation and reinforcement of apparel and accessories designer skills as a clothing and accessories designer. The program’s objective was to identify the difficulties that are encountered in the field and to develop the skills of the participants. AFP developed an exchange session for the designers and professionals in the activity sector who provided feedback and techniques that would add to the designers' knowledge, and consequently increase the competitiveness of their products in the local market with opportunities to expand to the national and international market as well.
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