Africa Day 2024: Austria Looks to Africa's Future Markets

More+Events ♦ Published: February 5, 2024; 23:18 ♦ (Vindobona)

This year's Africa Day was all about Africa's future markets and offered a platform to strengthen economic relations between Austrian and African companies. Organized by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKÖ), the event attracted more than 1,200 participants from Austria, over 30 African countries, and guests from Europe, Asia, and the USA.

AFRICA DAY 2024 took place at the WKÖ and highlighted the opportunities in various regions of the continent and provided practical tips on market development for Austrian and African companies. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Robert Schediwy [CC BY-SA 3.0]

Mariana Kühnel, Deputy Secretary General of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, emphasized the importance of the growth markets in Africa for the domestic export industry. With export growth of 12.7 percent from January to September 2022, she underlined the opportunities arising from megatrends such as urbanization, industrialization, digitalization and the energy transition.…