Exemplas Trade

Exemplas Trade – Helping your business grow overseas

In this episode of Exemplas Trade we're discussing the wealth of e-commerce opportunities available to UK Retail & Consumer businesses in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates. Shopping in Dubai is a way of life as the vast air conditioned malls, and Covid has seen Emirati consumers move to e-commerce in a big way.

Our panel of guests for the episode include Sue Jones, CEO of Amra Skincare, Lisa Alborough Head of Business Development for Amara, deVere Forster Chief Operating Officer at Dubai CommerCity and Jose Richart, International Trade Advisor and Retail Specialist at the Department for International Trade.

This episode was recorded as a panel session for the Retail Summit which was a virtual event this year but usually takes place in Dubai each year.

If you're a business based in the East of England, and would like to learn how your business can export effectively to overseas regions, including Africa, you can contact Exemplas Trade: [email protected] | +44 (0) 1707398398

Podcast hosted by David James, UK Export Advice.

Exemplas Trade – Helping your business grow overseas

In this series of Exemplas Trade, we’re focusing on the huge opportunities that lie within Africa and in this episode we are speaking to Wagtech Project's Managing Director and CEO Neil Durham, who are a British company selling water and environmental equipment and services across Africa.

Neil provide some top tips on how British companies can register to bid on African government contracts across the continents, and what you need to know to successfully deliver a project. He also discusses Wagtech's experiences exporting to Uganda, Malawi and Zambia.

If you're a business based in the East of England, and would like to learn how your business can export effectively to overseas regions, including Africa, you can contact Exemplas Trade: [email protected] | +44 (0) 1707398398

Podcast hosted by David James, UK Export Advice.

Exemplas Trade – Helping your business grow overseas

In this series of Exemplas Trade, we’re focusing on the huge opportunities that lie within Africa and in this episode we are speaking to Leon Buhr the founder and director of Equator Group, a South African company who manufacturer and sell belts across the continent and around the world.

Leon provides some fantastic and easy to follow advice on deciding where to begin your African export adventure, and some top tips on how to be successful within South Africa. He also advises that Africa is developing and the economy growing so quickly, you need to make your planning assumptions based on what the continent is likely to look like in a decade, not how it looks now

If you're a business based in the East of England, and would like to learn how your business can export effectively to overseas regions, including Africa, you can contact Exemplas Trade: [email protected] | +44 (0) 1707398398

Podcast hosted by David James, UK Export Advice.

Exemplas Trade – Helping your business grow overseas

In this series of Exemplas Trade, we’re focusing on the huge opportunities that lie within Africa and in this episode we are speaking to Paul Alexander, the Managing Director of Storm Procurement. The company provides equipment and services to the mining and oil & gas industries across Africa.

In this episode Paul talks in detail about his experience of doing business in Ghana. Paul explains that Ghana is a great place for British businesses to start trading with Sub-Saharan Africa because of the stable political and economic conditions, large percentage of English speaking and highly-educated population and significant business opportunities.

If you're a business based in the East of England, and would like to learn how your business can export effectively to overseas regions, including Africa, you can contact Exemplas Trade: [email protected] | +44 (0) 1707398398

Podcast hosted by David James, UK Export Advice.

Exemplas Trade – Helping your business grow overseas

In this series of Exemplas Trade, we’re focusing on the huge opportunities that lie within Africa and in this episode we are speaking to CEO of Aspuna, Maria-Yassin Jah about their export success across the continent.

With experiencing trading in the Gambia, Nigeria and Tanzania, Maria discusses Aspuna’s social impact commodities in the Gambia and tells us there is a strong business case for focusing on what’s known as the triple bottom line of financial profit, along with social and environmental sustainability.

She also discusses the lessons the London-based business learned from building production facilities and value chains on the ground in the Gambia and how development agencies can partner with businesses to achieve better outcomes for all.

If you're a business based in the East of England, and would like to learn how your business can export effectively to overseas regions, including Africa, you can contact Exemplas Trade: [email protected] | +44 (0) 1707398398

Podcast hosted by David James, UK Export Advice.

Exemplas Trade – Helping your business grow overseas

This series of Exemplas Trade is focusing on the huge opportunities that lie within Africa. In this episode we are speaking to the Simon Bransfield-Garth who is CEO of one of the Sunday Times 100 fastest growing technology companies in the UK, Azuri Technologies.

Cambridge-based Azuri provide affordable off-grid power to some of Kenya’s hardest to reach communities, and Simon explains how the company has overcome the finance and distribution issues associated with selling direct to consumers in Africa to achieve an average of 80% year on year growth.

Simon goes on to explain how Africa represents incredible opportunities for those companies with innovative and compelling offerings who are willing to be flexible, learn and adapt.

If you're a business based in the East of England, and would like to learn how your business can export effectively to overseas regions, including Africa, you can contact Exemplas Trade: [email protected] | +44 (0) 1707398398

Podcast hosted by David James, UK Export Advice.

*Please note that Simon refers to DTI however the full name of the government department is the Department for International Trade (DIT).

Exemplas Trade – Helping your business grow overseas

In this series of Exemplas Trade, we’re focusing on the huge opportunities that lie within Africa and in this episode we are speaking to Robert Lidstone, Chief Operating Officer at Ecospray about their innovative garlic based bio pesticide, which they export to Kenya and other African nations.

Robert explains that finding the right distributors and local staff is key when exporting to Africa and he offers advice and tips on how to do this. He also discusses the huge opportunities that the continent offers to the UK agricultural sector.

If you're a business based in the East of England, and would like to learn how your business can export effectively to overseas regions, including Africa, you can contact Exemplas Trade: [email protected] | +44 (0) 1707398398

Podcast hosted by David James, UK Export Advice.

Exemplas Trade – Helping your business grow overseas

In this series of Exemplas Trade, we’re focusing on the huge opportunities that lie within Africa and in this episode we are speaking to Alan Mackenzie and Sarah Mount of TransformELT, about their experiences of delivering continuous professional development services to English teachers in Cameroon and Gabon.

Alan and Sarah discuss how they manage the deployment of staff across Africa, how they find local partners on the ground and build local capacity. They also explain how education businesses should engage with the British Council and government departments such as the Department for International Trade (DIT) to find overseas opportunities.

If you're a business based in the East of England, and would like to learn how your business can export effectively to overseas regions, including Africa, you can contact Exemplas Trade: [email protected] | +44 (0) 1707398398

Podcast hosted by David James, UK Export Advice.