OBJECTIVES
European Sustainable Energy Cluster partnership for Africa (ESECA) aims at intensifying business network collaboration among European SMEs in the renewable energy and smart grids sectors, in order to develop a joint internationalization strategy with common goals towards Sub-Sahara African markets and a roadmap for implementation facilitating the internationalisation of these SMEs, fostering the collaboration among European and African SMEs. Specific objectives are:
1) Intensify business network collaboration among European SMEs from the renewable energy and electrical power generation, distribution and transmission sectors
■ Foster clusters & SMEs trans-regional cooperation and partnership building
■ Help SMEs identify business and internationalisation opportunities
■ Position SMEs into trans-European consortiums
2) To develop a joint internationalisation strategy plan
■ Develop in depth market reports for target countries
■ Define an internationalisation strategy plan to organise direct and reverse missions
■ Sign Cooperation Agreements with relevant African associations and relevant stakeholders
SECTORS
TARGET COUNTRIES
The project activities have common goals towards 5 Sub-Saharan African markets:
Here you can download key information on each target country. Interested in consulting the in-dept market reports? Write to s.brembati@energycluster.it
Past opportunities
➙ Tanzania Business Mission 2024
➙ Networking event Augburg 2023
➙ Kenya and Ruanda Business Mission 2023
➙ Senegal Business Mission 2023
➙ Networking Event Gijón 2023
➙ Networking Event Lille 2022
➙ Exploratory visit Kenya & Tanzania 2022
➙ Financial support for business missions in Africa
Partners
ESECA is a partnership formed by five European clusters (ACE, MEDEE, LE2C, MetaIndustry4 and ECPE) from Spain, France, Italy and Germany. Together, we gather around 550 organizations and 290 SMEs.
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For specific questions please contact s.brembati@energycluster.it