Improving the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Canary Islands and Africa

AfricanTech

The main objective of the AFRICANTECH project is to improve the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises, both in the Canary Islands and Africa, strengthening their capacities in terms of innovation and digitalisation, as well as contributing to the economic, social and institutional development of both regions.

The development of the project aims to achieve the following specific objectives:

Jointly analyse and identify the potential of SMEs in the cooperation area and improve their innovation and employability capacities.
To develop a training programme in digital transformation, assistance and individualised advice aimed at entrepreneurs and SMEs.
Promote international business exchange and knowledge transfer in the field of innovation and digitalisation.

All of this with a cross-cutting approach based on the principles of sustainability, equal opportunities and the contribution to the SDGs established by the United Nations.

The initiative gives continuity to the activities carried out in recent years by the ConfiÁfri consortium on internationalisation, covering new territories such as Ghana and Ivory Coast, recently integrated in the INTERREG MAC 2021-2027 cooperation programme; as well as providing new objectives, based on the new global reality that requires both the business sector and society to strengthen their capacities in innovation, digitisation and new technologies.

Contributors

Project led by Casa África as the main partner and which also has:

European entities

Provincial Federation of Metal SMEs and New Technologies of Las Palmas
Provincial Federation of Metal and New Technologies Companies of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Services and Navigation of Gran Canaria
Tenerife Island Council
Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Services and Navigation of Santa Cruz de Tenerife

African entities