African Business Roundtable

Organization's name: African Business Roundtable
Organization's acronym: ABR
Headquarters address  
Address: Melrose Boulevard N0 1, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg
P Box 78149 Sandton Johannesburg

South Africa
Phone: 27 833355444
Fax: 27 11 447 0239
Email: abrsouthafrica@abrnetwork.org
Web site: www.abrnetwork.org
Organization type: Non-governmental organization
Languages:
  • Portuguese
  • English
  • Arabic
  • French
  • Swahili

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Agriculture
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Industrial Development
  • Private Sector
  • Sustainable Development

Financing for Development:
  • Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development
  • International Cooperation in Tax Matters
  • International Trade as an engine for development

Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Education and training of women
  • Human rights of women
  • Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
  • Millennium Development Goals

Social Development:
  • Conflict
  • Poverty

Sustainable Development:
  • Agriculture
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Gender equality
  • Industrial development
  • Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.)
  • Poverty
  • Protecting and managing the natural resources
  • Rural Development
  • Transport

Peace and Development in Africa:
  • Development in Africa
  • Peace in Africa

Conflict Resolution in Africa:
  • Conflicts Resolution

NEPAD:
  • Climate Change and Natural Resource Management
  • Economic and Corporate Governance
Geographic scope: International
Year established (YYYY): 1994
Year of registration (YYYY): 2005
Number and type of members: Men/Women/Youth/Elderly
Funding structure:
  • Fees for education and training services
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:
  • Business and industry
Affiliation with other organizations: UNIDO, UNPD, ERI (European Round Table of Industrialists), CCA (US Corporate Council on Africa)