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he chamber is part of the worldwide network About the
of German Chambers of Commerce
TAbroad (AHK) with 140 locations in
92 countries supporting about 600 member Southern
companies in their international business as an
important platform for bilateral economic exchange. African-
Together, IHKs and AHKs support German
companies in establishing and expanding their
business relations with foreign countries. The German
chamber recently established a sub-committee
some of the nominated members include the Chambers
with representatives of the South African branch;

Chairman of Council, the CEO of Siemens
South Africa, the Managing Director at of Commerce
ROEHM Africa and the Gibela Research Chair.
The outcome of the voting process led to the and Industry

election of Prof. Khumbulani Mpofu as the
Chair and Mr Holger Morhart as Vice-chair.
The purpose of the visit was to strategise
how to establish initiatives to lobby the
government and industry to provide resources
for skills development to support German
companies in achieving efficient bilateral trade.

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