{"id":25539,"date":"2026-08-14T20:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T19:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibcspain.com\/projects\/spain-africa-business-council-ibafcan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T10:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T09:55:16","slug":"spain-africa-business-council-ibafcan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ibcspain.com\/en\/projects\/spain-africa-business-council-ibafcan\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain-Africa Business Council \/ IBAFCAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- cabecera-proyectos --><\/p>\n<style>\n\/* --- cabecera: que se vea la foto --- *\/\nbody.parent-pageid-24812 .custom-title-background .page-title-background-overlay{\n  background:linear-gradient(100deg,rgba(0,20,48,.90) 0%,rgba(0,20,48,.78) 30%,\n             rgba(0,20,48,.34) 58%,rgba(0,20,48,.04) 82%) !important;\n}\nbody.parent-pageid-24812 .custom-title-title{max-width:660px}\nbody.parent-pageid-24812 .custom-title-title h1{font-size:38px;line-height:1.2}<\/p>\n<p>\/* --- texto: acercar la escala de titulos y parrafos --- *\/\nbody.parent-pageid-24812 .block-content p{\n  font-size:17.5px;line-height:1.75;color:#3f4550;margin:0 0 1.15em;\n}\nbody.parent-pageid-24812 .block-content p:first-of-type{\n  font-size:20px;line-height:1.65;color:#22293a;margin-bottom:1.6em;\n}\nbody.parent-pageid-24812 .block-content h2{\n  font-size:27px;line-height:1.3;margin:2.1em 0 .6em;\n}\nbody.parent-pageid-24812 .block-content h2:first-child{margin-top:0}<\/p>\n<p>@media(max-width:1024px){\n  body.parent-pageid-24812 .custom-title-title{max-width:78%}\n  body.parent-pageid-24812 .custom-title-title h1{font-size:32px}\n}\n@media(max-width:767px){\n  body.parent-pageid-24812 .custom-title-background .page-title-background-overlay{\n    background:rgba(0,20,48,.68) !important;\n  }\n  body.parent-pageid-24812 .custom-title-title{max-width:100%}\n  body.parent-pageid-24812 .custom-title-title h1{font-size:26px}\n  body.parent-pageid-24812 .block-content h2{font-size:23px}\n  body.parent-pageid-24812 .block-content p{font-size:16.5px}\n  body.parent-pageid-24812 .block-content p:first-of-type{font-size:18px}\n}\n<\/style>\n<p>The Spain-Africa Business Council, which gives rise to the Iberoafrican Canarias Forum, was created in 2022 with the signature of a protocol establishing an open, multilateral forum between Spanish and African business. Its purpose is to position the Canary Islands as a tricontinental hub between Europe, Africa and the Americas.<\/p>\n<h2>Our role from the outset<\/h2>\n<p>IBC Spain has supported the platform since it was set up: the 2023 forum at Casa \u00c1frica, the meeting held at CEOE headquarters in Madrid in July 2024 \u2014 where the continuity protocol was signed \u2014 and the launch in 2026 of the permanent working groups on energy and water, vocational training and trade.<\/p>\n<h2>2025: consolidation<\/h2>\n<p>In 2025 the work focused on consolidating what had been built: streamlining the Council&#8217;s operating structure through the creation of the IBAFCAN brand, strengthening relations with the continent&#8217;s priority countries, and opening a new line of work \u2014 positioning the Canary Islands as a platform between Latin America and Africa as well.<\/p>\n<h2>Lines of action<\/h2>\n<p>Economic diplomacy, business missions to key markets \u2014 Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea \u2014 and the production of strategic market knowledge.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-top:3px solid #ea7813;margin-top:38px;padding-top:18px\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;font-size:17px;line-height:1.5;color:#3f4550\">Working on something similar? 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