Where we work

CBC’s mandate is to promote trade and investment for the benefit of Commonwealth countries, spanning the association’s 54 member nations across 6 continents


CBC’s programme range from the Flagship Commonwealth Business Forum, a pan Commonwealth business event in conjunction with the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, to regional, country and sector focused programmes.

Examples of CBC programmes include the following:

Africa

  • Commonwealth Business Forum in Durban, Nigeria and Uganda
  • Africa Investment Forum in Johannesburg, Dar es Salam and Accra
  • East Africa Investment Forum in Kigali
  • West Africa Investment Forum in Abuja
  • Zambia Investment Forum in Livingstone
  • CBC Policy Paper: Four Steps to Enhance Intra-Africa Trade and Development
  • Research Report: Africa Business Update
  • East Africa Investment Guide
  • Namibia Investment Forum and Guide

 

Asia

  • Global Business Leaders Forum in Mumbai and Kuala Lumpur
  • India Infrastructure Forum in the UK and Delhi
  • Roundtable on Investing in Pakistan at CBF
  • South Asia Trade and Investment Network
  • Sri Lanka Investment Guide

 

Caribbean and the Americas

  • Caribbean Investment Forum in Port of Spain
  • Commonwealth Finance Ministers Roundtable in St Lucia and Barbados
  • CBF Business Lunch with Prime Minister of Canada
  • Health Infrastructure Summit in Barbados
  • CBC Policy Paper: The Commonwealth and the Americas: Partnering for Global Growth

 

Australasia

  • Commonwealth Business Forum 2011 in Perth 
  • Partnership with the Pacific Islands Forum for Trade and Investment
  • CBC Policy Paper: Enhancing Trade and Investment to the Pacific Islands
  • Papua New Guinea Investment Guide

 

Europe

  • Commonwealth Business Forum 2005 in Valletta, Malta
  • Policy Paper on enhancing UK Commonwealth trade and Investment relations
  • Numerous UK-Commonwealth Countries Bi-Lateral Roundtables
  • EU-India Trade Ministers Roundtables

Commonwealth Countries

  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Australia
  • Bahamas
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Botswana
  • Brunei
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cyprus
  • Dominica
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Grenada
  • Guyana
  • India
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Lesotho
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Swaziland
  • Tanzania
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • United Kingdom
  • Vanuatu
  • Zambia