Ahmed Abdellatif

  Khartoum, 14th August 2021: As part of its commitment towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGS), CTC Group in Sudan sets its focus on social responsibilities to provide a positive impact.     Under the leadership of Mr. Ahmed Amin Abdellatif, CTC carries out its operations under the tagline of “Moving Forward” and being a leader in the Sudanese agricultural market, the group stresses on its responsibility towards the society, environment and the local culture. Mr. Abdellatif has set five SDGs under the UN Global Impact in which CTC is a signatory and commits to play its part to ensure ethical business practices.   Mr. Abdellatif announced that the first of these five SDGs is the “No Poverty” that aims to increase productivity for staple crops through increased agricultural production sustainability and the utilization of agro-technologies. This is followed by the Zero Hunger SDG which aims to provide smallholder farmer...

  Paris, 17th May 2021: Paris International Conference on Sudan took place on 17th May 2021. The conference aimed to encourage public and private international investors to invest in Sudan after its removal from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.   As part of Paris Conference, a Business Forum hosted by MEDEF International aimed to achieve following objectives: ·        Signal the full normalization of Sudan in the International community ·        Inform foreign investors, private sector, bankers about the economic reforms undertaken by the Government of Sudan ·        Highlight investments opportunities in Sudan in both public and private sectors The Business Forum held in the morning of 17 May. That three-hour side-event aimed to present opportunities in Sudan for foreign companies. First, the Sudanese Government presented its reforms to improve the business climat...

  Khartoum, 31st March 2021: The Young Businessmen Association and the British Council join efforts to bring to live a competition that helps combat youth unemployment in Sudan.   ‘ ‘ Mashrouy’’s panel of judges, from left: Kamal Ahmed al-Zubair, Abida Yahia Mahdi, Syed Ahmed Hassan and Ahmed Abdellatif   The Mashrouy competition’s first season was held in 2013, where twelve contestants compete against each other and present their business ideas to a panel of Judges. Mr. Ahmed Abdellatif, the founder of the Young Businessmen Association, is one of the judges on the show alongside Mr. Kamal Ahmed al-Zubair, Ms. Abida Yahia Mahdi, and Mr. Syed Ahmed Hassan. Since its inception, the show aimed to get the Sudanese people start thinking with a business mindset. It is mainly targeted towards youth and the female population to present their business ideas.   Mr. Abdellatif saw the beginning of a real trans...

Khartoum, 21st March 2021: CTC Group president Mr. Ahmed Amin Abdellatif spoke at the U.S. – Sudan Business and Investment Forum held via a webinar in cooperation with the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA).     In an online forum held between the CCA and the U.S. – Sudan Business Council on March 31 st 2021, Mr. Ahmed Amin Abdellatif was a speaker alongside H.E. Abdalla Hamdok, Prime Minister at Republic of Sudan, Ms. Dana Banks, President Joe Biden Special Assistant and Senior Director for Africa at the National Security Council as well as the minister of agriculture and the minister of finance and economic planning at Republic of Sudan. Other key speakers included the president and chief executive at Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank, the Senior VP and Head of Global Govt Engagement at VISA, the president of BOEING Middle East, Africa and Turkey among many others.   Mr. Abdellatif’s speech focused on the agricultural business in Sudan an...

   Khartoum, 15th Feb 2021: “What started as a family business in 1956 has now had a lasting impact on the Sudanese economy despite the tough times the country went through.”   CTC Group was established with a long-term belief in the potential of the country and its people and as Mr. Ahmed Amin Abdellatif took over as president of the group 10 years ago, he continued this vision during the time when the country needed it the most. In 2011, Mr. Abdellatif combined the effort of the whole group to even further widen the agribusiness solutions as CTC Farms were established to address the needs of the growing corporate farming sector back then. Mr. Abdellatif noted in a speech he gave at a forum held between the Corporate Council of Africa (CCA) and the U.S.-Sudan Business & Investment Forum that Sudan has 10% of the world’s unused arable land (46,025 hectares), while Brazil, Russia and Australia together have 31%. “With a potential for agricultural growth of m...