German trade show specialists Fairtrade are set to bring the 7th agrofood & plastprintpack International Trade Show to Accra, Ghana between November 29 and December 1, 2022 at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre.
According to Geovision Services Limited, local agent for Fairtrade, between 80 and 90 exhibitors from 15 to 20 countries are expected to attend the show.
The event comes off after the successful preceding 6th edition in 2019, which featured the participation of 87 exhibitors from 17 countries, presenting dedicated solutions for hundreds and hundreds of trade visitors, investors and buyers from Ghana and neighbouring West African countries.
Exhibitors came from Belgium, China, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Italy, Jordan, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tunisia and Turkey.
For the agrofood part of the trade fair, it is indeed true that the West African market for agricultural technology becomes ever more important as imports of agricultural technology reach around €200 million annually, whilst West Africa heavily invests between €496 million in 2015 to €641 million in 2020 in food & beverage technology.
There have also been significant prospects in the areas of food trade.
With well over 420 million inhabitants, which according to the World Bank will rise to 800 million by 2050, West Africa is a huge food market.
West African food imports have reached around US$16 billion and exports US$14 billion.
Thus, food trade with West Africa is a US$30 billion business. (WTO)
When it comes to the plastprintpack part of the event, the trade show is based on the following facts:
West Africa invested in plastics technology for €217 million in 2020, in printing and paper technology worth €95 million and in packaging technology for €309 million, up 3.3% compared to 2019 – steady growth even in the Corona year 2020.
About Fairtrade
Founded in 1991, Fairtrade has long been one of the leading organisers of professional international agrofood & plastprintpack trade fairs in Africa and the Middle East.
Over the decades, more than 36,000 exhibitors and 1.5 million trade visitors have expressed their confidence in fairtrade.
Fairtrade takes innovative ways to connect emerging markets with solution providers from across the globe. Facilitating valuable business contacts between exhibitors and trade visitors, that is what fairtrade stands for.
