L-R: Assistant Director, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Isolo, Lagos, Yusuf Sanni; Team Lead, Corporate Services, Leadway Assurance, Aishat Bello-Garuba; Chief Executive Officer, Modion Communications, Odion Aleobua; Project Manager, fairtrade Messe GmbH & Co. KG, Freyja Detjen; Commercial First Secretary & Head of Economic and Commercial Office, Embassy of The Arab Republic of Egypt, Amr Altantawy and Representative of the President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ogo Adesanya, during the Stakeholders Meet-up and Press Conference for the 8th edition of agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria, on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, in Lagos.
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Nigeria German trade show specialist fairtrade, said it is set to deepen and attract investment into the agrofood & plastprintpack industry as 11 countries set to showcase adapted technologies and solutions for the Nigerian and West African market.
The organizers are also expanding the local content drive to boost indigenous companies participation as a deliberate move to promote food security, job creation and technology development.
The Fair, which is the eight editions of agrofood & plastprintpack will be taking place from March 28 to 30, 2023 in Lagos. This will be in the fields of agriculture, food and beverage processing, ingredients, plastics, printing and packaging. The exhibitors come from Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Nigeria, Taiwan, Turkey, Tunisia and Spain.
One of the traditional highlights at agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria being the German Pavilion, this year 21 German exhibitors will be present. The German Pavilion is presented by the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and supported by the German Trade Fair Association AUMA and the German Engineering Federation VDMA.
the Nigerian agrofood & plastprintpack market, with €346 million in 2021 for the first time became the largest investor in food and packaging technology in Africa, ahead of Egypt (€341 million) and South Africa (€293 million).
It has also been noted that with €151 million in 2021, Nigeria is one of the three largest investors in packaging technology in Africa, in line with South Africa with €152 million and behind Egypt with € 195 million. The enormous population growth from 206 million in 2022 to 411 million in 2050 demands high sustainable investments in Nigeria’s agrofood & plastprintpack industry.
President of African Packaging Organisation (APO), Ahmed Omah said, “we are delighted to partner with fairtrade to deepen participants’ knowledge in packaging materials and food packaging technology.
“During the three-day programme, experts will lead discussions on topics such as sustainable packaging innovations, the need for standardised production and processing methods, access to finance and much more.”
A top level 3-day conference will run alongside the exhibition. Key topics will cover beverage production & ingredients, supply chain evaluation, finance and others. C-level speakers representing market-leading companies and institutions such as Diageo, First City Monument Bank, Access Bank, Sterling Bank, Bühler Group, Psaltry International, Simply Green, JR Africa, Niji Group, Conversations Africa and Farm Republic will deliver educational and entertaining sessions of the highest quality, promising immediate benefits for the audience in their day-to-day business.
Fairtrade, founded in 1991, 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 the Fair.