…premiere on 28-30 April 2015 in Lagos
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world (179 million inhabitants). Nigeria also stands for an abundance of natural resources such as oil, gas and agricultural land and an attractive and fast growing consumer market. The Nigerian agrofood, plastics and packaging industry attracts massive private and public investment. Against this backdrop, the German trade fair specialist – Fairtrade launches agrofood and plastprintpack exhibition in Nigeria. The 1st International Trade Show on Agriculture, Food, Food Processing & Packaging Technology and Plastics & Printing Technology is scheduled for 28 to 30 April 2015 at the brand-new Landmark Convention Centre in Lagos, Nigeria.
The Heidelberg, Germany based organisers have a wealth of experience in the agrofood and the plast print pack sector as they also organise Iran agrofood in Tehran since 1994 (766 exhibitors and 32,200 visitors in 2013), plast Alger (150 exhibitors from 23 countries and 2,500 visitors) and have just recently held agrofood & plastprintpack West Africa in Accra, Ghana last December featuring 81 exhibitors and 1,326 visitors.
“The idea to launch a professional platform especially for the Nigerian business community was brought up by the exhibitors and the organisers of national pavilions at our agrofood & plastprintpack West Africa 2013 in Accra last December”, says Martin März, Fairtrade’s CEO. “Then we presented the project at a meeting with the economic counsellors of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden in Lagos this February and received an all-around positive feed-back. Therefore we are excited to create this new major platform for our long-term customers.”
As Austria is already committed to participate with a group of companies, the Commercial Counsellor with the Austrian Embassy in Lagos, Ms Nella Hengstler, points out: “Nigeria will be the next global manufacturing hub. The sheer size of Nigeria’s market combined with its large and young work force will attract massive investments in the manufacturing industry. Machines and production materials will continue to be imported, though. I therefore welcome and support agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria 2015 as it is important for European suppliers to be on ground early before the real run on Nigeria starts”.
The partners of Fairtrade in Nigeria are AHK Nigeria-the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Nigeria and the Nigerian-German Business Association–NGBA. André Rönne, delegate of AHK and general manager of NGBA points out: “Increasing prosperity and the rapidly increasing population numbers are the consumer-promoting factors in Nigeria, which is also reflected by investments into the construction of shopping malls and the food processing, food packaging and the plastics industry. The agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria comes at exactly the right time, and we look forward to a constructive and successful cooperation with the Fairtrade team. “
