The world's first digital food show in Africa opens

AFS, the world's first digital Africa exhibition, was officially launched on July 20, 2020, which was organized by MIE EVENTS DMCC. The online exhibition helped enterprises grab orders and expand the market through its innovative exhibition form of "online exhibition + accurate matching".More than 300 food exhibitors from 16 countries will connect with buyers through the GTW platform.

Africa's food processing industry holds huge potential for growth: by 2040, it is anticipated that the value of food purchased in East and Southern Africa will grow seven-fold. To harness the potential of this sector we have created AFS – VE, a digital event launching on our own virtual platform Global Trade Week (GTW) designed to help you transform your offline exhibitions into online exhibition. An innovative platform that eliminates time and space, where visitors can search in a live environment for manufacturers and products online, communicate with suppliers in real time, and book video meetings and conferences very conveniently. We also offer certificated supplier recommendation from the 1000’s of exhibitors for free.


The exhibition received strong support from relevant government organizations. QDB, the National Development Bank of Qatar, became the gold medal sponsor of the online digital exhibition and the United States Meat Export Federation USMEF participated in the exhibition.

In addition,Dr. Nevine Gamaa, Minister of Trade and Industry of Egypt; Mr. Anani Demuyakor, Ambassador of Ghana; Mr. Anthony Muriithi, Director general of Kenya Bureau of Agriculture and Food; Ms. Wairimu Mbarire, President of Kenya Retail Traders Association; Mr. Ataho George, CEO of Uganjedi Farm; Mr. Isabirye Farouk Lubanga, Uganda Busoga Grain Trading Co., LTD; President of Uganda Asante Agriculture Co., LTD., Mr. Naji El Haddad; Regional Manager of Global Exhibition Industry Association, President Wang Hailin of MIE Group, Vice President of MIE Group (Dubai) Mr. Zahoor Ahmed and other officials attended and addressed the opening ceremony.


Finally, President of MIE, Mr. Hailin Wang said in his speech that the Africa Food Digital Show (AFS), currently the first digital food show to be held in Africa, will use GTW digital exhibition platform to achieve more trade and sales and promote connectivity of food products in Africa and the world. At present, GTW has been providing digital exhibition solutions for Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Guangxi, Sichuan and other provinces and cities, and helping local enterprises to develop new models of digital economy.The next step will be to build a national online exhibition platform.

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