Nura Kangiwa, NIHOTOUR DG
Abuja Chamber of Commerce to host AfCFTA-endorsed AfritradeB2B expo in July
[By VICTOR NZE]
Abuja Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the CMD Tourism and Trade Enterprises and KVS International has completed arrangements to host one the largest business-to-business (B2B) trade event in the capital city.
The planned AfritradeB2B is in line with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) framework aimed at deepening economic integration and enhance business relationships on the continent.
The two-day AfritradeB2B expo is tagged; “Trading under AFCFTA; a game changer announced.”
According to the Abuja Chamber of Commerce, and its partners, the event is billed to run from July 13 to 14, this year, at the Main Hall of Continental Hotel, Abuja.
Managing Director of CMD Tourism and Trade Enterprises, one of the partners, Miss Cecile Doumbe, explained that ‘facilitating AfritradeB2B is in line with developing economic cooperation, trade and investment within Africa.’
“ AfritradeB2B meeting is more than an event. It is a platform that creates opportunities for participants to develop profitable trade partnerships with stakeholders and actors across critical sectors of the African economy.
“We are establishing a match-making platform including fine-selected African prospects and Nigerian economic operators harnessed from B2B meetings,” she said.
The AfriTradeB2B promises to be one of the most impactful business-to-business fair to be held in Africa this year.
The organiser’s strategy of delivering the event is based on identified specific-sector needs of African trade concerns and match-making them with development opportunities across different African countries within the framework of AfCFTA.
“AfritradeB2B is a significant trade and investment event for business networking and partnerships in Africa. We intend to generate more than nine hundred matched profiles from more than two hundred Nigerian selected companies, and more than one hundred targeted African Businesses around the continent. The AfriTradeB2B conference in Abuja will provide side range of diverse trade solutions including Transfer of Technology, business joint ventures, Investments assets, Distribution channels, trade partnerships, Licence Agreement and Sales Agreement,” continued Doumbe.
So far, AfriTradeB2B has been roundly endorsed by different business and trade agencies of Nigeria’s Federal Government such as the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment; Nigerian Export Promotion Company (NEPC); Abuja Enterprise Agency (AEA).
Others are: Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON); National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR).
In addition, the National Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has equally given its approval to the trade event.
