SAITEX 2018:
Africa's largest
product sourcing
and trade show
Africa's biggest event for
exporters and importers of
products from around the
world is forecast to be its
most successful in 25 years,
following a surge in business
confidence across Southern
Africa. President Ramaphosa
has pledged his support, along
with 44 other African countries,
for a new African trade bloc,
styled on the European Union.
He said the new deal will "yield
great benefits for all countries
on the continent as well as big
business, small companies and
micro-traders." Once in place it
would simplify Africa's current
import and export bureaucracy
and speed up cross-border
trade. But it also offers an
opportunity for importers from
across the world to enter Africa
with one product in one place.
This new business-focused
momentum is the heart of a
three-day conference at SAITEX
2018, the premier conference
and trade show that connects
exporters, leading brands andmanufacturers with
importers, distributors
and retailers. South
Africa is considered the
gateway to Sub-Saharan
Africa and SAITEX brings
more than 36 countries
to exhibit as well as
buyers from around the
world for three days
in Johannesburg. "But
SAITEX it is more than
a trade show – it is one
of the few events that
attracts international
government officials,
diplomats and business
leaders to discuss
trade partnerships
and agreements," said
Christine Davidson, Vice
President of dmg events MEA,
which organises SAITEX. "And
because of the fast-moving
economic changes in the
region, we have ensured this
established meeting place
facilitates further dialogue at
influencer level. This year there
is a new three-day conference
at SAITEX: The Trade
Development Forum. Alongside
it, the vast exhibition floor will
be packed with a wide range
of products from around the
world, everything from tools,
electronic goods and gadgets to
appliances, textiles and toys."
Other key subjects on the
discussion agenda includes
SADC country spotlights,
provincial showcases and key
programmes highlighted by the
Gauteng government.SAITEX 2018 runs from
24-26 June at the Gallagher
Convention Centre, Midrand,
Johannesburg.
http://www.saitexafrica.comFollowing on the success of the 2017 FASA Convention,
which saw 45 speakers in concurrent sessions sharing
their challenges and successes, the FASA Convention
2018 will take place once again at the Kyalami
Convention Centre on Thursday 28 June. With more
speakers than ever before, the convention offers
concurrent sessions so delegates are free to pick the
lectures they are most interested in including: Marketing
& Technology, Growth & International Expansion,
Franchise Operations, Franchise Relationships, Funding
and Legal. Specific tracks for both franchisors and
franchisees will be offered. So, save the date – Thursday
28th June 2018 – to meet and greet and network with
all the movers and shakers in the franchise industry.
Visit: http://www.fasa.co.za.
Save the date for
FASA's
Convention
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