The 15th edition of Auto-expo Kenya is slated for next week, starting Thursday, at the usual venue of the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC).
Organisers say that the number of exhibitors and visitors this year is expected to rise by at least 25% since an aggressive campaign was launched last month.
Trade visitors from all over East & Central African countries are being invited directly and in collaboration with several regional trade bodies in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia, and Mozambique.
Most of the East African companies who attended 2011 event have already shown interest in participating at this year’s Exhibition.
“Kenya is the largest economy in East and Central Africa. It enjoys a liberalized economic regime and participants at AUTO EXPO KENYA 2012 should take full advantage of this. There is the advantage of Kenya being a member of two powerful economic groupings. One is the East African Community consisting of Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. The other is the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), an economic block stretching from North Africa down to Southern Africa,” organizers said in a statement.
This annual event is organized by EXPO GROUP and sponsored by ABDAS, Dubai Exporters & Afrotrade. The main motive of the exhibition is to introduce the latest products and technology in the country to keep Kenya at par with the rest of the world.
Among opportunities expected at be presented at the venue are:
- Kenyan Companies to source new products, equipment & technology from worldwide.
- Kenyan Companies to update their existing customers / agents.
- Launching new products & services.
- Promotions and Special offers.
- Companies from all over the world to showcase their Automotive products,equipment and machinery in the African market.
- The business community to consolidate and strengthen distributorship network.
- Kenyan and other International Companies to learn and enhance export & import trade in order to capture available privileged and ready arranged markets worldwide.
