Brazilian President Lula to officiate at
Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Overall preparations for the 34th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair have been completed, exhibitors are currently busy making final touches in their kiosks, especially on products to be displayed in the fair.
Speaking at the Mwalimu Nyerere Trade Fair grounds in the Dar es Salaam yesterday, TanTrade director general Ramadhani Khalfan said, almost all participants have completed arrangements and are ready for the exhibition.
“With only four days left before the soft opening of the trade fair, exhibitors are ferrying various products to their respective kiosks with most of them working tirelessly to ensure they meet the deadline for opening,” said Khalfan, who until recently was the Board of External Tanzania (BET) director.
“Arrangements for the opening and other things related to the trade fair are done, and TanTrade has put measures to ensure its success, including addressing challenges that might arise,” the TanTrade boss said.”
He added that the authority expects co-operation from the 100 participants who attended a preparatory seminar and received briefing on several regulations governing the trade fair exhibitions.”
“Together with the briefing, we have also focused our attention to on ensure that successful implementation of all activities under our authority depend on the existing relations with the respective exhibitors,” he noted.
Also, we expect the Brazilian President to be the guest of honour in the official opening of the exhibition.
It will host about 15 countries and 60 local companies scheduled to showcase their products in the 11-day trade fair.
This year’s trade fair exhibition is themed ‘Agriculture First’ a government initiative popularly known as ‘Kilimo Kwanza’, as part of joining the government efforts in strengthening the agriculture sector.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
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