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POULTRY AFRICA
Poultry Africa
geared for its second edition
The second
edition of Poultry
Africa will be
taking place
from 2 to 3
October 2019 in
Kigali Rwanda.
P
oultry Africa is a boutique-style concept
from the organisers of the renowned VIV
feed-to-food shows around the world.
Its core objective is to present high-quality
networking and trade opportunities, hassle-free,
at minimum cost for suppliers and buyers.
According to Poultry Africa manager, Diána Tóth,
the version lined up for October 2019 looks likely
to be bigger than before. It is on course to achieve
a 30% growth in exhibitor numbers compared
with 2017. A preliminary list of exhibitors prepared
at the start of the year, reads like a directory of
major international suppliers of products and
services for poultry enterprises. They include
companies from Africa as well as Asia, Europe
and North America.
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“I am delighted to report that we are continuing
to add African exhibitors to that early list,” Diána
comments. “One of the most recent additions is a
supplier from Mauritius.
“However, I think one of the main points about the
expo at Poultry Africa 2019 is that it will contain
not only new exhibitors, but also a wider variety
of products and services. As two examples
of this, the stands this time will include more
manufacturers and distributors of systems for
slaughtering and processing poultry, and more
companies offering animal health products.”
Ideal location
“Our first edition demonstrated beyond any doubt
that Rwanda was the right choice for location,” says
Diána. “It is politically stable and a safe, neutral
place to visit, as well as being at the geographic
centre of our primary focus countries in Eastern,
Western and Southern Africa and having direct
flights from and to all parts of the region.”
The relatively small size of the poultry business
in Rwanda itself is therefore outweighed by the
country’s position in a part of the world that
has enormous potential for further increasing
its production of chicken and eggs. On latest
estimates, the countries of West and East Africa
together produce almost 2 million metric tons of
poultry meat and 27 billion eggs per year, with
some forecasters expecting up to a 10% increase
in output by 2025.