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Nigeria & Western Africa's Leading Food Safety, Quality & Food Systems Conference & Exhibition

DATE: SEPTEMBER 17-19, 2024

LOCATION: LAGOS, NIGERIA

DISCOVER THE TRENDS IN NIGERIA & WESTERN AFRICA'S FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY LANDSCAPE

 The Africa Food Safety Summit Western Africa edition 2024 will be held in Lagos, Nigeria.

It will be Western Africa’s major Food Safety, Quality & Food Systems Conference & Exhibition, with attendees expected from the key economies such as Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, plus other countries in the region.

The event shall also be attended by delegates and visitors from Africa and across the World, with attendees expected from more than 60 countries in Africa and the World.

The Summit is focused on shedding light into the opportunities, challenges and market trends in Western Africa’s food safety, quality and food systems landscape.

At the Summit, attendees will discover the latest ideas and appropriate solutions and technologies that shall boost Western Africa’s capacity to avail safe food to its growing population, while enabling the region to trade better within itself and into the regional and international markets.

The Summit incorporates an Expo Hall, where leading manufacturers and distributors of storage, processing and packaging technologies; laboratory equipment, supplies and related technologies; consultancy and testing services; nutritional testing; hygiene and sanitation etc., – will display their latest innovations to Nigeria and Western Africa’s food manufacturers, agricultural sector players, government and NGO agencies, retailers, academic and research institutions etc . . .

By attending, sponsoring or exhibiting at this pan-African event, you will reach meet key decision makers across the agriculture and agribusiness; manufacturing/retail; Government agencies and ministries; NGOs, development organizations and academic and research institutions from across Africa’s food and agriculture sectors.

The 2024 edition of Africa Food Safety Summit Ethiopian Edition will be co-located with the AFMASS Nigeria Food Expo – the leading food manufacturing, retail and HORECA industry trade show in West Africa

WHAT WILL BE ON SHOW AT THE EXPOS?

The Africa Food Safety Summits showcase the entire range of technologies that are vital for the growing, processing, packaging and testing of agricultural produce and food products in Africa, including:

FOOD PROCESSING SOLUTIONS

FOOD PACKAGING SOLUTIONS

FOOD STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION SOLUTIONS

FOOD TESTING SERVICES

INGREDIENTS & CHEMICALS

LABORATORY & QUALITY TESTING EQUIPMENT

ENGINEERING & AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES & SERVICES

KEY AGENDA ISSUES

The Summit covers the following issues in the food and agriculture value chain in Western Africa:

REGULATION & POLICY

The Summit highlights the latest regulations and policies that are targeted at strengthening the policy, legal and institutional frameworks on food safety, quality and food systems in Africa, and how they impact trade and consumer health

LEADERSHIP, CULTURE & COMMUNICATION

The Summit showcases ways to enhance leadership and governance and the right food safety, quality and compliance culture in Africa, while promoting evidence-based advocacy, communication and knowledge sharing that raise consumer awareness and empowerment on food safety, nutrition and security

HUMAN & INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY

The Summit informs on the opportunities and challenges of building the human and infrastructure capacity, including the laboratory and skills components that enhance efficiency and reduce costs  in the food and agri sector in the Continent

CLIMATE CHANGE & FOOD SYSTEMS

The Summit highlights on the challenges and repercusions of climate change on food safety, quality and sustainable food systems  in Africa and how new knowledge, practices and technologies can mitigate these negative impacts in the Continent

TRADE, MARKET ACCESS & SUPPLY CHAINS

The Summit highlights the opportunities and challenges stremline supply chains and to enhance trade and market access in safe and nutritious agricultural and processed foods at national, regional, continental and global levels

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

The Summit provides the platform to strengthen research, innovation, technology development and transfer in the food and agriculture sector, while showcasing new technologies for producing nutritious foods

COORDINATION & COOPERATION

The Summit enables the private, public, non-profit and academia/research institutions in Africa to strengthen collaboration and cooperation at local, regional, continental and global levels to produce safe and nutritious food