agrofood West Africa

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Ms Freyja Detjen

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agrofood West Africa is finally back in Abidjan!

Agriculture | Food Processing & Packaging | Ingredients | Food & Hospitality

After the great success of agrofood & plastprintpack West Africa in Abidjan in 2018 and a long Covid-related break, fairtrade and their local Ivorian partners 2A are now coming back to Côte d'Ivoire and Francophone West Africa with agrofood West Africa 2023.

agrofood West Africa will take place in conjunction with plastprintpack West Africa in the brand-new Abidjan Parc des Expositions from 17 to 19 October 2023.

In addition to Côte d'Ivoire, fairtrade in West Africa serves Nigeria with the agrofood Nigeria, and Ghana with agrofood Ghana.

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Agricultural machines, farming tractors, harvesting equipment
Analytical equipment
Dryers, cleaner, silos and storage systems
Feeding equipment
Fish farming equipment
Grains, grain systems
Greenhouse and greenhouse plastics and equipment
Irrigation systems
Livestock and poultry breeding
Milk processing equipment
Milling and mixing installations/equipment
Pesticides and fertilizers
Poultry equipment
Seeds, seedlings
Stable equipment
Veterinary syringes

food + bev tec

Food and drink processing

Automation
Bakery technology
Basic food technology
Beverage technology
Coffee machines
Confectionery, snacks and chocolate production technology
Dairy technology
Delicatessen and convenience food technology
Distribution systems, table and serving equipment
Fish processing technology
Food safety and quality management
Foodservice equipment
Ice cream technology
Ice cream technology
Information and billing systems
Kitchen technology
Meat processing technology
Noodle technology
Refrigeration technology
Screening machines
Services and concepts
Vegetable and fruit technology

Packaging

Packaging technology
Machines for imprinting of packaging material
Packaging materials, means and aids

Printing

Printing and labelling technology
Paper converting and packaging production technology
Materials, consumables and accessories

Refrigeration and air conditioning

Refrigeration technology
Ventilation, air conditioning and heating technology

Conveying, transport and storage

Waste and waste water

Water treatment
Waste water treatment
Resource-efficiency and services

ingredients

Acid starters
Acidulants
Antifoam agents
Antioxidants & antimicrobials
Aromas
Bakery raw materials
Binding agents
Blends & compounds of fruit juice
Butcher's raw materials
Casein clarifier
Clouding agents
Cocoa butter
Colourings
Cultures, microorganism
Curing agents
Cutting aids
Distillates
Emulsifying agents
Emulsifying salts
Enzymes
Extraction agents, solvents
Extracts, vegetable
Fat substitutes
Fatty acids
Fibres
Filter aid
Flavours & fragrances
Flavours & colours
Flour improvers
Flow agents, anti-caking agents
Food additives
Fruit and vegetables concentrates
Fruit and vegetables powders
Fruit ingredients
Fruit preparationsfor bakery & confectionery
Malt extracts for malt beverages
Meat extracts
Mineral substances
Powdered fat
Precipitants
Preservatives
Propellant gases
Protective gases
Proteins
Raising agents
Releasing agents
Sauces
Semi-finished products
Sorbents
Specialty fats
Spices, herbs
Stabilizers
Starter cultures & enzymes for dairy
Sweeteners
Vitamins

food + hospitality

Food and beverages

Bread & bakery
Dairy
Drinks
Fish & seafood
Fresh & chilled food
Frozen food
General foods
Health food
Hot beverages
Ice cream & deep-frozen confectionery
Meat & meat products
Organic food
Snack food
Sweets

Equipment and supplies for hotels and restaurants, bars and cafés, canteens and commercial kitchens

Building furnishings and equipment
Coffee machines
Distribution systems and serving equipment
Ice-cream machines
Information and billing systems
Refrigeration technology
Kitchen technology
Rinsing, cleaning and disposal technology
Sweets

Facts & figures on the West African agrofood market

Please see full details of the 2023 event

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Ivory Coast is becoming the breadbasket of West Africa

According to GTAI Germany Trade & Invest, Ivory Coast is becoming the breadbasket of West Africa. Agriculture and the food industry, especially in Abidjan, have been very dynamic for years, both in production and processing. Both sectors also enjoy a prominent regional position. They supply not only the domestic market but also the other francophone countries of the region, such as Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, Niger, Togo and Benin. 

The French-speaking West Africa is a rather homogenous market of about 110 million inhabitants

The increasing demand for food throughout the rather homogenous French-speaking West African market of 110 million inhabitants and the good general economic situation in Côte d'Ivoire continue to offer positive prospects for suppliers of agrofood technology.

With the exception of Guinea, all countries use the franc CFA franc, which is linked to the euro. The currency facilitates not only the overseas export of machinery from Europe and Asia to Abidjan, but also the export of food within the French-speaking countries of West Africa.

Excellent pre-conditions for agrofood West Africa.

Review 2018: 1,461 trade visitors discussed their investments with 80 exhibitors from 17 countries 50+ speakers from around the globe at high-profile conferences

Bosch seminar & VDMA symposium

The 5th edition of agrofood & plastprintpack West Africa took place at the Radisson Blu Hotel Abidjan Airport in Abidjan from 20 to 22 November 2018.

80 exhibitors from 17 countries participated, among them many of the world's leading companies in their sector. The exhibitors came from Austria, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom and USA.

The Ivorian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development opened agrofood & plastprintpack West Africa 2018

After 4 editions in Accra, Ghana, fairtrade held the 5th edition of agrofood & plastprintpack West Africa in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The event was officially opened on November 20, 2018 by the Ivorian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly.

The remarkable number of 1,461 high quality visitors discussed their investments as 53% of the visitors planned to invest over the next 12 months.

50 speakers from around the globe enriched the 3-day conference program including the Bosch seminar & the VDMA symposium.

The Ivorian and West African agrofood market

Food & beverage technology: From €496 million in 2015 to €694 million in 2021, West Africa’s imports of food & beverage technology show an annual increase of 5.8% between 2015 and 2021. Côte d‘Ivoire’s food tec imports even increased by 9% annually, from €68 million in 2017 to €97 million in 2021. (VDMA)

Food & beverage ingredients: With already well over 420 million inhabitants (2022), which according to the World Bank will rise to 800 million by 2050, West Africa is a huge food market. Expenditure in the F&B sector is growing steadily, and F&B production is by far the largest segment of the West African processing industry. Accordingly, the demand for food and beverage ingredients is rising continuously.