- Jacob Javit Center New York CityThe African Trade and Industry Expo is an affiliate program of the African Cultural Center. The purpose of the Expo is to mobilize and facilitate African business relations within African communities locally, nationally and globally. The Expo also aims to encourage self-sufficiency and fight poverty in Africa, by developing and empowering positive economic growth through trade and industry. The first annual Expo — in association with Free Malaria — will be held September 13, 2013 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City.
African Trade and Industry Expo 2013 will be the largest African event in world that is designed to promote African economic development. The Expo will offer companies large and small the opportunity to access our lucrative and often overlooked market. The African Cultural Center (ACC) will focus and contribute to the economic empowerment of the Africa community through the African Trade and Industry Expo. No other event will receive the same level of community small business and corporate participation. Primarily this event identifies strongly as a showcase for the African community as well as the children and adults who are products of the African Diaspora.
There are many benefits people will receive when they attend this Expo. Some of the essential benefits are discovering new business opportunities, networking, gaining priceless information, and improving personal business contacts, employment opportunities, finding potential business partners, as well as, leisure enjoyment. Various people can patronize the African Trade and Industry Expo weekend in 2013 and throughout the many years to come.
The Attendees
Large numbers of attendees will be drawn to attend The African Trade and Industry Expo 2013. The attendees will include people from North, West, South, East and Center Africa; together all under one roof! People will come from all over to the United States of America and participate in this life changing event.
We anticipate these participants will come from from many industry sectors, including:
- Banking and Investment
- Manufacturing
- Food Processing
- Conservation Services
- Mining
- Telecommunications
- Green Energy
- Entertainment
- Construction
- Transportation
- Agriculture
- Import/Export
- Arts & Tourism
- Hospitality
The African Trade and Industry Expo is well on its way to becoming a destination event with people from around world utilizing the timing of the entire event as an opportunity to do business with the rest of the world.
The Expo will also be a family affair between Africans and Africans Diaspora. The young and old will be attracted to this event with a demographic media age range breakdown from ages 25-50 yrs old. It is expected that this event will attract more than tens of thousands of people from around the world.
Not only will the entire African and Africans Diaspora community be attract to attend; but also all the business peoples round world efforts to target business for Africa continent.
Africa is in its best economic shape in comparison to past decades thanks to better business management and a booming demand for commodities. The president of the African development bank said Donald Kabenka, the regions economies last year grew at an average of 5.5 percent as a result of improved peace and stability. There have been better terms of trade, more responsible economic governance and a better business news climate for Africa.
Stay Tuned
There is more information to come. If you are interested in assisting in making this expo a success, interested in sponsorship, or if you are a traditional performing artists interested in participating, please feel free to contact us at expo2011@accenter.org
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