The event will facilitate investments into the industry through education, trade, industrialization and provision of critical infrastructure to support the transformation of African economy. CAX will be executed through alignment of continental initiatives such as African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), Infra African Trade Fair (IATF) and Fashionomics.
Off the back of Africa’s successful Intro-African Trade Fair (IATF) in Cairo-Egypt in 2018, where the president of AFREXIMBank, Prof. Benedict Oramah said: “CAX is a very important component of our work to promote regional integration. We see this as a sowing seed for our development.”
CAX in collaboration with AFREXIMBank, UNESCO, African Union, Initiative for Global Development (IGD), other multilateral institutions and strategic partners will be providing a platform for entry into a single market of over one billion people and two billion in trade and investment deals.
Over 2000 participants are expected, 250 exhibitors/vendors from 68 countries globally to exchange ideas and create unique business opportunities to increase customer base, network and net-worth of participants from: film, music, media, tech, fashion, Policy regulators and capital providers.
“We are thinking completely outside the box to ensure that everyone that shows up at Kigali, Rwanda for CAX weekend will walk away knowing that they have changed the narrative,” said the organizers, Times Multimedia.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM
