2020 has challenged the food community in many ways. Concerns about global food safety and security, strains on supply chains and changes in ingredients sourcing have made it more pivotal than ever for ingredients suppliers and buyers to connect with their peers in the F&B industry.

Strengthening current business connections, forging new ones, sharing information and acquiring up-to-date insights have all become more business critical than ever in a fast-changing world. Global health & safety measures and travel restrictions have led us to see our annual community gatherings in a different light.

Fi Europe CONNECT 2020 will shape the future of the F&B industry by:

• Bringing together the global food ingredients ecosystem as one industry to connect, share knowledge, showcase innovations and do business.
• Hosting 2-weeks of online meetings, starting from 23rd November 2020 
• Offering easy-to-use tools for online networking with peers, discovering new suppliers, and knowledge sharing.
• Delivering effective AI-driven matchmaking, lead-generation and online branding and thought leadership opportunities for businesses.

Learn more on our website:  https://www.figlobal.com/fieurope/en/home.html

fairtrade, the Germany based organiser behind the leading agrofood & plastprintpack trade shows in Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Nigeria launch a new event called Virtual agrofood & plastprintpack Africa, taking place 23 to 26 November 2020.

The four-day digital event is to provide a platform for valuable business contacts between leading global manufacturers and top buyers from the African agrofood & plastprintpack industry. It offers an AI-backed matchmaking platform. Every exhibitor has his profile and logo and the picture of his stand rep as part of his virtual booth from which he can show corporate videos, showcase his products, talk to his visitors via instant video calls, live stream product demos and much more. For visitors, the event is free to attend.

In addition to the B2B meetings, the event offers conferences with inspiring speakers and relevant content, webinars, workshops, roundtables, live demos, panel sessions and product launches.

Paul Maerz, Managing Director at fairtrade says: “Virtual agrofood & plastprintpack Africa is a direct response to what our trade visitor network has told us they need – an opportunity to meet with suppliers, source new products, network with existing and new business contacts as well as a place to be inspired and learn. All this on an African scale. We are delighted to build on our 30 years of experience as organisers of agrofood & plastprintpack events to create a digital platform that serves the African and global community in these unprecedented times.

Agrofood Nigeria covers the entire process chain, consisting of the three sub-brands agro AgroTech Nigeria, food + bev tec Nigeria and food ingredients Nigeria

Organized by the German trade show specialists Fairtrade and scheduled for 31 March – 01 April 2021 at the Landmark Centre on Lagos Victoria Island Annex, the event is held in conjunction with Plastprintpack Nigeria, Nigeria’s 6th International Plastics, Printing and Packaging Trade Show.

Exhibitors & Products 2021 – Tailored to the Nigerian market
Excellent prospects for trade visitors of Agrofood Nigeria 2021 looking for high-quality solution providers as many of the world’s leading companies will again be presenting products and technologies specifically tailored to the Nigerian market.

The exhibitors of Agrofood & Plastprintpack 2021 come from 27 countries, namely from Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine and United Arab Emirates.