Africa’s Big Seven

The only trade event of its kind on the continent, Africa's Big Seven (AB7) is an interrelated composite of food and beverage events encompassing raw materials, processes and manufacturing technologies, packaging, food services equipment and retail ready products for a market of 800 million consumers.



The 7 elements are:

• Agri-Food - manufacturers and producers expo;
• FoodBiz Africa - food service and equipment;
• FoodTech Africa - food sector production, processing and packaging
• DrinkTech Africa -beverage processing and packing machinery, equipment and technology;
• InterBake Africa - equipment, processes and ingredients for the bakery industry;
• Pan Africa Retail Exhibition - food, beverages, merchandise and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG);
• Retail Solutions Africa - technology for retailers.

There is little argument that Africa's economic prospects are the best they have ever been with growth forecasts outstripping most of the Western World.
The continent's rapidly expanding middleclass, their changing lifestyles and growing disposable income all add up to enormous business opportunities for suppliers throughout the food and beverage industry supply chain.

"The simple fact is that Africa wants to do business" said Teigue Payne, publisher of leading industry journal Food & Beverage Reporter. "Africa's Big Seven plays a hugely successful role in bridging the gap between buyers and sellers; people who in many instances would have no other way of knowing of each other's existence".

Retail Trade benefits:
A further benefit of this event is that it is co-located with the Southern African Trade Exhibition (SAITEX) an exhibition dedicated to non-food & beverage retail products. The combined offering of 800 exhibitors from 32 countries is an irresistible attraction for Africa's importers, distributors, agents, wholesalers and retailers.
Trade visitors come from an average of 48 countries.

AB7 is held annually together with the Southern African International Trade Exhibition (SAITEX). To see more about AB7 and SAITEX, view the 2011 expo video on YouTube - simply go to www.youtube.com and in the top search window type 'Saitex and Africa's Big Seven 2011'.

For more information about AB7, contact Lineke van der Brugghen at Exhibition Management Services.