Corporate Communications and Public Affairs head Richard Othieno
The premier fair, which will end on December 6, will be held at the Mnazi Mmoja Grounds.
The EAC Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Department
statement announcing the event said the theme of the show is “Buy Micro
and Small Enterprises (MSEs) products, Build East Africa”.
“The theme portrays the role MSEs are expected to play in the
growth and development of the region’s economies,” EAC Principal Trade
Officer (Internal), Nduati Wa Karanja, noted in the statement.
According to him, so far 1,000 artisans have registered and
confirmed their participation. He said 50 will come from Burundi, Kenya
(250), Rwanda (100), and Uganda (80) while host Tanzania will be
represented by 520.
The Exhibition will be officially opened on December 2.
“To participate in the exhibition, exhibitors from Tanzania,
Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda are required to register with the respective
ministries of Trade and Industry, while those in Kenya must register
with the Small and Medium Enterprises Authority,” the statement reads in
part.
The EAC Secretariat in collaboration with the partner states and
Confederation of Informal Sector Organization East Africa (CISO-EA) has
organized the annual exhibitions since 1999.
Corporate Communications and Public Affairs head Richard Othieno
said the exhibitions sought to support promotion of the Jua Kali /Nguvu
Kazi sector of the regional economy.
“The exhibitions have proved to be strategic avenues for promoting
the sector’s products, transfer of technologies, and promotion of the
regional integration process,” the statement said.
The CISO-EA lobby seeks to provide a platform for strategic
linkages aimed at value addition to the SME’s. Its strategic mission
also focuses on growing small enterprises into efficient medium sized
firms as well as identify, expose, showcase and market regional SME’s
innovations, products and services.
SOURCE:
THE GUARDIAN
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