Kampala
The Minister of State for trade, industries and cooperatives Harriet Ntabazi has called upon Manufactures and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to maintain standard in order to compete in the global market
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‘’If you produce quality and standard products, the market is big saying East African as a region has a population of 300 million and a Gross Domestic Product of $305b (about sh1.126 trillion), the population of Africa is 1.5 billion plus the international market, the demand is too high’ said Ntabazi
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Ntabazi made the remarks while closing the 29th Uganda’s International Trade Fair ((UGITF) on Tuesday October 10,2023 at UMA show Ground
The Trade fair that started on October 3, ended on October 10,2023
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UGITF is the premier business development event in East Africa which offers an unrivalled opportunity to showcase your products and engage with your customers. Previous exhibitors have reported increases in their sales following the exposure provided by the trade fair, the show has grown over the years attracting 1,350 exhibitors drawn from 28 countries and 25,000 daily unique show guests.
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This year’s trade fair attracted over 350,000 show goers interacting directly with manufacturers and SMEs
Sne applauded Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) for organizing successful trade fairs and the great inspiring growth that has increased the number of exhibitors from just a mere 20 to over 1,000 exhibitors for the last 29 years.
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Meanwhile this year over Shs467m have been collected from various sponsors and partners. Key Partners included; TotalEnergies Marketing Uganda Limited, Science Technology and Innovation Secretariat, Stanbic Bank Uganda, Uganda Insurers Association, Tembo Steels Limited, and Kiboko Enterprises.During the opening Alupo warded the most outstanding exhibitors for the tremendous innovation
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Steel and tubes, was the oval winner of 2023 Uganda International Trade fair, TotalEnergies and Taiwan was among the best on international level
East African Gazette brings what happened on the closing day in PICTURES
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