Organised by fairtrade Messe in collaboration with Prana Events, this premier industry event is poised to deliver an even more dynamic and engaging experience.
Highlights of the 2025 event
The 2025 edition of agrofood & plastprintpack Ethiopia promises to be an unmissable gathering for professionals in Ethiopia’s agrofood & plastprintpack sectors. Key highlights include:
· Sustained industry interest: The event continues to attract decision-makers from both business and government sectors, eager to explore cutting-edge products and solutions.
· High-quality visitors: Expect a diverse range of high-caliber attendees from across Ethiopia and beyond. · Global participation: Over 120 leading exhibitors from 14 countries, including Austria, China, Denmark, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Türkiye, and the United Arab Emirates presenting tailored products and solutions for the Ethiopian market.
· Business opportunities: 2024 saw an 88% exhibitor satisfaction rate, driven by targeted business meetings that are set to continue in 2025.
· Government & industry support: Active involvement from key Ethiopian ministries, authorities, and associations ensures a comprehensive industry perspective.
· Insightful conferences: Learn from top-level sessions organized by the Ethiopian Beverages Manufacturing Industries Association, Ethiopian Plastic and Rubber Manufacturers Association, and others.
· New in 2025: o Ethiopia food show: Running concurrently with agrofood Ethiopia, more information here. o Ethiopica coffee show: Also taking place alongside agrofood Ethiopia, more details here.
Facts & figures on the Ethiopian agrofood market
· Agriculture is the backbone of Ethiopia’s economy and continues to contribute 33% of GDP, provide 66% of employment and generate 76% of the country’s annual exports. Over the past five years, agriculture has grown at an annual rate of 9%, reaching a value of US$36 billion. (ATA Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency)
· With annual investments in food and beverage processing and packaging technology ranging from €64 million to €171 million in recent years, Ethiopia is one of East Africa’s largest importers of such technology. (VDMA)
· With a population of 130 million, expected to grow to 200 million by 2050 according to the World Bank, Ethiopia has long been the largest food market in East and Central Africa. Spending in the F&B sector is growing steadily, and F&B production is by far the largest segment of the Ethiopian manufacturing industry. Accordingly, the demand for food and beverage ingredients continues to grow.
· Despite heavy investment in local food production, Ethiopia remains one of Africa’s largest food importers. Between 2021 and 2023, food imports amounted to between $3.3 billion and $1.9 billion annually, while food exports made up for $2.5 billion in 2023. (WTO)
The Ethiopian plastprintpack market
· Ethiopia is the second largest importer of plastics in primary form in East and Central Africa. As Ethiopia does not produce any plastic raw materials, 100% of the raw materials are imported. Imports of plastic raw materials grew by 13.5% per year between 2007 and 2020, from 43 kt to 224 kt, +421%. (EUROMAP)
· Ethiopia is one of the two largest investors in plastics technology in East & Central Africa, with imports of €28m in 2023, up 57% compared to 2022. (VDMA)
· With packaging technology imports of €30m in 2023, Ethiopia is one of the largest investors in such technology in East & Central Africa. (VDMA)
Strong support from Ethiopian and international institutions
agrofood & plastprintpack Ethiopia enjoys robust backing from both Ethiopian and international organizations, including:
· Ethiopian government: Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Industry, Ethiopian Food, Beverage, and Pharmaceutical Research and Development Center, and more.
· International support: AHK Delegation of German Industry and Commerce for Eastern Africa, Embassies of Germany, France, India, Italy, Türkiye, GIZ, Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and others.
For market insights and more details, visit agrofood-ethiopia.com and ppp-ethiopia.com.
For more information and: www.agrofood-ethiopia.com www.ppp-ethiopia.com
Further information can also be found in the attachments:
fairtrade – Valuable business contacts
Founded in 1991, fairtrade has long been one of the leading organisers of professional international agrofood & plastprintpack trade fairs in Africa and the Middle East. Over the decades, more than 36,000 exhibitors and 1.5 million trade visitors have expressed their confidence in us. With our international trade shows, we take innovative ways to connect emerging markets with solution providers from across the globe.
Facilitating valuable business contacts between our exhibitors and trade visitors – that’s what we at fairtrade stand for.
fairtrade is managed by its founder Martin März and his son Paul, who joined the company in 2016, and builds on a highly motivated team of experienced and young professionals, many of them qualified in-house over three years in partnership with the German Cooperative State University to a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration – Exhibition, Convention & Event Management or Media & Communication Management.
ISO 9001:2015 certified and a member of UFI The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, fairtrade strives for high customer satisfaction with excellent service and innovative products.
About Prana Events
Prana Events is the leading trade fair organiser, full-service event management firm, professional stand construction & event service company in Ethiopia. The company is striving to support the event industry in Ethiopia and neighboring countries with knowledge, technology and solutions besides putting Ethiopia on the global trade fair map. Staffed with young, hard-working and creative professionals that have high value and talent for their appointed position, the team is involved on all levels from conceptualisation to implementation.
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