Full AATP Program here (pdf)

African Agricultural Trade Promotion Conference (AATP)
21 – 22 July 2008
Gallagher Estate, Midrand South Africa

The Southern Africa Global Competitiveness Hub is to participate in Africa’s Big Seven in 2008 by collaborating with partners and organising the African Agricultural Trade Promotion Conference (AATP)

The Trade Hub sees this event as an exciting opportunity to bring together producers and buyers to facilitate trade in agribusiness. The Hub will also work with partners to organize a series of Business to Business (B2B) meetings facilitated by Outsmart Marketing and funded by ABSA Bank. 

The African Agricultural Trade Promotion Conference is designed to facilitate trade in Africa by linking buyers and sellers, and providing information to producers who are not yet export ready, but plan to export in the near future.

The conference is designed based upon needs amongst traders and producers in Africa for:

• Access to markets
• Access to affordable trade finance
• Expert and practical advice on project management, logistical solutions and marketing
• Information on bridge farmers seeking to engage other African projects on a JV basis
• General assistance to producers to export successfully

 
The Conference aims to provide the following :

• Information on more accessible and affordable trade finance
• Introduce African producers to South African supermarkets
• Introduce African producers to value adding services to diversify their markets
• A platform for farmers who are considering bridge farming to be made aware of the opportunities which exist in Africa, and to introduce African projects seeking these opportunities.

Resulting from this conference, there will be a program put in place to assist traders/producers in sustaining or growing their operations by providing them with ongoing support in the following areas:

• Market information
• Providing information on trade finance
• Providing intelligence on logistics and value adding service providers
• Assistance with improving production / delivery standards/certification.
• Reducing transactional costs (cost of doing business )
• Facilitating joint venture partnerships and investors.
• Opening opportunities for “bridge farmers’

Full AATP Program here (pdf)

This conference will focus on the agricultural trading and trade financing needs of projects, as well highlighting opportunities that exist for agricultural traders and producers in Africa.

Contact:
Anton Scheepers
Agricultural Advisor
Southern African Global Competitiveness Hub
Cell: +27 82 573 4344
Tel: +27 12 9931975
E mail: aim2@intekom.co.za