20th EAC Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) Trade Fair set for Kigali, Rwanda

Written on 03 December 2019. Posted in Trade

…His Excellency Paul Kagame expected to grace the opening

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, 3rd  December, 2019: The 20^th Edition of the annual East African Community Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSES) Trade Fair, formerly known as JuaKali Nguvu Kazi Exhibition is set for 13^th to 22^nd December, 2019 at Gikondo Expo Grounds in Kigali, Rwanda.

The 20^th Edition Trade Fair themed; EAC@20: Building EAC through Micro and Small Enterprises jointly organized on a rotational basis by the EAC Secretariat, the East African Confederation of Informal Sector Organisation (EACISO) in collaboration with EAC Partner States,  brings together artisans from the six (6) EAC Partner States comprising Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.

According to the Director General Customs and Trade at the EAC Secretariat, Mr. Kenneth Bagamuhunda, the MSE’s trade  fair is expected to attract up to 1,300 exhibitors from EAC Partner States’ Trade Facilitation Institutions and  EAC Organs and Institutions.  

He disclosed that during the exhibitions, daily symposia will be conducted to build the capacity of the artisans on integration matters and other issues pertinent to the development of their businesses. The key areas of capacity building that will be  covered by the symposium component include the following:

• Cross Border Trade, the EAC Simplified Trade Regime and dealing with NTBs
• Products value addition
• Standards, Quality Assurance, Metrology and Testing (SQMT),
• Benefits and opportunities of the EAC Integration Process to SMEs
• EAC Rules of Origin MSMES and
• MSE’s development and opportunities in the Republic of South Sudan

The 20^th MSE’s EAC Exhibition is expected to be officially opened by His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda.

Registration

To participate in the Exhibition, exhibitors from Partner States (Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and South Sudan) are required to register with their respective Confederation of Informal Sector Organizations 

NOTES TO EDITORS:

In order to support promotion of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSES) formerly known as JuaKali Nguvu Kazi sector of the regional economy, the EAC Secretariat in collaboration with the Partner States and Confederation of Informal Sector Organization East Africa (CISO-EA) has organized the annual exhibition since 1999.  The exhibitions have proved to be strategic avenues for promoting the Small and Micro Enterprises sector’s products, transfer of technologies, and promotion of the regional integration process.

The first exhibition was held in Arusha in November 1999 during the historic signing of the Treaty for the Establishment of the EAC. Subsequent to the success of the Arusha exhibition, the EAC Heads of State directed that the Exhibition be held annually, on a rotational basis amongst the Partner States so as to enhance economic integration in East Africa.

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For more information, please contact:

Simon Peter Owaka
Senior Public Relations Officer
Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Department
EAC Secretariat
Arusha, Tanzania
Tel: +255 768 552087
Email: sowaka [at] eachq.org

About the East African Community Secretariat:

The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of six Partner States, comprising Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.

The EAC Secretariat is ISO 9001: 2008 Certified

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