Luanda, July 22, 2024 (Lusa) - The Luanda International Fair (Filda) kicks off on Tuesday with the participation of 18 countries, including Portugal, with more than 20 exhibitors, and the visit of Portugal's prime minister, Luis Montenegro, will be one of the highlights of the event.
The 39th edition of Filda, which runs from 23 to 28 July, will bring together more than 1,300 companies from 18 countries, under the slogan ‘Food Safety and International Partnership, the Binomial of Economic Diversification’, with a special focus on the internationalisation of the Angola brand and the areas of agriculture, forestry, fisheries and marine resources, according to a statement from the organisation.
The Portuguese Pavilion at Filda, which takes place in the Angolan capital's Special Economic Zone, will be home to 20 companies from different sectors, including industrial equipment production, agri-food, information and communication technologies, the mould and packaging industry.
According to the organisers, at least 1,300 Angolan companies and 254 from 18 countries in Africa, Europe, America and Asia, from 30 sectors, will be present.
As well as the exhibition, Filda is hosting the ‘Angola - Portugal’ Economic Forum, which will be attended by Portugal's prime minister Luís Montenegro and the Angolan ministers of state for economic coordination, José de Lima Massano, and industry and trade, Rui Miguéns de Oliveira.
Challenges and opportunities for the agro-industrial sector in Angola, the importance of logistics chains and certification and the Global Gateway initiative are the themes of the Forum, which will be attended by the heads of groups such as Nova Agrolider, Fazenda Girassol, Refriango, Carrinho and Quinta dos Jugais, as well as organisations linked to banking and international financial institutions.
During the event, two memoranda of understanding will be signed between the Angolan Industrial Association and the Portuguese Business Confederation and the Angolan Institute for Industrial Development and Technological Innovation, the University of the Algarve and the municipality of Vila Real de Santo António.
Filda will also host a forum on ‘Macau and the Portuguese-speaking countries’, as well as conferences on licensing commercial and industrial activities and tourism.
The organisation stresses the importance of contacts between businesspeople at the current moment in the Angolan economy, pointing out that last year, ‘the concession of the Lobito Corridor, a railway that crosses the country's main productive areas and links the copper and cobalt mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia to the Angolan port of Lobito, on the Atlantic, once again positioned Angola as a highly strategic logistical hub for international trade’.
Last year, Filda welcomed 75,000 visitors and attracted exhibitors from ten countries.
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