Mozambique: FACIM trade fair opens with 2,000 stalls, expects 50,000 visitors

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Mozambique: FACIM trade fair opens with 2,000 stalls, expects 50,000 visitors

11:36 CAT | 29 Aug 2022

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The Maputo International Fair (FACIM), Mozambique’s biggest trade, industrial and services fair, opens on Monday with over 2,000 exhibitors, including 350 from 22 foreign countries, and is expected to be visited by over 50,000 people, according to organisers.

The trade fair, which this year is taking place for a 57th time, was as usual inaugurated by the country’s president, Filipe Nyusi, who was scheduled to visit some of the event’s pavilions and give a speech on the importance of the event.

With regard to foreign participation, the presence of 22 countries is confirmed, including Portugal, which historically is the largest foreign exhibitor.

Portugal’s secretary of state for the economy, João Correia Neves, is to attend the opening day of the event, as part of an official visit he is undertaking to Mozambique.

Besides being an opportunity for exhibitors to showcase their products and services, the fair is also a place for businesspeople to make contacts and sign partnership deals.

FACIM also is a stage for cultural events and gastronomy, with concerts and the opportunity for visitors to enjoy traditional dishes from Mozambique and abroad, in various leisure spaces set up at the event site.

The event, which 10 years ago was moved from the Maputo waterfront to the Marracuene district, outside the capital, is to run until 4 September.