Lagos trade fair begins tomorrow

The 2022 Lagos international Trade Fair is set to begin tomorrow.

According to the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), organiser of the fair,  the 2022 LITF will hold at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Lagos, from November 4 to 13.

With the theme: “Connecting businesses, Creating value,” Chairman, Trade Promotion Board, LCCI, Leye Kupoluyi said the fair would boost global and regional trade for start-up brands, big industries, tech hubs and multinational companies and strengthen existing foreign partnership ties to support African trade.

He added that many corporate organisations, government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and private sector operators had announced their readiness to explore the opportunities of this year’s trade fair.

“About 54 countries have been invited to this year’s LITF and many of their ambassadors visited.

“The LITF promises to be bigger, better and more beneficial for investors, foreign partners and the global economy. I can assure you that this year’s event will be far better, bigger, safer and more prosperous for all of us largely because the global pandemic which had impacted negatively on the fair in the past two editions has now been effectively curtailed,” he said.

Kupoluyi added that the event, because of the confirmed increase of visitors and exhibitors, would be at the cricket pitch area for more space to meet exhibitors’ demands and more opportunity for improved logistics and ambience.

“This year also, we intend to have an ICT hall, to give our partners and other participants in the sector deserved prominence, visibility and business opportunities,” he said.

Also, the Director General, LCCI, Chinyere Almona, projected that the fair would ensure that businesses meet sales targets, boost trade volume, eliminate market restrictions and integrated wider markets for more investment.