The Nigerian agrofood & plastprintpack industry will meet again for the highlight of the year. Organised by the German trade show specialists, fairtrade, the 7th edition of agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria takes place from March 22 to 24, 2022, at the Landmark Centre in Lagos. Here, global technology leaders from 15 countries showcase adapted technologies and solutions for the Nigerian and West African market in the fields of agriculture, food and beverage processing, ingredients, plastics, printing and packaging. The exhibitors come from Bulgaria, Côte d’Ivoire, France, Germany, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, the UAE and the USA.The 7th agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria featuring global technology leaders from 15 countries and a top-level 3-day conference.
Bureau Veritas is the Gold Sponsor.
Great synergies: Packaging Masterclass, the 4th WACCSE and the 16th NIPEX to co-locate.
Facts & figures on the Nigerian agrofood & plastprintpack market
- With €319m in 2020, Nigeria is the second-largest investor in food & packaging technology in Africa, just behind Egypt, but well ahead of South Africa, Algeria, Morocco and all other African countries.
- Sharp increase: Nigeria’s food production has grown by 39.6% in recent years, from €26bn in 2016 to €36.3bn in 2020 and is expected to rise by 48% between 2021 and 2024, from €42.3bn to €62.6bn. (Euromonitor International).
- With €111m in 2020, Nigeria is the second-largest importer of plastics technology in Sub-Sahara Africa, nearly on equal terms with South Africa (€118m). Nigeria’s plastics technology imports increased by an average of 19.7% per year between 2016 and 2020.
- At €50m in 2020, Nigeria ranks second in sub-Saharan Africa for imports of printing and paper technology, behind South Africa, but well ahead of other sub-Saharan countries.
- With €174 million in 2020 after €155 million in 2019 (+12.2%), Nigeria is the largest importer of packaging technology in Africa, in line with Egypt with €173 million, but well ahead of South Africa with €149 million, Algeria with €136 million, Morocco, Tanzania, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Ghana and Kenya.
- The enormous population growth from 206 million in 2022 to 411 million in 2050 demands high sustainable investments in Nigeria’s agrofood & plastprintpack industry.
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