Networking:Over 120 Encounters in Three Days at Promote

 B2B meetings, an integral part of the PROMOTE trade fair, are uniting business persons and investors for posterity.

Business persons and investors are sharing experiences and contacts at the International Exhibition for Enterprises SMEs and Partnerships, PROMOTE 2017 fair village at the Yaounde Conference Centre. Interactive workshops for network and joint ventures are multiplying at the B2B lounge of the general secretariat of the international trade fair, with organisers saying that those who booked for appointments were gradually meeting with business persons and companies for partnerships.
Information garnered reveals that over 800 appointments were confirmed for interactive meetings. As at Sunday, February 10, 2017, over 120 encounters had held, with organisers upbeat that it was a good start. It is all about exchange of contacts, with an official of the forum stating that it is all about exchange of contacts and joint ventures. He said the concept of PROMOTE 2014 where buyers and sellers sat in workshops for the sale of products has been modified, to meet pure partnership ventures. “We now focus only on networking and partnership”, he insisted. Business persons from Algeria, South Africa, Tunisia, Italy and many other foreign countries participating in the fair are meeting each other and nationals to discuss business. Sectors highly solicited, our source listed, were agro-industries, infrastructure, public works, mines, fashion, handicraft, cosmetics, digital economy, inform...