According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, fair with the theme; Building Bridges for a Successful AfCFTA, aims at boosting trade and investment across the African continent. It also promises to create the enabling environment for businesses to thrive across the African continent; bring to fruition the lofty ideas behind the creation of the AfCFTA by providing the platform to further identify and proffer solutions to challenges militating against intra-African trade and; generate market information needed to connect buyers and sellers throughout the continent.
He said global businesses including non-African international brands are expected to key into opportunities generated by the fair, thereby attracting for the continent’s trade and investment deals worth $40 billion. Various Nigerian investors are already in Durban for the event.
The president is accompanied on the trip by the minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; minister of industry, trade and investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo; director general, National Intelligence Agency, Amb. Ahmed Rufai Abubakar and the executive director/chief executive officer of Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Segun Awolowo.
Buhari is expected back on Tuesday.