A high-level trade and investment delegation organized by the Ministry of Economy under the chairmanship of H.E. Eng. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori, UAE Minister of Economy, will participate at the Africa Trade Week, set to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 23-25 June, under the theme Africa - The New Home for Trade.

The delegation includes H.E. Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Saleh, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy for Foreign Trade Affairs; Mohammed Nasser Hamdan Al Zaabi, Director of the Trade Promotion Department at the Ministry of Economy; as well as senior officials and representatives from the federal and local authorities and the UAEs private sector.

More than 10,000 participants from the ministries of Commerce, Industry and Economy, senior investors, businessmen and heads of major industrial companies from 53 countries will participate in the Africa Trade Week. The Minister of Economy will also preside over the UAE-South Africa Business Forum next Tuesday (25 June, 2019), which will review investment opportunities in both countries in the presence of major investors.

The UAE delegations participation in the exhibition and the Forum aims to support the UAEs exports and enhance its penetration into major African markets and promote national products and investments in Africa in general and South Africa in particular.

The Ministry of Economy, represented by the Department of Trade Promotion, organized a meeting in Dubai for the trade and investment delegation participating in the Africa Trade Week. Mohammed Nasser Hamdan Al Zaabi, Director of the Trade Promotion Department at the Ministry of Economy reviewed the action plan of the Emirates Pavilion at the Africa Trade Week. He pointed out that the pavilion will effectively highlight the UAE export companies products before African investors and business communities.