Kisumu 2020 International Expo to be held next month targeting 15,000 sellers.




EXHIBITION:A banner showing the Kisumu International Trade,Tourism and Cultural Expo that is to be held next Month at Jomo Kenyatta Sports Ground.The expo will attract over 15,000 sellers and buyers both locally and Internationally.



Kisumu 2020 International Expo to be held next month targeting 15,000 sellers.



By DICKSON ODHIAMBO.
  
 June 28, 2017.


THE Kisumu International Trade, Tourism and Cultural Expo for this year will be held next month, Acting Kisumu County Secretary Dr. Ojwang Lusi has said.

Dr. Lusi said the event also known as Kisumu 2020 will be held as from July 12 to 15 this year.

Speaking at Imperial Hotel in Kisumu on Wednesday during a media briefing ahead of the event, Dr. Lusi said the event will be held at Jomo Kenyatta Sports Ground and will comprise of a four day Truth, Justice and fairness for peace caravan, conferences, Expo and exhibition.

He says the event is a ground breaking forum for Global Trade, tourism and cultural industry to meet, interact and transact business.

“The Kisumu 2020 will comprise of International sellers, buyers, corporations, Associations, Incentives planners, event organizers and the media industry,” Dr. Lusi said.

Lusi says Kisumu City forms a significant component of the GDP highway for most East African Community Member states.

“A large number of EAC members are also homes to world heritage sites of inestimable value to world culture and history and trade in East Africa nations is a sector that has immense economic potentials and a demonstrated capacity for growth,” Dr. Lusi adds.

He says as a result of this, the East Africa countries stand to benefit greatly from a renewed emphasis on tourism development and enhancement in business network as envisioned in Kisumu-2020.

The Kisumu-2020 Expo is jointly organized by International Art Expo under the Kisumu 2020 Initiative and the Western Circuit Tourism Association, the Kenya Investment Authority, the Kenya National Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

It is supported by the County Government of Kisumu, Micro and Small Enterprises Authority and the Lake Victoria Tourism Association.

The Expo will comprise of over 15,000 local and international sellers and buyers while the conference will comprise of over 1,000 both local and International delegates which will be held at Imperial, Sunset, Kisumu and Sovereign Hotels within Kisumu City.


The exhibition is open to all the Expo and conference delegates as well as to the invited guests together with the general Public and entry is freely.

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