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