09- 12 December 2025 | Cairo, Egypt

Key figures Food Africa 2024

Target groups

5 Reasons - Why

The Egyptian food and beverage sector on an expansion course

The rapid development of the Egyptian food industry over the past seven years: Tripled the number of companies, extensive modernization efforts, and €16.3 billion in investments. The Egyptian market for food and beverages generated $4.1 billion in revenue last year, accounting for 14 percent of the country's total exports. A promising future awaits!

Choose the right event

Food Africa, as the largest trade fair for the food industry in Africa, provides a unique platform for access to the African mega-market for food and agriculture. Exporters can expect targeted networking opportunities with local, regional, and international industry representatives at the exhibition.

Hosted-Buyers-Program

The Hosted-Buyers-Program brokers relevant contacts and enables planning security and thus contract conclusions directly on site, which gives exhibitors the opportunity to expand their business.

Specials

The specialized conference features discussions on agarofood related topics by international experts. In the Live Cooking Show, local and international chefs prepare unique recipes. The Barista Show is a prestigious competition that should not be missed.

Member of interpack alliance

Benefit from the interpack alliance, leveraging the full expertise and resources of the world's leading trade fair, interpack.

Testimonials

Hesham S. El Naggar, Vice Chairman, Daltex – Egypt

"Food Africa is an exceptionally successful event. It drew visitors from the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. The quality of visitors and the organization of the event are outstanding."

Anthony Russo, CEO & Founder, Russo’s New York Pizzeria – USA

"Food Africa is a very busy show, we have tons of leads to follow up on and hopefully in the next two or three weeks, we can probably find a good franchise partner who wants to help us expand into this market."

Kate Nanthapatr, Sales Director, WATAP (Thailand) Co., Ltd. – Thailand

"This is our first time at Food Africa. We had the opportunity to introduce our Thai and Asian products to this market. The organizers were very helpful, and we will definitely participate next year."

Venue

Egypt International Exhibition Center (EIEC) has a fully equipped and flexible structure, with 4 halls providing over 40,300 sqm of exhibition space with interlinked partitions and over 8 meters ceiling height. The modern exhibition facility is well accessed by a modern highway and is a few minutes away from 5 stars hotels, commercial centers and the airport.

Access: Accessible from both a private entrance and convention center connection gate.
Services: The in-house teams bring events to life with dynamic design, lighting and other technology -backed by a strong foundation of utilities and facilities management. In addition, the kitchen can cater to any needs, from a simple finger food menu to a tasty business lunch.
Additional features: Multi-purpose offices, registration booths, easy access to the conference center, coffee shops, food court and wide parking spaces

EIEC website

Trade fair team for Food Africa

Local Inquiries - Egypt

Konzept
Ms. Dalia Kabeel
Phone: +20 2 252 45 187/88
dalia.kabeel@konzept-egypt.com

International Inquiries - Africa, Middle East & GCC

IFP Egypt
Mr. Rawad Raad
Phone: +974 4 432 9900 Ext: 605
is@ifpexpo.com

International Inquiries - Other Countries

Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
Ms. Katja Tünnissen
Phone: +49 211 4560 615
Mobile: +49 160 96989252
TuennissenK@messe-duesseldorf.de

Why with us?

Added Value for Everyone

We know markets and market players, follow industry developments, and know what moves companies and customers — therefore we are able to build on this when developing trade fairs and trade fair themes. To make our events so attractive that visitors from around the world come to our trade fair in Africa.

Omnipresent

With our worldwide network of participations, partners, 6 subsidiaries and 77 foreign representative offices covering 140 countries, we offer exhibitors and visitors the highest degree of competence and expertise.

interpack alliance show network

All processing & packaging events of the trade show network benefit from the unified strategy and the international expertise in the processing and packaging industry. Furthermore, all knowledge and know-how of the world leading trade show interpack is contributed into the development of all international events owned by Messe Düsseldorf.

Unbeatable advantages

Visitors are able to experience the entire world of packaging, packaging materials, food and drink industry all at one time. While doing this, they save time and money for the numerous small niche events. Exhibitors can be sure to get concentrated attention and can use their budget very efficiently.