FPPE Kenya: A growing symposium-exhibition

THE Food Processing & Packaging Exposyum (FPPE) will be held from 3-5 November this year at the Kenyatta International Conference Center (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya. Only on its the third edition, this event has already made an impression in the local market. According to organizers Messe Düsseldorf, the trade show will provide solutions and products from companies from 10 countries.

For the first time there will be a German national pavilion at the FPPE, and visitors will be able to network with 18 participating exhibitors. In addition to this, a joint presentation by the aluminium foil industry will be conducted by five contributing companies. 

The SAVE FOOD theme continues to be huge part of the agenda tackled in day two of a three-day conference.

The FPPE is a special type of event that combines a symposium with an exhibition. Its main focus is on adequate solutions that match the needs of local food producers. Their requirements and the proposals made by suppliers to meet them, as well as policies and framework conditions, are the core elements of the symposium. 

Government and trade association topics head the agenda at the beginning of the three-day program, while the second day will be devoted mainly to the topic of food losses. This part of the program will be organized by the partners of the SAVE FOOD Initiative, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and Messe Düsseldorf. Adequate processing and packaging solutions are key in fighting food losses, particularly in the Sub-Saharan countries where these losses are often caused by the lack of suitable means to process, store and transport harvested produce. For this reason, the third and last day of the symposium will concentrate on technology and knowledge transfer in these areas.

Last year’s edition of the Food Processing & Packaging Exposyum attracted more than 1,000 visitors from Kenya and the neighboring East African states.  In its news release, Messe Düsseldorf said the Exposyum gave participants a complete market overview on the focal theme of food losses and efficient food processing and packaging by mean of hands-on content from local experts as well as international exhibitors. It showcased demand-driven solutions from exhibitors, while political institutions explained the political framework and possible support for suppliers to local producers. Producers and manufacturers had the opportunity to present their requirements as well. The FAO hosted a one-day conference on food losses. Speakers there inferred recommendations for avoiding food losses in Kenya and Eastern Africa from practical case studies from various countries and industries.