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Economy - overview:
 South Africa is a middle-income, emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; a stock exchange that ranks among the 10 largest in the world; and a modern infrastructure supporting an efficient distribution of goods to major urban centers throughout the region. However, growth has not been strong enough to lower South Africa's high unemployment rate; and daunting economic problems remain from the apartheid era, especially poverty and lack of economic empowerment among the disadvantaged groups. South African economic policy is fiscally conservative, but pragmatic, focusing on targeting inflation and liberalizing trade as means to increase job growth and household income. |
Trade Fairs,
Exhibitions, Conferences: |
Baba Indaba
South Africa's Premier Baby & Parenting Expo
Baba Indaba is a beautiful show with everything that a mom-to-be or parent would be interested in. Showcasing all the essential products for your baby as well as many lifestyle products pertinent to the new parent. With everything from prams and baby equipment to video cameras to pharmaceutical products. Your youngsters will be entertained by the Takalani-Sesame and other favourite characters, Mom will enjoy the fashion shows with baby and maternity wear. Escape the winter boredom and be inspired with this great show.
Beauty Africa
Venue: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
Africa's Premier Beauty, Hair, Health & Nail Expo. South African, African & International exhibitors showcasing the latest trends, products, techniques & brands.
Events include:
The Beauty Africa Hairdressing Championships
The Discom Hair Africa Extravaganza
The S A National Nail Championships
Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC)
Located on Cape Town's northern foreshore beneath Table Mountain, the Cape Town International Convention Centre provides a flexible facility which will meet every expectation of event organizers.
Decorex SA
Africa’s premier interior design and décor exhibition.
Design Indaba Expo
Design Indaba Expo is South Africa’s premier showcase of local design in all sectors.
• it is multi-sectoral, featuring advertising, architecture, craft, decor, film, fashion, graphic design, interior, jewellery, new media, publishing, product design and visual media.
• it showcases the best of local design - original, contemporary and innovative product that is quintessentially South African - no derivatives, and no imports.
• it is curated, not filled. Our advisory panel of the best South African designers, stylists, critics and industry experts, curates the Expo floor and decides who is represented there. The panel is representative of our positioning. Where a designer is not known by the panel, a process of submission is engaged where the designer's work is circulated for the panel's input.
• in addition to encouraging exhibitors to trade directly to the South African public, we also bring out several international buyers to stimulate the export market.
In 2004, the Design Indaba Expo was inaugurated in association with the Department of Trade & Industry. The Expo provides a commercial platform for the finest South African designers to leverage local goods and services to the global market. It introduces the most influential international buyers to the finest South African creative product to encourage export. There is also an impact on the local market. The Expo aims to create discerning consumers through exposure to the principles and products of good design, resulting in the demand and production of innovative, evolving and excellent South African creative product.
Venue: Cape Town International Convention Centre
Fashion in Africa
The first-ever Fashion in Africa event was a joint venture between the Tshwane Municipality (Pretoria, South Africa) and the Tunisian Embassy. The idea of collaboration with Tunisia in a culture-related venture stemmed from President Thabo Mbeki's visit there in 2004 to promote trade and business partnerships between this northernmost African country and South Africa, the southernmost African country, symbolizing the drive towards a united continent.
Gardenex - Flower and Garden Show
Gardenex – the largest and most popular floriculture exhibition in the southern hemisphere – takes place between 20-22 April 2007 at The Coca Cola Dome in Northgate, North Riding, Johannesburg. Every year Gardenex offers local and international exhibitors a premier platform to showcase every aspect of flora, gardening and landscaping to thousands of keen gardeners and homemakers. Visitors have the opportunity to learn about new industry trends and keep up-to-date with the latest information in gardening and landscaping.
Meetings Africa
Meetings Africa is the marketing platform for Africa’s business tourism Industry. It is the only exhibition on the continent that offers marketing solutions for the entire industry – venues for meetings of any size, incentive travel packages, new and interesting ideas for events and year-end functions and exotic meeting destinations – with new ideas and support services and products. It is the ideal event for conference organisers, meeting planners, corporate travel agents, associations and government departments to consider their business tourism options, negotiate the best deals available and network with key Industry players.
Professional Beauty
All the country's major professional suppliers will converge at Gallagher Estate, Gauteng, at Professional Beauty to showcase their latest treatments and special 'show only' offers to help you grow your beauty business.
Professional Hair
2 & 3 September 2007 Gallagher Estate, Midrand
A visit to this show will provide you with an exciting opportunity to see a vast range of products, equipment and services to grow your business and advance your skills.
Reed Exhibitions South Africa
Reed Exhibitions South Africa is a wholly owned REC company. The company is South Africa's leading organiser of business-to-business exhibitions and currently has 21 exhibitions in its portfolio, focused on the Industrial, IT & Communications, Hospitality and Marketing sectors.
Thebe Exhibitions
Thebe Exhibitions & Events Group, previously known as South Africa RAI, has entered a new exciting era with Thebe Tourism Group, the heritage-based tourism division of the Thebe Investment Corporation, who has bought a 70% stake in the Group. In order for the exhibitions and events industry to sustain growth in South Africa and expand into the neighbouring regions, Thebe Exhibitions has for the past few years been seeking a well-matched BEE partnership which we recognise as essential to future business opportunities. |
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