The ACA World Cashew Festival & Expo in the Press!
On May 20, 2015 the African Cashew Alliance (ACA), in collaboration with INCAJU, the national body for the Mozambican cashew sector, participated in a press conference at the VIP Hotel in Maputo to promote the 9th Annual ACA World Cashew Festival and Expo 2015. ACA’s Business Advisory Manager, Sunil Dahiya, and INCAJU’s General Director, Filomena Maiopue, conducted interviews with both national and international media outlets in Maputo, Mozambique.
The World Cashew Festival and Expo, is one of ACA’s core events and will be held from the 21st to the 24th of September 2015 in Maputo, Mozambique. Since 2011, the ACA conference has been the largest cashew event in the world with over 350 participants in attendance, thus making it the world’s largest event for the enhancement of the African cashew sector.
During the press conference, Dahiya remarked, “Ultimately, our objective is to facilitate the development of an industry that benefits the entire value chain, from farmer to consumer by sharing information and best practices among all stakeholders in the value chain, providing technical assistance, facilitating investments, and promoting international standards and market linkages. This undertaking is achieved through several of our activities, one among them being the annual World Cashew Festival & Expo.”
This year’s ACA World Cashew Festival & Expo will include plenary and thematic panel sessions on access to finance, the challenges of policymaking within the sector, market trends, and discussions on the economics of cashew processing. To promote and enhance the growth of the Africa cashew industry, the conference organizes business-to-business meetings to foster new business relationships and networking among stakeholders. In conjunction with the conference, an exhibition, also known as the World Cashew Expo, is held over a series of three days, allowing service providers and manufacturers to showcase their latest and most innovative products to numerous local and international stakeholders. As part of the four-day conference, one day is reserved for either a learning or leisure trip, where participants will have the option to visit a processing site and cashew nursery in Mozambique’s northern province of Nampula or spend a day at South Africa’s renowned Kruger National Park.
For more information on conference registration, sponsorship, and exhibition fees please visit the ACA conference webpage at http://www.africancashewalliance.com/en/world-cashew-festival).
