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By Godfrey Olukya 2-4-2015
The Katanga Business Meeting (KBM), the east and central African
region’s largest business meeting, is held in the DRC, a dynamic
country where GDP grew by 8.3% in 2013. This event aims to offer a
meeting space for small and medium-sized businesses as well as large
enterprises in order to generate concrete business opportunities and
promote the emergence of a versatile and complementary professional
network.
The KBM, organized by Musal Sarl with the support of the Government of
the Province of Katanga, offers a 7000-square-metre exhibit space,
made fully available to the 5000 visitors and 160 enterprises expected
at the trade fair.
According to KBM organizers,the 9 most emerging business sectors in
the region are represented including agriculture, automotive and
equipment, banking and finance, infrastructure and construction, IT
and telecom, mining and industry, services to individuals, services to
professionals, transport and logistics. This trade fair addresses
both the need expressed by small and medium-sized businesses for a
space to raise awareness of their services, and the need identified by
large businesses for accessible and competent local subcontractors and
partners.
Alongside the exhibit spaces, visitors and exhibitors at KBM will also
be able to take part in conferences and workshops organized on themes
that directly concern businesses active in the DRC, such as legal and
regulatory issues, energy supply, human resource management, the
business climate, public-private partnerships, the development of key
industrial segments, and many more.
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