About The Nigeria Gambia MSME Exhibition
The West African Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Exhibitions (WAMSMEE) series is a market development strategy developed by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and facilitated by FemiBoyede Consulting Limited.
The vision is to position Nigerian MSMEs for effective and profitable participation in, regional, AfCFTA, and global trade.
Our drive is to create export-ready MSMEs who can hold their own when competing with exporters from other countries, by providing a platform to test-market their products and services in their immediate catchment market, ECOWAS.
Target Audience
- Trade Support Institutions
- Banks and financial institutions
- Professionals: Lawyers, Business Consultants, Architects, Surveyors, Trainers and educational institutions
- Fashion designers
WAMSMEE is a market development tool designed and driven as a PPP. It is created to fill an obvious gap that has existed in all previous efforts to support Nigerian MSMEs: the tilt had always been towards product and production promotion to the detriment of market access.
Why WAMSMEE?
Turning Economies Around One MSME at a Time
The Nigeria Gambia MSME Exhibition
12-20th October 2022
Venue: National Trade Fair Center at Brusubi Turntable, Bijilo, The Gambia
Opening Ceremony by His Excellency Badara Alieu Joof, Vice President of The Gambia
The flagship edition of WAMSMEE 2022, the Nigeria Gambia MSME Exhibition, will feature products exclusively made in Nigeria and the Gambia. It will run from 12th October to 20th October.
It is the first edition of the West African Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Exhibition (WAMSMEE) between the Gambia & Nigeria. The bilateral, subregional event will be held at the fair trade grounds around Brusibi turntable from the 12th -the 20th of October 2022.
Products to be sold are strictly made in the Gambia and Nigeria and will include foods & condiments, arts & crafts, pharmaceuticals, agricultural commodities, cosmetics, leather and leather products, footwear, electrical cables, garments & apparel confectioneries, spices, solid minerals, chemicals amongst others. The event will also help participants link with their Nigerian counterparts for more investment opportunities in the Gambia.
This platform is facilitated by the Gambia Investment & Export Promotion Agency – GIEPA, the Nigerian High Commission in the Gambia and is proudly funded by the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN). Renowned Gambian and Nigerian artists will also perform at the fair.
WAMSMEE will be used to push all / any Nigerian products that have potential in the selected markets.
Products
- Household essentials, utilities and essentials (pots and pans, ceramics, plastic containers, etc)
- Construction materials: cement, roofing materials, electirical wires and cables, electrical fittings and finishings, industrial glues, bathrooms, bathtubs, toilets, etc
- Furniture (Wood, cane, bamboo, raffia, etc)
- Household decorations
- Shoes and slippers (military boots, school sandals, flip-flops, etc)
- Textiles, garments and other wearing apparels
- Tarpaulins and tents
- Educational services and support equipment
- Hospital equipment, Pharmaceuticals
- Farm equipment: wheelbarrows, shovels, cutlasses/hoes/matchetes, etc
- Packaged foods and spices
- Nigerian entertainment: Nollywood/Music
- Public transportation: Tricycles, cars and trucks as well as components thereof: windscreens
- Glass bottles and other containers
