Ghana's agrofood & plastprintpack technology imports grow by double digits
After the great sucess of agrofood West Africa 2022 in Ghana, the 2023 edition is now coming up as agrofood Ghana to take place from 21 to 23 November 2023 at the Trade Center Arena at the Accra International Conference Centre.
This important business platform for the Ghanaian industry is organised by fairtrade in cooperation with their local partner Geovision.
The rebranding from agrofood West Africa to agrofood Ghana reflects the growing importance of the Ghanaian market since the inaugural event in Ghana in 2013. The figures below in the section “The Ghanaian agrofood market” prove this impressively.
In addition to the 6th agrofood Ghana, fairtrade in West Africa serves Nigeria with the 9th agrofood Nigeria. And francophone West Africa will finally meet again in 2024 in Abidjan, at the 2nd agrofood West Africa.
3-day conference program
agrofood & plastprintpack Ghana 2023 will again be supplemented by a 3-day program full of presentations and conferences, just as in 2022.

Facts & figures on the
Ghanaian agrofood market
Please see full details of the 2023 event
Exhibition topics
A unique concept: agrofood covers the entire value chain – from field to fork
agro
- Agricultural machines, farming tractors, harvesting equipment
- Analytical equipment
- Dryers, cleaner, silos and storage systems
- Feeding equipment
- Fish farming equipment
- Grains, grain systems
- Greenhouse and greenhouse plastics and equipment
- Irrigation systems
- Livestock and poultry breeding
- Milk processing equipment
- Milling and mixing installations/equipment
- Pesticides and fertilizers
- Poultry equipment
- Seeds, seedlings
- Stable equipment
- Veterinary syringes
food + bev tec
Food and drink processing
- Automation
- Bakery technology
- Basic food technology
- Beverage technology
- Coffee machines
- Confectionery, snacks and chocolate production technology
- Dairy technology
- Delicatessen and convenience food technology
- Distribution systems, table and serving equipment
- Fish processing technology
- Food safety and quality management
- Foodservice equipment
- Ice cream technology
- Ice cream technology
- Information and billing systems
- Kitchen technology
- Meat processing technology
- Noodle technology
- Refrigeration technology
- Screening machines
- Services and concepts
- Vegetable and fruit technology
Packaging
- Packaging technology
- Machines for imprinting of packaging material
- Packaging materials, means and aids
Printing
- Printing and labelling technology
- Paper converting and packaging production technology
- Materials, consumables and accessories
Refrigeration and air conditioning
- Refrigeration technology
- Ventilation, air conditioning and heating technology
Conveying, transport and storage
Waste and waste water
- Water treatment
- Waste water treatment
- Resource-efficiency and services
ingredients
- Acid starters
- Acidulants
- Antifoam agents
- Antioxidants & antimicrobials
- Aromas
- Bakery raw materials
- Binding agents
- Blends & compounds of fruit juice
- Butcher's raw materials
- Casein clarifier
- Clouding agents
- Cocoa butter
- Colourings
- Cultures, microorganism
- Curing agents
- Cutting aids
- Distillates
- Emulsifying agents
- Emulsifying salts
- Enzymes
- Extraction agents, solvents
- Extracts, vegetable
- Fat substitutes
- Fatty acids
- Fibres
- Filter aid
- Flavours & fragrances
- Flavours & colours
- Flour improvers
- Flow agents, anti-caking agents
- Food additives
- Fruit and vegetables concentrates
- Fruit and vegetables powders
- Fruit ingredients
- Fruit preparationsfor bakery & confectionery
- Malt extracts for malt beverages
- Meat extracts
- Mineral substances
- Powdered fat
- Precipitants
- Preservatives
- Propellant gases
- Protective gases
- Proteins
- Raising agents
- Releasing agents
- Sauces
- Semi-finished products
- Sorbents
- Specialty fats
- Spices, herbs
- Stabilizers
- Starter cultures & enzymes for dairy
- Sweeteners
- Vitamins
food + hospitality
Food and beverages
- Bread & bakery
- Dairy
- Drinks
- Fish & seafood
- Fresh & chilled food
- Frozen food
- General foods
- Health food
- Hot beverages
- Ice cream & deep-frozen confectionery
- Meat & meat products
- Organic food
- Snack food
- Sweets
Equipment and supplies for hotels and restaurants, bars and cafés, canteens and commercial kitchens
- Building furnishings and equipment
- Coffee machines
- Distribution systems and serving equipment
- Ice-cream machines
- Information and billing systems
- Refrigeration technology
- Kitchen technology
- Rinsing, cleaning and disposal technology
- Sweets
Country pavilions in 2023 from
Italy, The Netherlands and South Africa
Italian Pavilion
The Italian Trade Agency ITA in cooperation with AMAPLAST, UCIMA, ASSOFOODTEC and ACIMGA organises the second Collective Participation of Italian companies at plastprintpack & agrofood Ghana in 2023.
Why participate
Ghana, like most countries in the region, is in a phase of strong local industry development, for which there is a need to increase the technological endowment of companies. As an example, from 2017 to 2021, imports of machinery increased as follows:
- Plastic processing technologies: from €23 million to €47 million, an annual increase of 19.6 per cent
- Food processing technology: from 59 to 112 million euros, an annual increase of 17%.
- Packaging and bottling technologies: from 30 to 64 million euros, an annual increase of 21%.
Agro-industrial production currently accounts for about half of the country's exports. However, it is believed that there is ample room for increase, also in light of the numerous government initiatives to support the sector, with the aim of bringing production up to the standards of more mature markets in terms of packaging, traceability and quality.
The plastprintpack & agrofood Ghana exhibition is the country's main event dedicated to the entire agro-industrial chain. An Italian Pavilion that includes technologies for the entire production process thus presents itself as a 'one-stop-shop' for local customers, simplifying investment decisions.
Participation in the fair will therefore enable Italian companies to seize export opportunities arising from this development trend of the local industry, in order to build a solid market share in the area as of now.
Participation fee:
€ 150 + VAT/sqm, with minimum module of 9 sqm - € 1,350 + VAT
First 9 sq.m. FREE for companies benefiting from the support measures for companies in the flooded areas (see paragraph "Application modalities").


The Netherlands Pavilion
The Netherlands Pavilion is supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and GNBCC - Ghana Netherlands Business & Culture Council


South Africa Pavilion
South Africa joins in for the 2023 event with a Trade & Investment KwaZulu Natal Pavilion.
Trade & Investment KwaZulu-Natal (TIKZN) is a South African trade and inward investment promotion agency, established to promote the province of KwaZulu-Natal as an investment destination and to facilitate trade by assisting local companies’ access international markets.
Internationally, the Department of Trade & Investment promotes the country as an investment destination, whereas Trade & Investment KwaZulu-Natal presents a seamless trade and inward investment promotion for, specifically, KwaZulu-Natal.
South Africa Booth

The Ghanaian agrofood & plastprintpack market
Food & beverage technology: From €59 million in 2017 to €112 million in 2021, Ghana’s imports of food & beverage technology show an annual increase of 17% between 2017 and 2021. (VDMA)
Packaging technology: Ghanaian imports of packaging technology amounted to €64 million in 2021, up 21% annually from €30 million in 2017 - steady growth even in the Corona year 2021. (VDMA)
Food & beverage ingredients: With already well over 40 million inhabitants (2022), which according to the World Bank will rise to 80 million by 2050, Ghana is a huge food market. Expenditure in the F&B sector is growing steadily, and F&B production is by far the largest segment of the Ghanaian processing industry. Accordingly, the demand for food and beverage ingredients is rising continuously.
Food trade with West Africa: According to the World Trade Organization WTO, West African food imports have reached around US$19 billion and exports US$21 billion in 2021. Thus, food trade with West Africa is a US$40 billion business.
Recap 2022: Promising outlook for business after agrofood & plastprintpack 2022 in Ghana
1,384 trade visitors discussed their investments with 98 exhibitors from 22 countries
The 5th edition of agrofood & plastprintpack 2022 in Ghana had 98 exhibitors from 22 countries participating, namely from Belgium, Burkina Faso, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Ivory Coast, Morocco, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates and USA.
They discussed business with 1,384 visitors from 31 countries, 74% of the visitors were from Ghana, 26% from the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Egypt, France, Gambia, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Russia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkiye, United Kingdom and the USA.
The event was held from 29 November to 01 December 2022 at the state-of-the-art Trade Center Arena at the Accra International Conference Centre.
The results of the exhibitor survey proved the event was a major success: 86% of the exhibitors intend to participate again, 85% would recommend the event to their peers, 82% were satisfied or even very satisfied with the event as a whole and 94% with the service of the organiser fairtrade.
What the exhibitors said
Strong institutional support of
agrofood & plastprintpack Ghana 2023
The 6th edition of agrofood & plastprintpack Ghana 2023 enjoys the strong support of the following institutions.
Support from within Ghana
- Ghanaian Ministry of Business Development
- The Ministry of Food and Agriculture
- The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation
- The Ministry of Trade and Industry
- AGI Association of Ghana Industries
- FABAG Food & Beverage Association of Ghana
- GIPC Ghana Investment Trade Promotion Centre
- NEIP National Entrepreneurship and Innovations Plan
International support
- AHK Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Ghana
- ANIMA / ASSOFOODTEC - Italian Association of Manufacturers of Machinery, Plants, Equipment for Food Production, Processing and Preservation
- DLG German Agricultural Society
- EECA - Egypt Expo and Convention Authority
- Embassies of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Türkiye to Ghana
- German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, in cooperation with the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry (AUMA)
- GIZ
- GNBCC Ghana Netherlands Business & Culture Council
- ITA Italian Trade Agency
- NABC Netherlands African Business Council
- South African Department of Agriculture Western Cape
- Sri Lanka Tea Board
- UCIMA - Union of Italian Manufacturers of Automatic Packaging Machinery
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