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Africa’s Big 7 is the continent’s most important annual meeting place for the food and drink industry, where buyers and distributors from across this diverse and booming market come to source products from farm to fork, including ingredients, specialty and finished products, together with processing, packaging and logistics solutions.

Africa’s Big 7 has been running since 2001 and is the market’s longest established and most trusted show. We connect thousands of pan-African visitors with local and international suppliers.

Job titles of food & beverage industry visiting Africa’s Big 7

General Managers
CEO’s
Owners
Operators 
Import/Export Managers 

Agents

Distributors
F&B Managers
F&B Manufacturers
Food Retailers
F&B Procurement Managers
Export Managers

Packaging Managers
Restaurant Managers
Food Science Technologists
Logistics Managers
Executive Chefs

Chefs 
Bakers

Catering Managers
Government Officials
Foreign Mission Representatives

You can discover thousands of new products from exhibitors in the following categories:

BEVERAGES

Alcoholic Drinks
Health / Energy Drinks
Soft Drinks / Juices
Tea / Coffee / Other

FOOD

Bakery Products
Bulk / Commodity Ingredients
Canned / Dried Foods
Cereals / Grains / Flours
Fish / Seafood
Frozen / Chilled Foods
Fruit / Vegetables

Meat / Poultry (Inc. Halal)
Milk / Dairy Products
Oils / Fats
Sauces / Condiments
Snacks / Desserts
Specialty Foods
Sweets / Confectioneries

TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

IT / Software Solutions
Kitchen Equipment
Packaging Machinery / Materials
Processing Machinery / Equipment
Refrigeration / Air-Con Technology
Retail Technology
Storage / Warehousing
Transport / Logistics / Cold-Chain

What to expect in 2021

3 days of engagement

3 packed days of content, networking and engaging with your industry

Product
showcase

Join hundreds of exhibitors showing the latest products and technologies

Free to attend workshops

Access practical learnings from industry experts to improve your business

3 Engaging
features

See professional chefs and bakers demonstrate their best recipes

Accessible
online

Access tailor-made networking, find suppliers, customers and access the content all online

Join these leading brands which attend Africa’s Big 7

IMPORTERS, AGENTS, DISTRIBUTORS

Cab Foods | Diplomat Distributors | Famous Brands | Fortuna Foods | Keep It Frozen Africa | Lusitania | M&L | Natela | Patleys | Rialto | Rieses Food Imports | Tacoma Foods

FOOD RETAILERS
SUPERMARKETS, CONVENIENCE STORES, FORECOURT STORES, SPAZA SHOPS

AVI Ltd | Cambridge Food | Checkers | Express | Family | Hungry Lion | Hyper | Jumbo Cash & Carry | Kwikspar | Liquor | LiquorShop | Makro| Megasave | Mini Market | Minimark | OK Foods | OK Grocer | Pick n Pay Supermarket | Rhino Cash & Carry | Shoprite | Spar | Superspar | The Fruitspot | Woolworths Food | Roots| D B Cash & Carry

HOTELS, BUSH LODGES, GUESTHOUSES

Hyatt Regency | City Lodge Group | Days Inn | Hilton | Legacy Hotels and Resorts | Mercure Accord | Protea Group | Sheraton Group | Sun International Group | Three Cities | Tsogo Sun | Radisson Hotel Group

FOOD & DRINK PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS

Clover SA | Rhodes Food Group | First SA Foods | FoodCorp | Kellogg’s SA | Bidfood Southern Africa| Nestle | Parmalat SA | Pioneer Foods | Premier Foods | Rainbow | South African Breweries | Tiger Brands| RCL Foods | Tongaat Hulett | KWV | Creative Flavors International | Bowler Beverage Company Ltd | Nampak Rigids

FOODSERVICE AND CATERING SERVICES

Uber Eats | UCOOK | Famous Brands | Yum | In2Food | Pauli’s Food Co | Rocomamas | Spar Group | Ocean Basket | Liquid Chefs | Tiger Brands | Baltimore | Bimbo’s | Black Steer | Brazilian Café | Debonairs Pizza | Fishaways | House of Coffees | John Dory’s Fish and Grill | KEG | KFC | Maxi’s | McDonald’s | McGinty’s | Mugg & Bean | Pannarotis Pizza | Saddles | Scooters Pizza | Spur Steak Ranch | St Elmo’s | Steers | Tashas | The Fish & Chip Co | TruFruit | Wimpy | Nando’s | Vida E Café | Beerhouse | Bidvest Catering Services | Bosana | Fedics | Feedem Pitseng | KKS | Royal Mnandi | Royal Sechaba