WHY YOU SHOULD VISIT

250+
Exhibitors
29
Exhibiting countries
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.
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
Buyers and decision makers from leading brands 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
2021 features, content and competitions
SA’s Best Baker Competition
Are you the best baker in South Africa? Put your skills to the test!
Game of Chef’s Challenge
8 teams, 3 days, 1 WINNER! You do not want to miss this!
F&B
Workshop
Focused f&b industry training including how to take advantage of AfCFTA and growing your business into the African region
Global Pizza Challenge
Passionate pizza enthusiasts compete head-to-head. Who is the best? Why not throw your hat into ring?