October 8–10, 2019 Big Industrial Week took place in Cairo (the capital of the Arab Republic of Egypt) as part of African Industrial Forum.
Miramar Logistics Pte Ltd took part in the event as delegates of thematic sessions in logistics, trade and industrial zones development. Company’s representatives have visited all the events of the Big Industrial Week which lasted for four days. Negotiations with several Egyptian and African logistics companies were held. Main communication topics were about Logistics support of industrial zones and investment projects and Discussions of advanced manufacturing, international cooperation and export opportunities.
Several important events took place, as part of the forum. Among them, main plenary session “Africa. Advanced Manufacturing Site” (October 9, 2019). The event was attended by top-management of world-known companies and high level of government authorities. We had an honor to take part in discussions which such speakers as Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov, Minister of Trade and Industry of the Arab Republic of Egypt Amr Nassar, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank Benedikt Orama, Chairman of the Board of the Federation of Egyptian Industry Mohamed Zaki El Sweedy, Chairman of the Chambers of Commerce of Egypt Ibrahim El Arabi, CEO of Siemens Egypt Emad Ghaly, President of the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sergey Katyrin. Russian-African cooperation was the main topic of these discussions. During October 8–9 the “Big Industrial Week” International Industrial and Technology Trade Fair and Forum, the second Forum for nuclear industry suppliers took place. It was organized by Rosatom State Corporation and Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA).
