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Don’t miss Africa’s premier organic and natural products expo

Circle the dates on your calendar because the South African Organic and Natural Products Expo promises to deliver some of Africa's finest indigenous products and amazing networking opportunities and intense debates. So, if you're in Joburg next weekend, you know where it's happening!

by Octavia Avesca Spandiel
10th September 2023
Don't miss Africa's premier organic and natural products expo

South African Organic and Natural Products Expo event co-organiser Warren Hickenbotham. Photo:Supplied/Food For Mzansi.

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Thanks to its resounding success in 2022, the South African Organic and Natural Products Expo is back featuring innovative additions like the African Biotrade Festival.  

The expo is the only event of its kind and in this episode, event co-organiser Warren Hickenbotham shares more details about what to expect.

Sneak preview: what to expect!

Africa is rich in resources and specifically diversity. This expo is ready to show off what mother nature has given the African people to live with from 14 to 16 September in Johannesburg. Hickenbotham, also adds that people should expect a top-class event.

“We trying to create a flagship African event, to showcase firstly some of the most amazing and the indigenous products that we have here.

He further mentions that the expo has drawn in people across the continent, as well as globally.  This is an event not to be missed from workshops to conferences and the perfect spot to network. “You can expect a high-level intense debate and educational panel series on everything organic and indigenous,” he says.

In this episode, Hickenbotham also discusses:

  • Collaborations with African Biotrade Festival.  
  • Women in organics making moves
  • What to expect at the event

Want to know more? Listen to the full episode of Farmer’s Inside Track. 

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Octavia Avesca Spandiel

Raised by a close-knit family who loves her deeply, Octavia believes in the philosophy of ‘I am because you are'. This former news and content editor for radio is now living her best life in the agricultural sector as a commercial journalist at Food For Mzansi. Her soft spot for poetry and passion for life, writing and traveling inspires her to write compelling stories. Apart from being an excellent writer, Octavia has an educational background in youth work and loves working with people. 

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