Burkina Faso’s authorities are placing this edition under the theme of closer links between craft skills and industrialisation, aiming to develop the value of local products and cultural heritage.
At the opening, Ghanaian minister Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare called for stronger trade and industrial exchanges with Burkina Faso, GBC reports. Crafts, shea, cotton and leather are among the sectors discussed.
The programme includes exhibitions, sales and professional meetings. Statements of intent do not yet establish the value of contracts actually concluded.