Post Event Report for Water Africa and West Africa Building and Construction. 8-10 November 2016. Abuja – Nigeria.

Water Africa and West Africa Building and Construction,8-10 November 2016. Abuja – Nigeria was officially opened by The Honourable Minister of Water Resources, Engr Suleiman HussainiAdamu FNSE. Also ChikeArikumadu, Director, Urban and Regional Departments for the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing representing the Honourable Minister Mr Babaturnde Raji Fashola,SAN.

The Nigerian government has been a big supporter of this prestigious trade exhibition since its beginnings in the 1990s and has always offered enthusiastic ministerial support, particularly with the programme of seminars that accompanies the trade exhibition. This year was no exception. We also collaborated and had massive support from the Nigeria Society of Water Engineers, Nigeria Society of Engineers, Real Estate Developers of Nigeria, The Chartered Institute of Building Africa and NIWASA. This support enhanced the quality of the attendees and these associations have agreed to support future events.

The event aimed “to create a two-way flow of information for visitors and participants which will help them to analyze their sector needs more precisely and set in place the necessary steps for expansion and improvement in these important areas,” according to Mrs Tracey Nolan-Shaw, managing director of organizers ACE Event Management. Her company has worked in Africa since the 1990s, providing a coming together of practitioners and traders from the most important infrastructure sectors.

This year, countries represented among the 70-plus exhibitors include: Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Egypt,France, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, UK and USA.

Throughout this event over 2000 visitors attended the event. The visitors were from the following areas: Government officials, Engineers, Consultants, Contractors, Architects, Planners and surveyors.

Please find below a few comments from some our exhibitors.

The Water Africa and West Africa Building and Construction 2016 Nigeria Exhibition was beyond our expectations and it gave us better insight about the piping needs and opportunities in Nigeria. The organisation of ACE Event Management was exemplary as always. Thanks a lot for the platform and hope to be there next year. Interplast, Ghana

I must say that the event and related experience in Nigeria was a very positive one for me. I was very pleased with the turnout and level of interest shown by attendees. AWD Consult, Ghana

I enjoyed attending the event and I would say it was well worth it. Submar West Africa, Nigeria

We have many visitors to our stand, our product is very welcome in Nigeria market, Nigeria is a big market and I think Abuja is better region for doing business than Lagos for us. West Africa Building and Construction Exhibition makes a great platform for us. Tangshan Renhe Hardware Tool Co., Ltd, China

It was our first time to participate and we were encouraged by the level of participants and engagement. We intend to take part again at the next Conference and Exhibition. Itron, France

Tracey and Jacqui delivered has planned and in their personal way, a perfect exhibition, the right customers, good surroundings, everything was very well organized. It could not be better. Therefore, ACE Event Management must have the highest recommendation from us. HawkeyePedershaab, Denmark

We consider this event a success as quite a companies are seeking to return to the event next year. We estimate over 100 companies will exhibit next year and we expect delegations from the West African region.

Water Africa and West Africa Building and Construction will be returning to Nigerian from 14-16 November 2017, Abuja - Nigeria. Let us know by return if you will be joining us for this event.

Your Sincerely,

Tracey Nolan-Shaw

Managing Director

ACE EVENT MANAGEMENT