The National Agricultural Support Centre (KOWR) is once again taking part in the Food Africa Cairo trade fair, which has been organised for the past 10 years in Cairo, Egypt. This year’s edition takes place on 9-12 December 2025. The fair has consistently established itself as the most important food and beverage exhibition event in the North African region and the African continent as a whole.
The stand organised by the KOWR this year under the ‘Poland tastes good’ banner brought together 12 businesses from the agri-food sector. Polish companies are promoting in Egypt milk powders and other dairy products, poultry, beef and pork meat, processed fish, sweets, snacks, juices, nectars and fruit mousses, waters, energy drinks and other soft drinks, pasta, flours and other cereal products, sauces and ketchups, ready meals and semi-finished products.
The official opening of the trade fair on 9 December was attended by KOWR Deputy Director General Tomasz Ciodyk and the Polish Ambassador to Cairo, Michał Murkociński. The Polish stand was also visited by an Egyptian delegation attending the official opening of Food Africa Cairo 2025.
On the day before the fair, companies had the opportunity to participate in visits to several local retail chains (Metro, Kheir Zaman Market, Aswaq Al-Othaim and Carrefour) organised by the KOWR in cooperation with the local PAIH Foreign Trade Office and the Polish Embassy in Cairo.
During the four days of the fair, the KOWR stand is hosting culinary demonstrations and tastings of Polish products, introducing visitors to the stand to Polish cuisine and culinary tradition, adapted to local cultural conditions.
The event is an excellent opportunity to establish business contacts with partners from Egypt, as well as other African and Middle Eastern countries. It will help increase companies’ visibility and business recognition in the region.
In 2024, Poland exported EUR 88 million worth of agri-food products to Egypt. The products bought most often by Egyptians in Poland were apples (37% of the value of exports), dairy products (12%), sugar (11%), cereal and flour products (7%), animal intestines, bladders and stomachs (6%), confectionery (4%) and coffee and tea (4%).
