Ivory Coast Food Expo

Held each October in Abidjan, the Ivory Coast Food Expo brings together the food, agriculture and hospitality sectors for a showcase of new international and local products from brands across the region. Running alongside the West Africa Agrofood and Plastprintpack expos, the event reflects Ivory Coast's rapid emergence as one of West Africa's fastest-growing economies and an increasingly strategic trade and logistics hub for food and agricultural products.

Beyond its exhibition halls, the expo functions as a high-level business-to-business platform, with pre-scheduled meetings connecting exhibitors to hosted buyers from across the region, including Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, Gabon, Ghana, Benin, Togo and Guinea. Given Ivory Coast's high import demand and young, rapidly growing population, the expo offers international food companies a genuine entry point into one of the region's most dynamic and increasingly important consumer markets.

For visitors specifically interested in the business and trade side of West African food systems, rather than a purely public tasting event, the Ivory Coast Food Expo offers a rare look at the commercial infrastructure quietly shaping how food moves across an entire region.