Food Africa is Egypt's biggest food and beverage sourcing show. Qualified buyers from Africa and the Middle East can attend on the official Hosted Buyer Programme. SAIS Events prepares your profile, submits it to the organiser and manages your trip to Cairo and back.
The hosted buyer page is code protected. Ask Kate for your access code, then we take you through the registration form.
Two minutes on what Food Africa looks like from the floor.
Food Africa runs two packages. The organiser decides which one you get, based on your buying profile. You do not choose it.
For senior buyers with real purchasing authority and volume
For buyers who qualify but do not reach the flight tier
Your ticket must be issued by Food Africa's official travel agency. If you buy your own ticket, even on the exact same flight, it will not be reimbursed. Talk to us first. This one rule costs buyers their money every year.
Owners, CEOs and senior purchasing decision makers. Junior staff and general visitors are not funded.
The 2026 exhibitor list is live. Go through it before you apply, mark the suppliers you want, and send us that list. We use it to build your meeting diary.
Open the 2026 exhibitors listThe registration link is locked. You need an unlock code from Kate to open it.
Message us on WhatsApp or email. We check your buying profile, then issue your access code.
Type your code into the box on this page. It opens the official Food Africa registration link.
Company, buying categories, volumes and travel details. If you get stuck anywhere on the form, call us and we will fill it in with you.
This is the step that decides whether your trip pays for itself. SAIS Events is already featured inside the programme, so you land in the same room as the suppliers you came for.
The registration link opens once your code is accepted. Do not have a code yet? WhatsApp Kate on 0722 170 385.
That code is not right. Check it with Kate.
Your registration link is open below. Fill in your company details. Call us if you get stuck on any part of the form.
Register with SAISOnce you have registered, go to the matchmaking step below. Do not skip it.
Registering gets you the seat. Matchmaking gets you the meetings. This is where your diary is built, and it is the part that decides whether the trip earns you money or just gives you a stamp in your passport.
SAIS Events is already featured inside the programme. That means your profile sits next to ours and we can point suppliers straight at you.
Do this the same day you register. Meeting slots fill on a first come basis.
Every hosted buyer must show a company profile document or a working company website. No profile, no funded seat. If you do not have one, we build it for you. Email info@saisevents.com or WhatsApp Kate on 0722 170 385.
You run your business. We run the paperwork.
One short WhatsApp conversation. If your profile will not win a funded seat, we say so on day one instead of wasting six weeks of your time.
Company profile, buying categories, volumes and letterhead, packaged the way the organiser wants to read it, then submitted through the official portal.
We deal directly with the organiser's buyer team and follow up until your tier is confirmed in writing.
Most African passports need an Egyptian visa. We get the official invitation letter from the organiser and guide the application.
We work your supplier list into the matchmaking programme so your diary is full before you land, not after.
SAIS Events supports our delegation on the ground for all four days.
Straight answers.
It is the whole point of going. Registration gives you the seat and the hotel. Matchmaking is where your meetings get booked with the suppliers you actually want. Buyers who skip it walk the halls on their own and come home with business cards instead of orders.
We screen buyers before they reach the form. It keeps our delegation list clean with the organiser, and it means the applications we send through get accepted. Ask Kate and we will issue yours.
Not without one. It is mandatory. We build company profiles and simple websites for buyers who need them, so email or WhatsApp us and we will sort it before your application goes in.
Tell us on WhatsApp and we will give you the figure before you commit to anything. There is no charge for finding out whether you qualify.
The funded seat is issued to one named decision maker. A second person can travel with the delegation at their own cost, and we handle their booking and invitation letter too.
No. You are obliged to attend the meetings booked for you. Buyers who skip their appointments are dropped from future editions, so we only put forward people who will show up.
You still get three nights in a five-star hotel, all transfers and a full meeting diary. You pay only for the flight, which we will price for you before you decide.
The last edition drew over 500 buyers from 71 countries. Cairo sits right between Africa and the Middle East, and it is co-located with Fresh Africa and interpack Middle East Africa, so produce, packaging and processing suppliers are in the same halls.
Send us your company name and what you buy. We will tell you within the day whether your profile is strong enough for a funded seat.
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