Getting ready for OATF

ONGWEDIVA – The Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair (OATF) 2005 activities will kick off with a Gala Dinner at the town’s trade centre on August 6 2005.

The OATF Marketing Manager, Valde Ndevashiya, confirmed this to Nampa in an interview on Monday. He said for this year’s OATF Gala Dinner, various diplomatic missions in the country have been invited to cater for the fundraising dinner and Ndevashiya singled out the Indonesian Embassy as one of the diplomatic missions that had shown an interest in catering for the Gala Dinner.The OATF Marketing Manager explained that diplomatic missions had been invited to cater for the Gala Dinner to give it an international image.According to Ndevashiya, the OATF 2005 is slated for August 26 and it will run until September 3.He disclosed that President Hifikepunye Pohamba would open the Fair on August 29.”This year, we want to see our local farmers presenting products, particularly cattle, of good quality for the agricultural show during the Fair,” Ndevashiya noted.The Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU), according to Ndevashiya, is working together with the OATF preparatory committee to ensure that farmers showcase products of good quality this year.All the exhibition halls at the trade centre (Queen hall with 164 stands, KK Hall with 76 stands and Headsmen Hall with 49 stands), Ndevashiya said, have already been fully booked.He stated further that about 43 international exhibitors from countries such as South Africa, Botswana, Indonesia, Ghana, Nigeria and Zimbabwe have confirmed their participation in this year’s Fair compared to just 13 international exhibitors of last year.The OATF, which is the second biggest trade fair in Namibia after the Windhoek Industrial Show, started in 2000 and it attracted 450 exhibitors and 43 134 visitors last year.- NampaHe said for this year’s OATF Gala Dinner, various diplomatic missions in the country have been invited to cater for the fundraising dinner and Ndevashiya singled out the Indonesian Embassy as one of the diplomatic missions that had shown an interest in catering for the Gala Dinner.The OATF Marketing Manager explained that diplomatic missions had been invited to cater for the Gala Dinner to give it an international image.According to Ndevashiya, the OATF 2005 is slated for August 26 and it will run until September 3.He disclosed that President Hifikepunye Pohamba would open the Fair on August 29.”This year, we want to see our local farmers presenting products, particularly cattle, of good quality for the agricultural show during the Fair,” Ndevashiya noted.The Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU), according to Ndevashiya, is working together with the OATF preparatory committee to ensure that farmers showcase products of good quality this year.All the exhibition halls at the trade centre (Queen hall with 164 stands, KK Hall with 76 stands and Headsmen Hall with 49 stands), Ndevashiya said, have already been fully booked.He stated further that about 43 international exhibitors from countries such as South Africa, Botswana, Indonesia, Ghana, Nigeria and Zimbabwe have confirmed their participation in this year’s Fair compared to just 13 international exhibitors of last year.The OATF, which is the second biggest trade fair in Namibia after the Windhoek Industrial Show, started in 2000 and it attracted 450 exhibitors and 43 134 visitors last year.- Nampa