{"id":2136,"date":"2025-08-27T13:30:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swazidailynews.com\/?p=2059"},"modified":"2025-08-27T13:30:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:30:57","slug":"over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2136\/business\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 70 000 visitors expected at Eswatini International Trade Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Delisa Magagula <br \/><br \/>More than 70 000 visitors are expected to attend this year\u2019s Eswatini International Trade Fair (EITF), according to projections by the Eswatini Investment Promotion Authority (EIPA).<br \/><br \/>EIPA\u2019s External Trade Promotions Manager, Sibusiso Mnisi, made the announcement during a press briefing at the authority\u2019s premises.<br \/><br \/>The Trade Fair, scheduled for August 29 to September 8, is expected to draw both local and international exhibitors under the theme \u2018Accelerating Inclusive and Sustainable Business Growth through Digitalisation and eCommerce\u2019<br \/><br \/>Mnisi highlighted that the event was not only a commercial showcase but also a social and cultural platform.<br \/><br \/>\u201cThe Trade Fair is a hub of commerce, innovation and opportunity. By integrating sport into this ecosystem, we are helping to unlock new avenues for entrepreneurship, tourism and youth development,\u201d he said.<br \/><br \/>He added that the 10-day event would proceed smoothly, blending business with social impact.<br \/><br \/>\u201cWe foresee a successful period, where the synergy between business and sport will be more visible than ever. We are not just investing in events we are investing in people, potential and progress,\u201d Mnisi stated.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2064\" style=\"width: 1304px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2064\" src=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PAGE-8-External-Trade-Promotions-Manager-Sibusiso-Mnisi-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1304\" height=\"1304\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 External Trade Promotions Manager, Sibusiso Mnisi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The event will feature a wide range of exhibitors and sector-focused activities, reflecting the increasing importance of online business and digital technologies. <br \/><br \/>According to Mnisi, the Fair aims to promote inclusive and environmentally responsible business practices. This year\u2019s programme will also include industry forums and conferences, tackling topics such as consumer goods distribution, channel selection, and marketing innovation.<br \/><br \/>Mnisi expressed appreciation to the various stakeholders who continue to contribute to the growth of the Trade Fair, noting that their support has ensured the event\u2019s development into one of the region\u2019s premier platforms for commerce and collaboration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Delisa Magagula More than 70 000 visitors are expected to attend this year\u2019s Eswatini International Trade Fair&hellip;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,22,25,26],"tags":[46,55,39,73,49,58],"class_list":["post-2136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","category-eswatini-daily-news","category-national","category-swaziland","tag-africa","tag-business","tag-entertainment","tag-eswatini","tag-human-interest","tag-national","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Over 70 000 visitors expected at Eswatini International Trade Fair - Eswatini Daily News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2136\/business\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Over 70 000 visitors expected at Eswatini International Trade Fair - Eswatini Daily News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Delisa Magagula More than 70 000 visitors are expected to attend this year\u2019s Eswatini International Trade Fair&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2136\/business\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini Daily News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-27T11:30:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Eswatini Daily News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Eswatini Daily News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/2136\\\/business\\\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/2136\\\/business\\\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Eswatini Daily News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a2e7ad908f0e6606cc49214ec19776de\"},\"headline\":\"Over 70 000 visitors expected at Eswatini International Trade Fair\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-27T11:30:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/2136\\\/business\\\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":297,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/2136\\\/business\\\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa\",\"Business\",\"Entertainment\",\"Eswatini\",\"Human Interest\",\"National\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Business\",\"Eswatini Daily News\",\"National\",\"Swaziland\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/2136\\\/business\\\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/2136\\\/business\\\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/2136\\\/business\\\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\\\/\",\"name\":\"Over 70 000 visitors expected at Eswatini International Trade Fair - Eswatini Daily News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/2136\\\/business\\\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/2136\\\/business\\\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-27T11:30:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a2e7ad908f0e6606cc49214ec19776de\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/2136\\\/business\\\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/2136\\\/business\\\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/2136\\\/business\\\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/2136\\\/business\\\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Over 70 000 visitors expected at Eswatini International Trade Fair\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/\",\"name\":\"Eswatini Daily News\",\"description\":\"EDN\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a2e7ad908f0e6606cc49214ec19776de\",\"name\":\"Eswatini Daily News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cd20c640fc2b77fae5560d5aa1f54a994fbb6bda894b89c7624c9793dc7790d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cd20c640fc2b77fae5560d5aa1f54a994fbb6bda894b89c7624c9793dc7790d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cd20c640fc2b77fae5560d5aa1f54a994fbb6bda894b89c7624c9793dc7790d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Eswatini Daily News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/author\\\/adekunleo\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Over 70 000 visitors expected at Eswatini International Trade Fair - Eswatini Daily News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2136\/business\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Over 70 000 visitors expected at Eswatini International Trade Fair - Eswatini Daily News","og_description":"By Delisa Magagula More than 70 000 visitors are expected to attend this year\u2019s Eswatini International Trade Fair&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2136\/business\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\/","og_site_name":"Eswatini Daily News","article_published_time":"2025-08-27T11:30:57+00:00","author":"Eswatini Daily News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Eswatini Daily News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2136\/business\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2136\/business\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\/"},"author":{"name":"Eswatini Daily News","@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/#\/schema\/person\/a2e7ad908f0e6606cc49214ec19776de"},"headline":"Over 70 000 visitors expected at Eswatini International Trade Fair","datePublished":"2025-08-27T11:30:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2136\/business\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\/"},"wordCount":297,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2136\/business\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","keywords":["Africa","Business","Entertainment","Eswatini","Human Interest","National"],"articleSection":["Business","Eswatini Daily News","National","Swaziland"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2136\/business\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2136\/business\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\/","url":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2136\/business\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\/","name":"Over 70 000 visitors expected at Eswatini International Trade Fair - Eswatini Daily News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2136\/business\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2136\/business\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2025-08-27T11:30:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/#\/schema\/person\/a2e7ad908f0e6606cc49214ec19776de"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2136\/business\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2136\/business\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2136\/business\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2136\/business\/over-70-000-visitors-expected-at-eswatini-international-trade-fair\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Over 70 000 visitors expected at Eswatini International Trade Fair"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/","name":"Eswatini Daily News","description":"EDN","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/#\/schema\/person\/a2e7ad908f0e6606cc49214ec19776de","name":"Eswatini Daily News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd20c640fc2b77fae5560d5aa1f54a994fbb6bda894b89c7624c9793dc7790d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd20c640fc2b77fae5560d5aa1f54a994fbb6bda894b89c7624c9793dc7790d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd20c640fc2b77fae5560d5aa1f54a994fbb6bda894b89c7624c9793dc7790d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Eswatini Daily News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn"],"url":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/author\/adekunleo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}