Expo ends, on hi note

The 11th Rwanda International Trade Fair ended last Monday on a positively with 93 international and 217 local exhibitors sealing business deals. Despite exhibitors sealing deals, statistics from PSF indicate that there was a drop in the numbers, from 323 last year to 310 this year. The PSF expo secretariat attributed the general drop in exhibitors partly to leaving out most small local companies. PSF also preferred big exhibitors this year to small exhibitors. Exhibitors attributed the drop to the high costs of hiring stands. Previously, the stand was coasting about $700 but this year, the price climbed to $1,350 (about Frw738,000).