Kano International Trade Fair

The 46th Kano International Trade Fair is an annual business exhibition scheduled to take place from November 22nd to December 6th, 2025, at the Trade Fair Complex, Zoo Road, Kano. The Kano Chamber of Commerce and Industry organises it.

The Kano International Trade Fair started in 1959. The fair continues to be held annually as well as a regional trade fair to date.

The trade show will attract well over two million visitors with participants coming from Nigerian firms, multinational, foreign-based manufacturing/other service providers. 

Kano International Trade Fair is a platform that provides opportunities for participants to display their products and exchange ideas in the areas of business promotion and development.

The fair also helps businessmen and women to build business contacts and relationships with partners from within and outside the country for economic development.

Kano International Trade Fair is an exhibition platform where manufacturers come together to showcase their products and test their skills against existing brands.

Kano state is strategically situated at the centre of Northern Nigeria. The state has served as a primary entrance to the nation and also as the southern hub of the trans-Saharan trade path to the countries.

It serves as a regional trade hub servicing a market of more than 300 million people situated in northern Nigeria, nearby countries such as Niger, Chad, Cameroun, as well as across the Sahel economic zone/North Africa.

Kano city also hosts over 400 manufacturing companies, including seed processing, rice milling, animal feed production, and textiles.

Kano has an international airport, the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, which has been the major airport for international visitors to the trade fair event, and it has been active since 1936

In 2010, the World Bank ranked Kano as 8^th in Nigeria in terms of doing business, ahead of Lagos, Enugu, Kaduna, Abuja, and Calabar. 

The international Trade fair provides manufacturers and business services companies with the opportunity not only to connect with their customers but also to offer a platform for introducing new services, showcasing, and selling their products.

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