About All African Leather Fair (AALF) 

Project Name: All African Leather Fair (AALF) Project
Project Owner: Ethiopian Leather Industry Association (ELIA)
Project Partners: MOTI, UNIDO, UNDP, USAID, ECBP, COMESA-LLPI and ESALIA
Project Aim: Improving image of Africa,  Develop Intra African and Increase global trade share of African countries in Leather and leather products.
Brief Description of the Project:
According to FAO world statistical compendium Africa’s share of total world production revealed that  5% of bovine hides and skins, 14% of goat and kid skins, 9 % of sheep and lamb skins. However, its share of world trade is less than 2% in raw hides and skins, 2% in for leather and leather products and less than 1% for leather footwear and footwear with leather uppers.
Although Africa’s share of world trade in leather sector represents only about 1% , a great number of developing countries in Africa rank hides, skins, leather and leather goods in the top of exportable products. The above mentioned figures clearly shows  the enormous potential and Africa could increase contribution to the world trade. Until now the majority of African production has been limited to low value products where as the share of value added leather and leather products are still very low. There are some parts of the world, particularly Africa, where suppliers of the raw material (hides and skins) and the derived products tend to not to have an image of being reliable providers of consistent quality material. Such an image has had a negative impact of the products from the affected regions.
A number of events geared towards promoting the image of the leather industry have been organized and implemented in recent years.  Ethiopian leather Industries Association (ELIA) as part of the major stakeholders took the initiative strategy for development to promote the image of the African leather and leather products industry. In collaboration with Ethiopian government, international development partners and knowledge institutions. 

Project Objective:
Provide practical exposure of African entrepreneurs in the industry to techniques of doing business with global partners
Enhance contacts between African sellers of leather and leather products and buyers from around the world and integrate the continent’s industry into the global market intelligence network
Create global market opportunities for Africa’s upstream leather goods industry and enhance the continents benefits in exporting value added consumer goods of leather
 Promote Africa’s cultural heritages and values as unique components of the continent’s offers of leather and leather products
Increase competitiveness of the African leather industry by brining representatives of the important players in the value chain together to a common platform where they forge the principle of working together in a Pan African Competitiveness context.
Expose investment opportunities in the leather sector in Africa and build the image of the industry as a credible partner to work with
AALF Vision
To be a leading leather fair strong presence in global leather and leather products market established and improved image of African leather and leather products in global market.
AALF Mission
To provide quality service based on the state of the Art and to contribute to the sustainable development, competitiveness and integration of the African leather sector.

Who is it aimed at?

• Shoe Industry, Tanning Industry, Leather garment and goods Industries Sellers and buyers
• Shoe, tannery, leather garment and goods machineries suppliers
• Leather chemical, Shoes and Leather garments and Goods  Components and accessories  suppliers
• Profession Associations,
• Knowledge institutions,
• Clusters and
• Government support institutions, Investment promotion organization joint venture seeking organizations, investors
• International Development Organizations

Trade Fair Participants:

Trade Fair:  Tanners, leather goods producers, footwear producers, leather processing machinery producers, leather accessories and components suppliers, leather human resources development services and software suppliers, knowledge institutions in the leather and allied industries in general buyers and sellers
Buyers/Sellers Forum:  international buyers, out sourcing interests,
Investment Forum:  Investment promotion organizations, joint venture seeking organizations, investors

AALF 2009

The All African Leather Fair 2009- the 2nd Edition was held during 20-22 January 2009.
All African Leather Fair 2009 was organized by Ethiopian Leather Industries Association (ELIA) in collaboration with Ministry of Trade & Industry of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, UNDP/UNIDO, USAID-ATEP, ECBP-GTZ, COMESA-Leather and Leather Products Institute and Eastern & Southern African Leather Industries Association (ESALIA).
The principal objective of AALF 2009 was to provide a platform for interaction between manufacturers, buyers and services providers of finished leather, leather shoes, Chemicals, shoe accessories and components, machineries, etc. This platform was conceived to facilitate the conversion of the enormous potential in the African leather sector to global businesses. The event was organized under the able guidance and direction of a Board of Directors of the Ethiopian Leather Industries Association (ELIA), supervised the progress periodically through review meetings and regular appraisals.

Contact:
Tel. + 251 115 156144, +251 115 506040
Fax: + 251 115 508935
P.O. Box 12898 Addis Ababa , Ethiopia
E-mail: elia@elia.org.et   aalf@elia.org.et  aalf2008@elia.org.et
et.tanners@ethionet.et
Contact persons : Mr.Abdissa Adugna and Mr. Befekadu Bekele

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