World Forum for Intersectoral Cooperation

WCI Forum will give export companies in Turkey the opportunity to meet 500 potential buyers from Africa. The forum in question is one of the most well-attended organizations for the African market, which has an import potential of nearly $1 trillion. Business people from Central Asia, the Middle East and the Balkans, especially from many African countries, as well as manufacturers and exporters residing in Turkey participate in the organization.

Within the scope of the program, companies will participate in business forums to be held for 2 days and hold bilateral business meetings in order to ensure cooperation and coordination and reveal new export opportunities. The forum, where bilateral business meetings will be held in many important sectors from construction to health, from textile to technology, will open the door to export opportunities for Turkish companies, especially in the African continent.

"We see an increase in reciprocal visits between Turkey and Africa" ​​In his speech at the opening of the forum, Deputy Minister of Industry and Technology Hasan Büyükdede stated that there have been frequent meetings with African statesmen and businessmen in Turkey lately, and said: "We see an increase in mutual visits between Turkey and Africa. We can easily observe the reflections of this on commercial and economic relations. Our Honorable President visits Africa frequently. We often host our guest heads of state and their teams in our country. Despite the ongoing effects of the pandemic, we have hosted many African statesmen and business people in our country in recent weeks. We believe that this forum is one of the important links of this chain."

"We attach importance to cooperation with the African business world" In his speech, Davut Altunbaş, President of the Independent Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (MUSIAD), drew attention to the importance that Turkish industrialists attach to cooperation with the African business world, and stated that Turkish Airlines' flights to different regions in Africa In his speech, Altunbaş said that the Turkish industrialists faced great tests in the early 2000s and continued his words as follows: "The biggest chance for us in this period is the immense support given to our industry by our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. As a result of these supports, our industrialists have increased our exports by 35 percent in the last 7 months and by 21 percent in the last 12 months. This is extremely important for us."

Utku Bengisu, Founder of Bosphorus Expo and African Trade Centers, in his speech, said, "Expanding the base and improving our international trade are the two words that make up the main motto of the World Intersectoral Cooperation Forum. To double Turkey's share in world trade and to achieve that mega export target of 500 billion dollars. We have to realize this. We need an export engineering for this." used the phrase.