Exhibition · Midrand, South Africa

AFRICA'S BIG SEVEN - Africa's Retail Trade Exhibition

Food Processing · Food Industry · Beverages

Official website
Next editionJune 2027Expected — not announced yet
Last venueGallagher Convention CentreMidrand, South Africa
RunningSince 2008Annual · 9 editions on record
Last checked12 Nov 2026Its website has moved
Expected around June 2027 — not announced yet. AFRICA'S BIG SEVEN - Africa's Retail Trade Exhibition runs annual; the last edition in our records was in June 2019. We'll show the dates as soon as the organiser publishes them.

Key numbers

Editions on record
9first in 2008

About AFRICA'S BIG SEVEN - Africa's Retail Trade Exhibition

Africa’s Big 7 is the continent’s most important annual meeting place for the food and drink industry, where buyers and distributors from across this diverse and booming market come to source products from farm to fork including ingredients, specialty and finished products together with processing, packaging and logistics solutions.

SHOW DATES
23 JUNE 2019, 10:00 – 17:00
24 JUNE 2019, 10:00 – 17:00
25 JUNE 2019, 10:00 – 16:00

From our listing of this edition. Details may have changed since.

Who visits

Trade visitors

As listed for 2012.

Editions

YearDatesWhereExhibitorsVisitors
201923–25 Jun 2019Gallagher Convention Centre
Midrand, South Africa
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201530 Jun – 2 Jul 2015Gallagher Convention Centre
Midrand, South Africa
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201422–24 Jun 2014Gallagher Convention Centre
Midrand, South Africa
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201330 Jun – 2 Jul 2013Gallagher Convention Centre
Midrand, South Africa
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201215–17 Jul 2012Gallagher Convention Centre
Midrand, South Africa
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201117–19 Jul 2011Gallagher Estate
Johannesburg, South Africa
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201025–27 Jul 2010Gallagher Estate
Johannesburg, South Africa
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200919–21 Jul 2009Gallagher Estate
Johannesburg, South Africa
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200820–22 Jul 2008Gallagher Estate
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Past editions from the bvents archive (2008–2019) and organiser figures where they were published.

Questions

When is AFRICA'S BIG SEVEN - Africa's Retail Trade Exhibition?

The next edition is expected around June 2027, based on its annual cycle. The organiser hasn't announced the dates yet.

Where is it held?

The last edition we have was at Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, South Africa.

How often does it take place?

Annual, judging by the 9 editions on record since 2008.

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