AICTPI - Trade Mission - Proven Strategy for Market Entry
Trade missions are organized trips by groups of companies to other countries or regions to build business relationships and expand their global reach. They can help companies:
- Find new markets
- Network with local businesses and government officials
- Learn about local culture and customs
- Gain insight into local business practices
- Showcase products or services
- Meet potential buyers or agents
- Participate in site visits
- Build profitable business relationships
Trade missions typically include:
Networking
Meetings with local businesses, government officials, and other organizations
Site visits
Visits to local facilities to see where your products or services could be used
Briefings
Discussions with local business and legal communities about local business practices and opportunities
Media Coverage
Exposure in the local media
The African Intercontinental Commission on Trade, Policy, and Investment (AICTPI) presents sector-specific Trade Missions Services, beneficial for businesses looking to expand overseas or trade with new countries.
Our Trade Mission service provides development & coordination for both Government-led and private missions. The most essential fact of trade mission service is preparing business agendas for companies willing to meet potential overseas buyers.
AICTPI’s Trade Mission includes:
- Business Agendas
- Travel Logistics
- Interpreters
- Receptions
- Public Relations
- Advice on Cultural Differences
Trade Mission
Trade organizations and many foreign industry associations often organize missions to promote overseas trade and economic development in their respective nations. It is one of the best and most effective options for companies looking to expand their businesses in the global markets. Organizations and companies substantially advantage by participating in a trade mission as it provides them a personal experience in their target market.
Large organizations have regularly explored new geographies for developing new client bases for their products and sourcing new suppliers from diverse countries. Small and medium establishments (SMEs), however, require local experts to assist them in recognizing government guidelines, business environment, and business culture, and finding potential partners who could be interested in joining them.
AICTPI’s Trade Mission Services can save businesses valuable time and resources by maximizing contact with potential partners, representatives, distributors, agents, local government organizations, and industry figures.
Our experts have many years of experience in organizing trade missions to Africa. Our trade mission services are used by Industry Associations, Foreign Government Agencies, and Economic Development Businesses from various countries. Our team can handle sector-precise and multi-sector-ranging trade missions to Africa of different sizes at multiple locations.
AICTPI does the vital groundwork for collaborating with Trade Mission companies before their visit and also provides valuable insights and information including import duties and taxation, competitive evaluation, pricing strategy, market entry strategy, market research, and many others. Organizations get better expertise of their current market trends, customer preferences, opportunities, and challenges for business growth in the target market.
We organize face-to-face meetings with the trade mission businesses and overseas buyers to boost foreign trade in the economic development of Africa and other countries, enabling participating companies to leverage new trade leads, partnering possibilities, and global sales through these Trade Mission advantages such as one-to-one meetings with government officials and foreign industry executives and pre-screening to match your precise business objectives including direct sales, representation, or joint ventures in the local or international market.
Why AICTPI?
Highly Experienced Team
With many years of experience in managing Trade Missions in various countries, the AICTPI Trade Missions team is an expert in the field and understands what it takes to organize a successful Mission in Africa and overseas.
Access to Best Rates
As part of the AICTPI organization, our Trade Missions can leverage a vast quantity of buying power across all elements of Trade and Investment.
Dynamic Marketing and Recruitment
Our team can market and recruit for each mission through online and offline activity. We use our extensive portfolio of delegates to make sure your mission is promoted to the most relevant target market.
Tailored Services
We can be involved as much as required in managing Trade Missions with our customized services to satisfy all your requirements.
AICTPI organizes Trade Missions to effectively introduce Trade and Investment on a worldwide scale. Companies benefit from Trade Mission in many ways, including fostering networking opportunities, gaining market insights, receiving market entry support, promoting their products, and engaging in matchmaking activities.
Objectives of Trade Mission
The objectives of Trade Mission often involve our matchmaking service where participants are paired with buyers as per their profiles. Attendees usually can have a great understanding of the marketplace and establish promising new contacts by the end of the mission.
A Trade Mission begins with a meeting and provides market insights, challenges, opportunities, and logistical factors. AICTPI ensures participants are prepared to enhance their export strategies for future actions after the trade mission, facilitating market entry and networking during the mission, and thorough follow-up with contacts after the Trade Mission. Our Trade Missions provide a streamlined approach for businesses to explore national and international markets, expand networks, and advance global economic growth.
Trade Mission Works
At AICTPI, we organize incoming and outgoing trade missions; where incoming missions include delegations that visit a specific country, on the other hand, in outgoing missions we organize delegations visits from one country to another country. Our trade missions are bespoke to align with the requirements, objectives, and targets of our clients. The exporting experience among participants and Trade Mission varies, ranging from seasoned veterans to newcomers to the trade. We place great significance in this blend of numerous experiences, creating a fruitful networking environment for participants to get insights from one another and initiate potential collaborations.
Trade Mission Activities
- Meeting on the day of arrival
- Matchmaking Sessions
- Network Reception
- Company Visits
- Visit a Tradeshow
AICTPI’s Trade Mission service is an ideal way to access new national and international markets while forging new connections within the delegation, supporting and addressing sector specific enquiries.
Our Services
Trade Shows
We present trade shows around the world where we deliver first-in-class country pavilions with tailor-made turnkey presentations.
Matchmaking
Our matchmaking is one of the most desired and successful services to connect buyers with new marketplaces.
Product Demos
We organize product demonstrations to let our members experience your product directly.
Entry Strategies
We can help you with a carefully crafted entry strategy to export your products to new and initially challenging markets.