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International Data Corporation expected Africa’s smartphone market to grow 4.7% quarter-on-quarter in Q3 2019 to total 22.8 million units.
KWAZULU-NATAL TO HOST 2020 WORLD HALAAL DAY
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Shabir Chohan: Chief Executive Of cer at Al Baraka Bank
THE PROVINCE OF KWAZULU-NATAL WILL PLAY HOST TO AN EXPECTED 50 000 GUESTS FROM MORE THAN 30 COUNTRIES, IN CELEBRATION OF WORLD HALAAL DAY. UNITED WORLD HALAAL DEVELOPMENT (UNWHD) RECOGNISES WORLD HALAAL DAY ON 1ST NOVEMBER, AND MARKS THE OCCASION IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE GLOBE EVERY YEAR, WITH THE CORE OBJECTIVE OF CREATING AWARENESS OF THE GLOBAL HALAAL INDUSTRY & PROMOTING TRADE. THIS YEAR, CELEBRATIONS WILL BE STAGED AT THE DURBAN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE FROM 2 TO 4 NOVEMBER 2020, AND WILL BE HOSTED BY THE KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AND TRADE & INVESTMENT KWAZULU-NATAL.
The annual showcase of over 1 million global halaal goods and services creates a platform for awareness of the global halaal industry, highlights matters concerning the global halaal economy, and stimulates discussion on remedial actions and preventive measures required. B2B networking opportunities amongst buyers, traders, distributors, supply chain players and downstream suppliers, will provide delegates with direct access to over 15,000 halaal industry professionals.
Now in its seventh consecutive year, the UNWHD has successfully organised the annual World Halaal Day celebrations since 2014
in Singapore, India, Croatia, United Kingdom, South Korea and Russia respectively.
KwaZulu-Natal’s strategic focus on the global halaal industry kicked off in September 2019, when Trade & Investment KwaZulu- Natal, in partnership with its strategic key partners, the Albaraka Bank, The South African National Halaal Authority, National Independent Halaal Trust and Minara Chamber, launched the KwaZulu-Natal Halaal Hub. The initiative aims to grow the halaal export sector in the province by sourcing new markets; increase the manufacturing base through foreign direct investment, and develop African manufacturing companies in halaal compliance and export standards.
To achieve these key objectives, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development Tourism & Environmental Affairs has set aside 5 million Rand for the next three years to roll out supporting programmes. These will commence with the engagement of local and international stakeholders, followed by the transformation of the sector through the development of non-muslim businesses,
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