President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed hope of good returns on investments stemming from the Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition.
The exhibition at Pretoria’s Waterkloof Air Force base boasts over 300 exhibitors from 30 countries.
The Hon Ms NN Mapisa-Nqakula, Minister of Defence, visits trade exhibitors on the first day of #AAD2018 trade show. #Airshow #tradeshow #afbwaterkloof pic.twitter.com/cjZP3SGUvf
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It’s set to showcase military products technologies for air, sea and land purposes.
Over 75 000 people are expected to attend this year’s five-day event.
Ramaphosa says the exhibition offers massive opportunities.
“The African Aerospace and Defence exhibition offers a massive opportunity for all present to identify areas of synergy, areas of cooperation and convert all these into joint ventures with us. We are interested in leveraging intellectual property into tangible products that will lead to export contracts. We assume that there is a good return on investment and we are confident that this can be achieved”.