The Africa Chemicals Expo (AFRICHEM Expo) events are the premier international business-to-business (B2B) trade exhibitions bringing together the full spectrum of the chemical industry across Africa’s two major commercial and industrial hubs — Nairobi, Kenya, and Lagos, Nigeria.

Designed as pan-African platforms for innovation, investment, and collaboration, the Expos showcase cutting-edge chemical products, technologies and solutions, and draws industry leaders, innovators and decision-makers from across the continent and beyond.

With Africa’s manufacturing, agribusiness, construction, healthcare energy, oil and gas and consumer goods sectors accelerating, the demand for reliable, compliant, sustainable and innovative chemical products is rising sharply.

The Expos feature an extensive range of raw materials, specialty and fine chemical products; processing and packaging as well as supply chain technologies that are vital for shaping the future of Africa’s economic transformation.

At AFRICHEM Expos, attendees find dynamic exhibits from global suppliers alongside local manufacturers that address Africa’s unique market needs — from heavy industry inputs to consumer-oriented chemical products.

Across Africa, industrialization, population growth and urbanisation, import substitution, regional integration and specialty chemical demand will shape the industry through 2050.

According to sources, the chemicals industry in Africa is valued at about US$ 100 billion, but is expected to rise significantly to US$ 300 billion by 2030, and further to US$ 500 billion by 2050.

The Africa CHEMICALS Expo events are planned for the following countries and regions in Africa in 2026: