{"id":9605,"date":"2026-04-29T08:39:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tropicalfood.net\/?p=9605"},"modified":"2026-05-18T15:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:04:07","slug":"tropical-food-machinery-africa-on-the-road-2026-dakar-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tropicalfood.net\/en\/tropical-food-machinery-africa-on-the-road-2026-dakar-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Food Machinery at \u201cAfrica on the Road 2026\u201d &#8211; Dakar stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Tropical Food Machinery at \u201cAfrica on the Road 2026\u201d &#8211; Dakar stop<\/h3>\n<p>Tropical Food Machinery took part in the initiative promoted by Italian Trade Agency Dakar in collaboration with the CIBUSTEC network, confirming its commitment to emerging markets.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>EN | English version<\/strong><br \/>\n(FR | Version fran\u00e7aise disponible ci-dessous)<\/p>\n<p>The event was structured into two stages, from April 14 to 16, 2026. The first day took place in <strong>Dakar<\/strong>, at the Chambre de Commerce, d&#8217;Industrie et d&#8217;Agriculture de Dakar, in the presence of institutional representatives including the Italian Ambassador to Senegal H.E. Caterina Bertolini, the Director of ITA Dakar Alessandro Gerbino and the respective directors of the Chamber of Commerce and the Institut de Technologie Alimentaire de Dakar.<\/p>\n<p>During the activities, <strong>Marco Borciani<\/strong>, in his role as TFM Ambassador, had the opportunity to present Tropical Food Machinery\u2019s experience in the agro-food processing sector, <strong>receiving strong interest<\/strong> from both established players and emerging companies.<\/p>\n<p>On the second day, the delegation moved to Saint-Louis, in northern Senegal, where the Italian companies had the opportunity to visit operational facilities across the region, gaining <strong>direct insight into local production dynamics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>These exchanges laid the groundwork for the development of<strong> new collaborations in Senegal<\/strong>, a Country characterized by strong growth potential and strategic importance for the West African region.<\/p>\n<p>Participation in the initiative also represented an important opportunity for <strong>institutional dialogue<\/strong>, with meetings held in Dakar at the Italian Embassy and with the Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo, further strengthening the Company\u2019s international positioning.<\/p>\n<p>Within the collaboration with <strong>CIBUSTEC<\/strong>, the Dakar event sets the stage for the next edition of the CIBUSTEC 2026 exhibition, taking place in Parma from October 27<sup>th<\/sup> to 30<sup>th<\/sup>. Tropical Food Machinery will participate as an exhibitor, showcasing its solutions for food processing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/tropicalfood.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Borciani-Senegal-Mango-04.26-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>FR | Version fran\u00e7aise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tropical Food Machinery \u00e0 \u201cAfrica on the Road 2026\u201d \u2013 \u00e9tape de Dakar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tropical Food Machinery a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019initiative promue par Italian Trade Agency Dakar en collaboration avec le r\u00e9seau CIBUSTEC, confirmant ainsi son engagement sur les march\u00e9s \u00e9mergents.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nement s\u2019est articul\u00e9 en deux \u00e9tapes, du 14 au 16 avril 2026. La premi\u00e8re journ\u00e9e s\u2019est tenue \u00e0 <strong>Dakar<\/strong>, aupr\u00e8s de la Chambre de Commerce, d&#8217;Industrie et d&#8217;Agriculture de Dakar, en pr\u00e9sence de repr\u00e9sentants institutionnels parmi lesquels l\u2019Ambassadrice d\u2019Italie au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal S.E. Caterina Bertolini, le directeur de ITA Dakar Alessandro Gerbino, ainsi que les directeurs respectifs de la Chambre de Commerce et de l\u2019Institut de Technologie Alimentaire de Dakar.<\/p>\n<p>Au cours des activit\u00e9s, <strong>Marco Borciani<\/strong>, en son r\u00f4le de TFM Ambassador, a eu l\u2019occasion de pr\u00e9senter l\u2019exp\u00e9rience de Tropical Food Machinery dans le domaine de la transformation agroalimentaire, <strong>suscitant un vif int\u00e9r\u00eat<\/strong> tant de la part d\u2019acteurs \u00e9tablis que de structures \u00e9mergentes.<\/p>\n<p>La deuxi\u00e8me journ\u00e9e a conduit la d\u00e9l\u00e9gation \u00e0 Saint-Louis, au nord du S\u00e9n\u00e9gal, o\u00f9 les entreprises Italiennes ont eu l\u2019opportunit\u00e9 de visiter des r\u00e9alit\u00e9s op\u00e9rationnelles sur le territoire, entrant en contact direct avec les dynamiques de production locales.<\/p>\n<p>Ces \u00e9changes ont pos\u00e9 les bases du d\u00e9veloppement de <strong>nouvelles collaborations au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal<\/strong>, un Pays caract\u00e9ris\u00e9 par un fort potentiel de croissance et une importance strat\u00e9gique pour la r\u00e9gion de l\u2019Afrique de l\u2019Ouest.<\/p>\n<p>La participation \u00e0 cette initiative a \u00e9galement repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 une importante occasion de <strong>dialogue institutionnel<\/strong>, avec des rencontres \u00e0 Dakar \u00e0 l\u2019Ambassade d\u2019Italie et avec l\u2019Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo, renfor\u00e7ant davantage le positionnement international de l\u2019entreprise.<\/p>\n<p>Dans le cadre de la collaboration avec <strong>CIBUSTEC<\/strong>, l\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nement de Dakar pr\u00e9pare la prochaine \u00e9dition du salon, pr\u00e9vue \u00e0 Parma du 27 au 30 octobre 2026. Tropical Food Machinery participera en tant qu\u2019exposant, en pr\u00e9sentant ses solutions pour la transformation agroalimentaire.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/tropicalfood.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marco.png\" width=\"1094\" height=\"727\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tropical Food Machinery at \u201cAfrica on the Road 2026\u201d &#8211; Dakar stop Tropical Food Machinery took part in the initiative promoted by Italian Trade Agency Dakar in collaboration with the CIBUSTEC network, confirming its commitment to emerging markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9625,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tropicalfood.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tropicalfood.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tropicalfood.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tropicalfood.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tropicalfood.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9605"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/tropicalfood.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9744,"href":"https:\/\/tropicalfood.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9605\/revisions\/9744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tropicalfood.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tropicalfood.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tropicalfood.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tropicalfood.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}