After four days of festivities, the banana fair ends in Angola.

Local farmers, associations and cooperatives from several municipalities joined industry representatives from other parts of the country to discuss market expansion and their production strengths.

Maria Antónia Nelumba, governor of Bengo province, on the closing of this 10th edition of the banana fair: "We will continue to produce and invest in banana processing, in order to take advantage of the entire production chain."

This tenth edition exceeded the organisers' expectations regarding attendance and earnings.

Hélder Cardete, Novagrolíder representative: "We will continue producing and conquering markets. We aim to produce 70% for the domestic market and 30% for export." "We export to various countries, including Europe, South Africa, Namibia, DR Congo, and Russia, and we will continue producing and conquering new markets.

Since President Joāo Lourenço launched the challenge of diversifying the Angolan economy through agriculture, bananas have become Angola's green diamond for diversifying the economy.

Ester Jamba, a visitor to the fair: 'Well, the prices are affordable. A bunch of bananas costs 2,000.00 kwanzas and 3,000.00 kwanzas. I'm delighted. '

Competition in banana production is fierce on the continent.

Celma, a first-time exhibitor, says, "In truth (reality), we brought a large quantity of bananas from the municipality of Nambuangongo, bananas of very good quality, and the fair is going very well, with strong competition."

Angola is the largest banana producer in Africa and the seventh largest globally, with an annual supply of over four million tons.