The president of the Commission for Assistance to Buyers and Professional Visitors Moumini Sanogo announced that the SIAO is an opportunity offered to professional visitors and buyers, so that they can interact with craft businesses. For Sanogo, SIAO is responsible for connecting professional buyers wherever they come from with local artisans with the aim of promoting and enriching artisanal works. According to him, the structure has “about fifteen countries that have registered on the list of professional buyers, including France, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, the United States and African countries. There is also a demand from local artisans, participants in the SIAO, who want to meet professional buyers on site.”

He did not fail to mention the difficulties, the difficult security situation that impacted activities, and then expressed the hope that “the 16th edition of the Show can take place in the best conditions and that the objectives set be there.”