This week there really is only one show in town.
The Agricultural Society of Kenya Nairobi International Trade Fair* to give it its full name, popularly know as the Nairobi Show.
Having spent the last couple of days there I have to say the show is brilliant. Things are very different from the last time i was here as a school kid many many years ago. Not everything has changed however, everyone is still giving away cardboard huts, scouts and walking around flossing in their uniforms, the NYS band baton major still manages to insert a few lingala moves into his strict military routine, the president still stands on the back of a modified Land Rover to enter the arena and tour the stands.
Things have changed. First of all this show is not exclusively about agriculture. Today I learnt how to get online using the Safaricom service GPRS service called The Edge without any wires using Bluetooth. I learnt about the Nairobi Stock Exchange and signed up with a couple of share traders. I sat in and messed about in the Volvo SUV XC-90. I learnt about Kenya’s efforts in Eco Tourism, drank some camel milk, checked the electoral roll to see if my registration last month is reflected, found out about holiday destinations in Mozambique etc. etc. etc.
There was also a lot of agricultural stuff too, pictures to come later (including some of one massive tractor and the cow with the biggest udders in the world, I kid you not!)
(*It really is ridiculous that both the ASK and the Nairobi international Trade Fair do not have websites. I wait to be happily corrected on this if any of you have superior information.)
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Dude, this is nice!! I should really get there as well. Already saw a lot of JICA folks (all dressed in blue uniforms) chauffeured from Maji Hse to the showgrounds….
I wonder why I have not been to the Show in eons.(really!) Sounds like you had a great time!
Mental, looks like you’re having a great time at the show (RE: Merry-go rounds and riding the miniature multi-colored train).
Considering that the Nairobi International Trade Fair a.k.a. ASK Show is probably one of the largest agriculture & technology fairs in Africa, it is a shame there are no websites and hardly any useful information on this event online.
That billboard sign in the picture also looks like it needs some work. I’m sure it could have easily been professionally painted by a willing Fair exhibitor or participant in the paints/construction or advertising industry.
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