IFSEC West Africa to relaunch as Securex West Africa

June 2013 News & Events

IFSEC West Africa, the Commercial Security, Homeland Security, Fire and Safety Exhibition, is set to relaunch under the Securex West Africa brand in 2014.

IFSEC West Africa and IFSEC South Africa have historically been run by UBM Montgomery, a joint venture between UBM Live and Montgomery, created to run security exhibitions in the Africa sub-Saharan region.

After a strategic review, both parties have agreed to continue the joint venture in South Africa and concentrate on the IFSEC brand in that region, but IFSEC West Africa will become Securex, and will be run exclusively by Montgomery outside of the joint venture.

Tori Abiola, MD of Montgomery West Africa said, “The decision to move the event under the renowned Securex portfolio of events represents an exciting new chapter for West Africa’s leading security and safety event.

“The African security market is on the brink of phenomenal growth. We have recognised a unique opportunity to expand on the success of this event under the Securex brand, which is already well-known in Africa for executing world-class exhibitions, the partnership with UBM Live has been very successful and we look forward to continuing to work together in South Africa.”

IFSEC West Africa, which has just completed its third successful event at the EKO EXPO Centre in Nigeria, was launched in 2011 by UBM Montgomery West Africa. Simon Mills, portfolio director UBM commented, “After three successful years of jointly running IFSEC West Africa we have decided to focus our attention on the faster growing IFSEC South Africa event with Montgomery, as well as focusing on our own wider global portfolio of IFSEC events including India, Saudi Arabia and the new launches in Turkey and Malaysia.”

Securex West Africa will run from 18-19 March 2014 at the EKO EXPO Centre in Lagos, Nigeria.

For more information visit www.securexwestafrica.com or e-mail [email protected] or [email protected]





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