AFRICA

New Zealand and Africa business ties

New Zealand's trade with countries across Africa has been growing in recent years, buoyed by a stronger New Zealand presence across the continent and the steady economic transformation taking place in many African countries.

NZTE’s Africa team, led by Trade Commissioner Haylon Smith, works across the continent supporting New Zealand businesses and the development of commercial partnerships in key African markets. The team is supported by a growing network of private-sector advisors, consultants, and industry contacts, and by New Zealand diplomatic presences in South Africa, Ethiopia and Egypt.

Meet our

Trade Commissioner

Haylon Smith

based in Dubai

Haylon Smith is New Zealand’s Trade Commissioner for Africa. He is based in Dubai and leads a small team that engages in key markets across Africa to develop and support commercial partnerships for New Zealand businesses.

Haylon was previously responsible for NZTE’s global agribusiness programme, where he worked with organisations and companies to support agribusiness exports into China, Russia, the United States, South America and Saudi Arabia.

Before joining NZTE, Haylon worked for Scion, a New Zealand Crown Research Institute focussed on the forestry industry, where he was in the business development and commercialisation team.

Haylon holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Bioscience Enterprise (Hons) degrees from the University of Auckland.

Contact our office

The Africa market is managed from our Dubai office.

Office 6A

Level 6

Emirates Tower
Sheikh Zayed Road

Dubai

+971 4 270 0100

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