Benin closes Local Consumption Month and honours winners
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Alwihda Info
Illustrative image · Kazys Photography · Pexels · Licence PexelsBenin closed the seventh edition of Local Consumption Month on 30 October at a ceremony at the Benin Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Technical adviser Flora Akoutey called for continued purchases of national products, presented as a way to support production and employment, reports Alwihda Info.
Benin closed the seventh edition of Local Consumption Month on Friday 30 October 2026, at a ceremony at the Benin Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Winners of competitions held during the month each received a trophy and an envelope containing 500,000 CFA francs, according to Alwihda Info.
The competitions recognised, among other things, creations produced as part of “Indigo créatif” and content devoted to a “Made in Benin” product. Flora Akoutey, technical adviser representing the Minister of Trade and Economic Formalisation, called on consumers to continue buying local products beyond this period.
