10th NorMin MSMEs

SERVING as a venue to showcase the products of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Northern Mindanao, the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. (Oro Chamber) held its annual 10th Oro Best Expo in Centrio Ayala Mall’s activity center on October 16 to 18.

The Cagayan de Oro Business Enterprises, Services and Trade Expo (Oro Best) is a flagship event of Oro Chamber to address the concerns of MSMEs on networking, market development, policy advocacy for entrepreneurship, and the growth and sustainability of the Chamber member companies.

With several investors coming in the country, particularly in Northern Mindanao, the Oro Best Expo, according to Oro Chamber, considers this event as its way of helping Cagayan de Oro City to strengthen its role as a major business destination in the region and positions itself to be the trading, logistic and services center of Mindanao.

Efren Uy, past president and the incumbent treasurer of Oro Chamber, said the trade expo is also to expose businesses to new products, innovations and techniques, particularly on how to market their products.

“It’s really keeping them updated to whatever the new innovation on the market,” Uy said.

More than 60 exhibitors are present in the three-day trade expo, according to Uy, adding that the number of exhibitors increased