NZTE Covid-19 Response Podcast

This is our final IMEA podcast episode, but don't worry, you can still get market insights and updates going forward on NZTE's Covid19 website. For this episode, we're back with Kevin McKenna who talks about some of the growing opportunity areas there. For the Saudi update we speak with Hazim AlMadani about the introduction of 15% VAT in Saudi Arabia and in India we talk to Vivek Singhal from Flipkart – a leading e-commerce platform in India.

This week we bring you an important update on Expo 2020 Dubai with Clayton Kimpton, New Zealand’s Commissioner-General for Expo 2020. We also speak to industry experts in construction and pharma from the region, and to our NZTE Beachhead Advisor in Iran about the situation on the ground there.

Ramadan Kareem to all of our listeners. It's the first week since the easing of the lock down in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, India still remains in near-total lock down. As the situation continues to evolve at a different pace in the different IMEA markets, we talk to a range of colleagues, NZTE beachheads about the impacts on food service, HORECA and the dairy sector.

This week we bring you a deep dive into digital transformation in the Gulf, talk to Vikram Doshi NZTE Beachhead and Partner at PwC India about India's tax, economic and legal response to Covid19 and travel over to South Africa, for a chat with Dionne Kerr from Siyakha consulting and a broad update on that market's opportunities and challenges in light of Covid19.

As countries across the region enter into a third or fourth week of partial or total lockdown, we decided to branch out and bring you updates from some of the other important export markets for New Zealand in the IMEA region.

For this week's podcast Easter Special we invite guest speakers from across India, Middle east and Africa to discuss the impact of Covid19 on their industries. Tune in to hear from Maersk, BBG Consulting and our very own Sile Sweeney, Trade Advisor and FMCG Specialist based in the UAE.

This week's Covid-19 update from NZTE IMEA features Clayton Kimpton, Commissioner General for Expo 2020 with an update about the event's postponement. We then go to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, India and Africa to hear from New Zealand Trade and Enterprise's Trade Commissioners on how Covid-19 is affecting markets in the region. Our host is Tony Martin, Regional Director IMEA. We hope you find it useful and informative - send us your feedback! [email protected]

A round-up with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise's trade comissioners on how Covid-19 is affecting markets across India Middle East and Africa hosted by Tony Martin, Regional Director IMEA. We hope you find it useful and informative.

• UAE update with Consul General Kevin McKenna 01m15s
• Saudi Arabia update with Trade Commissioner Ahmad Zakkout 04m29s
• India update with Trade Commissioner Ralph Hays 08m30s
• Africa update with Trade Commissioner Haylon Smith 11m20s