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Posted here for memory and to remind ourselves how far ahead we had traveled or is it? we had been left behind.
Here were our grandfathers who could organize such an international expo that we have no clue how to do it.

Asmara Expo 1972 was the last major national and international commercial event in Eritrea.

The present Executive Committee is composed of the
following:
Honorary President: H.E. Lt. Gen. Debebe Hailemariam
Governor General of Eritrea;
Executive Committee: President: H.E. Dedj. Tesfaiohannes
Berhe
1° Deputy President: H.E. Dedj.
Haregot Abbai
2° Deputy President: Ato Taffara
Deguefe
3. Deputy President: Rag. Ercole De Paoli
Secretary General: Ato Kiflemariam Zerom
Asst. Secretary General: Ato Fessahazion Ghebremedhin
Press Service Officer: Dr. Enrico Mania.
Tecnical Committee President: Eng. Carlo Tabacchi;
Finance Committee President: Dr. Edoardo Pollastri;
Agriculture & Zootecnic Committee President, Ato Tesfay
Woldemicael,
Industry Committe~ President: Eng. Nico Maderni;
Handicraft Committee President: Dr. Ruggero Ravasini;
Commerce Committee President: Rag. Agatone Cimaglia,
Community Development Committee President: Kegn. Ale·
mayehu Kidanu;
Tourism & Festivities Committee President: Ato Yemane B.
Ghebru;
Legal Committee President: Hon. Kassa Beyene;
Apart from the official exhibitions which mainly focus
on the economic operators in general and those concerned
with individual sectors in particular the «National Expo
of Ethiopia» has organized a series of related events
in the economic, social, cultural, recreational etc.
fields. These related activities are aimed at making one's
visit worth remembering if not unforgettable.
The programme of events during the whole exhibition
period of the «National Expo of Ethiopia 1972» is given
here below:
Mrs. Emma Melotti, Dr. Roberto Barattolo,
Comm. Guido De Nadai, Ato Ambaye Hter, Ato
Sunabara M. Dammana, Eng. Massimo Fontana,
Comm. Tullio Camerino, Mr. Socrate Bourboulis,
Mr. H.S. Cahan, Mr. Salem Ubed Bahobeshi,
Dr. Adalberto Falletta, Adv. Gaetano LatHla,
Ato Negusse Rosario, Kegn. Tesfalidet Ghered,
Ato Berhane Yohannes, Ato Yosieph Yacob,
Mr. Domenico Gargano, Geom. Mario Gallotta,
Ato Amsalu Gemmere, Kegn. Araya Hagos and
a Representative of the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce.

Link: https://www.africantriangle.com/nationa ... ia-asmara/

Lets ask ourselves where are these business people and the businesses and organizations that they built then, with branches or headquarters in Eritrea.
Here are the list of some of the contributors to Asmara National Expo 1972:
Imagine, how much tax these all were paying, and how many thousands were employed by these business organizations?
AGRICOLTURE HANDICRAFT OF ERITREA
ARAB COMMUNITY . .
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES
SABEAN UTILITY CORP. & ASSOCIATED
Cotton Company of Ethiopia
Fibre Company of Ethiopia
General Textiles & garnment
SEDAO ELECTRICITY
GELLATLY HANKEY & CO.
SALINE DI MASSAUA
F.LLI DE NADAl
MANIFATTURA SACCHI ASMARA .
A. BESSE & CO.
MELOTTI BREWERY
COTONIFICIO BARATTOLO & CO. S.C.
S.A.C.I.SA. (Rag. E. De Paoli)
ETHIOPIAN FABRICS S. C.
A G I P
NATIONAL OIL INDUSTRIES
ARAM UTUDJAN
CIAAO
A. CIMAGLIA & CO.
GIRYAGOS BISSADA
A.S.S.O. (Bakashab)
ATHOS CAPELLI & CO.
DEDJ. TESFAIOHANNES BERHE
DEDJ. HAREGOT ABBAI
E. R. A.
CALDERON I AFRICA P.L.C.
PAUL RIES & SONS
RAG. ALDO TAGLIERO
MYRIALLIS PAPAPHILIPPOU
SEFERIAN & CO.
S. A. R. A.
S. A. C. I.
FIT. ABDALLA MOHAMED GONAFER
PRASKOT
A. C. ASSOUAD
ORBIS TRADING & TECHNICAL
CENTER LTD.
Mr. MARCO DE PAOLI
ASMARA BUS COMPANY
ATO TESFAI WOLDEMICAEL
ING. CARLO TABACCHI
SAPONIFICIO FANTOZZI
ATO YEMANE B. GHEBRU
A. M. A. P.
ING. NICO MADERNI
ETHIOPIAN INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL
S. C. (Shah)
SOPRAL SH. CO.
CONTO MICHALOS & SONS
ETHIOPIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRIES
F.LLI BENVENUTI
S. N. T. F.LLI GONDRAND
H. V. STRANGER FORD
IL POLIGRAFICO
ING CARLO MAZZETTI
LORELEY HOTELS
ATO ISAK GHEBREMEDHIN
NATIONAL EXPORT TRADING P.L.C.
HALEKA WOLDEHAIMANOT SOQUAR .
RAG. FRANCESCO BIGAGLI •
ATO KIROS GHEBRESELLASSIE
ATO TESFAMARIAM WOLDEIOHANNES
CONIEL DELL'ERITREA
ETHIOPIAN ENTERPRISE P.L.C.
S. BOURBOULIS SONS & CO.
I. M. A.
TAZZARI & CO.
AIRCRAFT CO. OF ETHIOPIA
CIRCOLO ITALIANO ASMARA
MITCHELL COTTS & CO. (Ethiopia)
SHELL (ETHIOPIA) LTD.
S. G. KANZEN YAHIA & SONS
COMM. SANTO FALLETTA
SAVON & RIES (Ethiopia Shipping Co.)
ALUMINIUM FACTORY ASMARA
ERITREAN INSURANCE S. C.
S.A.T.A.E. & CO. (TRANSPORT) S. C.
A.G.E.A. P.L.C
PREMJEE
KEBEDOM & DE PASCALE
AMALGAMATED AFRICA
LANCIA & CO.

... Business organizations and business leaders ... continues:
I. R. G. A.
A.M.E.S.
ONGARO LINO
A.B. I.
PRECI & BIAGINI
Mr. BARRI JAFER
SAID SALIM HASSEN ELMUKTAR
FRANCESCO CRESCENTINI & CO.
ATO NEGASH ADEM • •
ETHIOPIAN COMMERCIAL PRODUCT
GRAZ. WORREDE BEIN
Mr. AHMED SALEM·BASAAD
ATO ARAIA GHEBREMICAEL
ABDELLA OMAR BAHAKIM & CO.
MOHAMMED ABUBAKER BAZERA'
MOHAMED & OMAR SAID BINJAHLAN
Mr. RICCARDO SANTULLI • •• •
ATO LEAKEMARIAM OGBJ\MICAEL
Mr. GIUSEPPE SELICATO
IMPERIAL INSURANCE OF ETHIOPIA
SR. CO. •
MOENCO
KEGN. KIDANE MESSELE
ATO FESSAHAIE BARIAGABER
LA FERRAMENTA
AUTOSTAZIONE ROYAL
INTERCAR (PASTACALDI)
ATO NURU ADEM •
Mr. SAMUEL MENAHEM SHOA
GULAMNUSSEIW M. AMIJEE
Mr. MOHAMED & BADIR SALEM
ATO GHIDEI TEDLA .
ATO GURGIA KASSA .
ATO HABETEAB FERE
T. R. I. A. .••..
Mr. MUBAREK HUSSEIN MOHAMED
ATO NURU IBRAHIM .
ATO ABDALLA SAID .
Mr. EROS VITALIANO TOSARELLI
PAN AFRICA AGENCY .