Togolese artists perform during the opening ceremony of the seventh Lome International Expo in Lome, capital of Togo, Nov. 20, 2009. The expo was opened here Friday, attracting 550 enterprises from 17 countries and regions.

Togolese artists perform during the opening ceremony of the seventh Lome International Expo in Lome, capital of Togo, Nov. 20, 2009.

The stall of Togo chamber of commerce and industry is seen during the seventh Lome International Expo in Lome, capital of Togo, on Nov. 20, 2009. 

Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe (R, front) visits the seventh Lome International Expo in Lome, capital of Togo, on Nov. 20, 2009.