Nigeria - 2014
January 30th – 1st February 2014
Purpose of the trip
Nigeria is now officially heralded as Africa’s biggest economy. Foreign success stories are rare but with a population of 175m, 107% mobile penetration and vast petroleum resources, it is a difficult country to ignore. The delegation participated in high level meetings in both Abuja and Lagos, where they had high level meetings and receptions with Aliko Dangote and Tony Elumelu.
Meetings
Uche Orji – CEO, Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority
Lamido Sanusi – Former Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria
Minister Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga – Minister of Industry, Trade & Investment
Aliko Dangote – Founder, Dangote Group
Tony Elumelu – Chairman, Heirs Holdings
Outcomes
Relationships Formed: established a local presence and high level contacts in the public and private sector forthe future benefit of Invest Africa members, one of whom now sits on our advisory board
Real Estate Project: member of our delegation returned to consider a mixed use project in real estate
Knowledge and Data Gathering: gathered a significant amount of local advice on the dos and don’ts of investing in Nigeria
