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***As Nigeria Investment Showcase Attracts Investors In London<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Over 100 Nigerian businesses and potential UK investors recently attended an investment showcase in London to highlight opportunities in some of the many viable projects in Nigeria across the Agriculture, Energy, Healthcare, Infrastructure and ICT sectors.<\/p>\n

The UK\u2019s Department for International Trade, in collaboration with the City of London hosted the showcase, which comes ahead of the UK-Africa Investment Summit on January 20,\u00a0 2020 in London.<\/p>\n

According to a statement from the UK Department for International Trade, the showcase also “supports the UK\u2019s clear vision of working together with African countries and forging new investments that will create jobs, and boost mutual prosperity through strong and enduring partnerships.”<\/p>\n

Held at the historic Guildhall, the event outlined progressive investment prospects in the Nigerian market today to UK investors, and brought\u00a0together leading figures in the public and private sectors, investment funds and financial institutions\u00a0<\/span>as the UK pursues its ambition of being the largest G7 investor in Africa by 2022.<\/p>\n

In his opening remarks, the former Lord Mayor of the City of London, Sir Charles Bowman, noted that the UK is already a significant direct investor in Nigeria and a strong relationship already existed with the country and the City of London.<\/p>

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Sir Charles Bowman said: \u201cNigeria is the second largest destination of UK investment in Africa, with \u00a35.1bn of investment stock, and one-fifth of FTSE 100 companies having some form of presence in Nigeria. In addition, total trade in goods and services between the UK and Nigeria in 2018\/19 was \u00a35.1bn, an increase of 19.3 per cent from the previous year, which illustrates the size and strength of trade and investment relationship between our two countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of his keynote address, the Nigerian Minister of Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo, said: “In order to realise our national economic objectives, the Nigerian government has begun implementing new initiatives to aggressively improve the ease of doing business and is supporting investors through wholesale reforms, tailored investor incentives, bilateral investment agreement and a pipeline of continuous opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Harriet Thompson, facilitated as Seso Global, Farmcrowdy, Nordica Fertility Centre, jetWest Airways, Channeldrill resources Ltd and Century Energy Services and other Nigerian businesses presented their projects to investors from Credit Suisse, Infraco Africa, Standard Chartered, Black Rock, CDC, JP Morgan, Helios Investments and Wood group among others.<\/p>\n

Other speakers included the DIT\u2019s Director General for Exports, John Mahon, Executive Secretary\/CEO, Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission, Yewande Sadiku, and MD\/CEO of Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, Uche Orji.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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