We’re Ready For Business, Lagos Govt Tells Foreign Investors
Executive Assistant to Governor of Lagos State/Head, State Office of Diaspora Affairs, Mr. Jermaine Sanwo-Olu; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Investment, Lagos State, Dr. Oluwagbemiga Aina; Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Dr. Abike Dabiri-Erewa; CEO of Africa 50, Mr. Alain Ebobisse; Lagos State Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Investment, Mrs. Folashade Ambrose-Medebem; Ex-Minister of Industry, Trade & Investment, Otunba Richard Adebayo; Commissioner for Innovation, Science & Technology, Lagos State, Mr. Tunbosun Alake and Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo-Olu on Media & Publicity, Mr. Gboyega Akosile during a panel session on African Infrastructure Investment: Impacts and Returns, presented by the Corporate Council on Africa at the ongoing US-Africa Business Summit in Dallas, Texas, United States, on Tuesday, 07 May, 2024.

We’re Ready For Business, Lagos Govt Tells Foreign Investors

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Lagos State Government has called on foreign investors, keen on investing in Nigeria, to consider Lagos as the best destination for their investments.

The state which is pushing to increase its economic growth and consolidate its position as Africa’s economic hub, expressed readiness to partner with any investors, assuring that the Government will provide a conducive and friendly business environment for good returns on their investments.

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We’re Ready For Business, Lagos Govt Tells Foreign Investors
Executive Assistant to Governor of Lagos State/Head, State Office of Diaspora Affairs, Mr. Jermaine Sanwo-Olu; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Investment, Lagos State, Dr. Oluwagbemiga Aina; Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Dr. Abike Dabiri-Erewa; CEO of Africa 50, Mr. Alain Ebobisse; Lagos State Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Investment, Mrs. Folashade Ambrose-Medebem; Ex-Minister of Industry, Trade & Investment, Otunba Richard Adebayo; Commissioner for Innovation, Science & Technology, Lagos State, Mr. Tunbosun Alake and Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo-Olu on Media & Publicity, Mr. Gboyega Akosile during a panel session on African Infrastructure Investment: Impacts and Returns, presented by the Corporate Council on Africa at the ongoing US-Africa Business Summit in Dallas, Texas, United States, on Tuesday, 07 May, 2024.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Investment, Mrs Folashade Ambrose-Medebem, and her Innovation, Science and Technology counterpart, Mr. Tunbosun Alake, made the commitment to international investors on Tuesday during a panel session on African Infrastructure Investment at the ongoing 2024 US-Africa Business Summit in Dallas, Texas, United States.

The high-profile summit being hosted by Corporate Council Africa brings together political and business leaders from across Africa, the United States, and other regions for high-level dialogue and networking in Dallas Texas, United States of America.

The panel session focused on infrastructure as an investable asset, globally and how African countries can benefit from over $30 billion fund being set aside by the United States and some partner nations through identified financial instruments.

We’re Ready For Business, Lagos Govt Tells Foreign Investors
Lagos State Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Investment, Mrs. Folashade Ambrose-Medebem addressing foreign investors, flanked by Special Adviser to the President of BOAD, Mr. Ibrahima Diouf (left) and CEO of Kobold Metals, Dr. Kurt House (right) during a panel session on African Infrastructure Investment: Impacts and Returns, presented by the Corporate Council on Africa at the ongoing US-Africa Business Summit in Dallas, Texas, United States, on Tuesday, 07 May,
2024.

Addressing delegates at panel, Ambrose-Medebem and Alake expressed Lagos State’s readiness for business and its openness for new investments.

Ambrose-Medebem assured the business community that the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration in Lagos State has created an enabling environment for investments and businesses to grow in the State in the past five years.

She said Lagos has a huge population over 25 million people, stressing that more than 60 percent of the population is youth. She added that Governor Sanwo-Olu and his administration have invested in critical infrastructure projects such as the rail, water, health and housing.

Highlighting the state government’s achievements, especially in the area of infrastructure, she said: “There is Blue line rail in Lagos State that takes approximately 500,000 people per day. There is another red rail line that was just commissioned and will start commercial operations very soon. The new red line rail service will move close to 1 million Lagosians daily when it commences operation. The Lagos State Government has provided a lot of infrastructure for businesses to thrive in the State.

“We have done a lot in the areas of health, education, technology, and many other sectors. For agriculture, over 200 hectares of land has been allocated to build the largest food hub infrastructure in the eastern part of the State. In addition, we also have the Lekki Deep Sea Port, which is about a $1.53 million investment. Lagos is open for business and investments.”

Also speaking, Alake said: “Over the past three and a half years, about $3 billion worth of investment has come into Lagos with high numbers of start-ups and scale-ups in the continent. So, Lagos has a sheer number of start-ups, the largest start-ups network in the continent.

“Investments that have come to Lagos over the past three years have created networks of unicorns and high scale up to the combined value of $5 billion and this has created thousands of jobs for young people.

“Lagos State Government has also done projects from a Public-Private partnership (PPP) perspective, and one of them is the 3,000 kilometers of fibre cables that we have done on a PPP basis.”

Some of the delegates who visited the Lagos Stand during the summit expressed their readiness to partner with the Lagos State Government for business and partnerships that will be of mutual interest.

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