Investment
Agricultural and food industry investments
Nigeria and the Dutch Target a Vegetable Gap
Nigeria cannot grow enough vegetables to meet its own demand, and the Netherlands is stepping in with seeds, greenhouse know-how and investors. From a Lagos …
The South East Bets Capital on Farm Startups
A regional commission is putting money behind young agribusinesses. The South East Development Commission has backed 25 startups under a $50 million venture capital programme, …
FEC Bets $900m on Food Value Chains
The Federal Executive Council has approved about $900 million in financing for agriculture, channelling money into rural training, agro-processing zones and value chains. Officials say …
Washington Eyes Nigeria's Livestock
The United States has opened a fresh push to deepen agricultural trade with Nigeria, sending a livestock expert to Abuja and pitching American technology and …
Nigeria Bets on Farm Tourism
Nigeria is blending farming with tourism to pull jobs, visitors and investment into rural areas. The government has unveiled a 40-hectare International Agritourism Village near …
Nigeria Takes Its Food Trade to Paris
Flour Mills of Nigeria partnered the French government at the 2026 Paris International Agricultural Show, anchoring a Nigerian pavilion backed by Dangote, BUA and two …
A Data Pact to Sharpen Farm Spending
Nigeria's farm-financing fund and its statistics bureau have signed a deal to pool and harmonise agricultural data, aiming to steer investment and policy with credible …
A $12bn Food Merger Reshapes West Africa
Two agribusiness heavyweights, Singapore's Wilmar and Nigeria's TGI Group, are merging their Nigerian and Beninese food operations into a 50:50 venture addressing a market worth …
Nigeria Rolls Out a Mechanisation Blueprint
Nigeria has unveiled a national mechanisation policy and a mega tractor assembly plant that could build 2,000 to 4,000 units a year. The goal is …
Nigeria Plans to Build Its Own Tractors
Nigeria has unveiled a national mechanisation policy and investment strategy, with plans for a mega tractor assembly plant that could build up to 4,000 tractors …
Nigeria Turns to the Sea for Food
Nigeria's oceans, rivers and coasts stay largely untapped even as it imports fish and loses foreign exchange. Officials and investors are now pushing a blue …
Nigeria Looks to Asia to Save Its Harvest
Nigeria loses up to 40 million tonnes of food a year to spoilage, worth billions. Now it is courting China and India for the cold …
Kano Gains a 400-Tonne Rice Mill
A logistics company has turned miller, commissioning a 400-tonne-a-day rice plant in Kano along with a sack factory, both run on off-grid power. BlackHorse Holdings …
Kaduna Pours ₦100bn Into Its Farms
Kaduna says it has committed more than ₦100 billion to agriculture in its 2026 budget, up from just ₦1.48 billion three years ago. The state …
A Superfood Tree Nigeria Barely Taps
Moringa, the drought-hardy tree prized as a superfood, feeds a global market worth more than $10 billion, yet Nigeria exports only a trickle. Farmers and …
Nigeria's Snails Can't Meet Demand
Snail farming is booming as a low-cost, high-protein agribusiness, but structured farms cannot keep up with what Nigerians and foreign buyers want. With demand for …
Nigeria Plans to Crack Its Own Cashews
Nigeria grows up to 350,000 tonnes of cashews a year but ships more than 85% abroad raw, exporting the jobs and profit with them. A …
Palm Oil Giants Double Down at Home
Nigeria's two biggest palm oil producers, Presco and Okomu, are ploughing record profits back into plantations and mills rather than paying them out. The bet …
Jigawa Reels In $140m in Farm Deals
Jigawa State has closed its second investment summit with $140 million in commitments, much of it aimed at agriculture and agro-processing. The state that grows …
Nigeria's African Food Trade Jumps 21%
Nigeria's trade with the rest of Africa rose 21% to $9.02 billion in 2025, with processed food, foodstuffs and urea joining crude oil in the …