The Business Forum will discuss options and respective benefits towards establishing a bilateral legal framework between the EU and Nigeria bringing certainty, stability and sustainability to bilateral trade and investment relations.

A full day conference, panel discussions, breakout, launch/signing of specific projects such as the EU Support for Agricultural Value Chain Development project (EU-VACE), the European Bank for Investment (EIB) funding to the Nigerian pharmaceutical company Emzor, exhibitions, etc.

For the first time since inception, the 2024 edition of the Nigeria-EU Business Forum will be held in Abuja. This will provide an opportunity for the EU, its Member States and private sector from Europe and Nigeria to engage the new administration on their investment agendas in a transparent and inclusive manner with a view to fostering confidence and commitment to a stronger and sustainable partnership.

Keynotes and panels will include:

Confidence in the Nigerian Economy: sustainable solutions to attract FDI

• Keynote speech: Mr Wale Edun, Hon. Minister of Finance, Coordinating Minister of the Economy (TBC)

Panels:

• Digitalisation Leapfrog
• Healthy Economies Thrive
• From Agriculture to Agribusiness

Breakout room sessions:

• 10:30 – 11:30: Presentation “Access2Markets” – How to export to the EU?
• 12:00 - 13:00: Presentation of the EU-Nigerian Agribusiness Platform
• 13:00 - 14:00: Presentation Digitalization/Health

The event is planning to bring under the same room key economic policy drivers in Nigeria.