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My visit to Nigeria with a large business delegation after recent visits by British Prime Minister, David Cameron and UK Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell is clear evidence not only of the UK's commitment to Nigeria but also of Nigeria's importance in the world.

Say property experts exploring investment opportunities in Africa.

Waldi Wepener, regional director, Research in Motion (RIM) in this interview with Ben Uzor Jr gives insight into how the mobile phone manufacturer intends to garner more market share in Nigeria's mobile device market. He also talks about the company's financial performance and its plans to address the address the counterfeit market.

Nigeria will be interested if United States of America's investment into the country will shift from oil and gas to manufacturing, Olusegun Aganga, minister of Trade and Investment, has said.

The Founder of the Promasidor Group, Mr. Robert Rose, has built a pan-African food and beverages group from a humble beginning in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo in 1980 to cover 30 African countries. With a multi-billion naira operation in Nigeria, the country is a major hub of Promasidor Group. Rose recently visited Nigeria to outline new initiatives that promise to radically change the face of food and beverages business in the country and across Africa. In this interview with Capital Market Editor, Taofik Salako, Mr. Rose shares his views and plans for the Nigerian economy and the African continent generally.

The messages emanating from Nigeria appears mixed. On one hand, we are witnessing some positive news and in another hand, we are confronted with some serious and dangerous trends in our match towards nationhood. It is important we find a way of harnessing and utilising the positive feelers and news from Nigeria. In addition, we need to tackle the obvious negatives that are not only capable of destabilising our cherished nationhood but are also capable of endangering and mitigating the positives.

Nigeria has called on leading companies in North America and Europe to invest in the nation's economy with a promise that Nigeria would continue to maintain attractive conditions conducive to the active participation of foreign private business. Nigeria's Ambassador to United States, Prof. Adebowale Adefuye, made the call as a guest speaker at a luncheon of the Global Business Forum held at the George Town Club, Washington DC .

The German-Nigerian Business Association says trade between both countries is on the increase with the current volume put at over 2.5 billion euros, against two billion euros in 2009.

South African Pieter de Wet has been living in Lagos, Nigeria for the past nine months. He works for First Guarantee Pension Limited as research analyst focussing on Africa.

Nigeria would by 2050 become the world's fastest growing population, hitting an estimated 402million to remain one of the top 10 population powers in the world, the US Census Bureau survey report has revealed. It was likewise projected that Lagos may surprise the world in urban recreation and facelift through the multi-billion Eko Atlantic artificial island project pioneered by the Fashiola administration with a corporation, South Energyx.

US bank Morgan Stanley says retail trade, deepening financial markets, and current account surplus is driving growth in West African state

Felix Awogu, General Manager of SuperSport Nigeria, talks about doing business in Nigeria, the challenges involved, and the rewards that make it worthwhile.

President Goodluck Jonathan has assured that Nigeria will soon become one of the developed countries of the world, with emphasis placed on qualitative education and steady power supply, while assuring that the nation will be transformed.

Poor trade figures The truth is that the trade figures between Finland and Nigeria have been very low. I am sure none of us is proud of it, because they (figures) really show that not enough attention has been paid to increasing them.

The figures speak for themselves. With GDP growth increasing year on year (forecast at seven per cent in 2011), a population of 150 million set to double over the next 40 years, an expanding middle class and rich reserves of natural resources, UK companies cannot afford to overlook Nigeria as a potential business destination.

The trade between Nigeria and China has hit a historical new high of $7.76 billion, the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, HE Deng Boqing, has said.

SIAKA MOMOH, industry editor writes that on going expansion in the brewery sector occasioned by new investments would stimulate competition, promote growth and create more job opportunities

Bilateral trade between Nigeria and the United Kingdom hit three billion pounds in 2010, Amb. Dozie Nwanna, Nigeria's acting High Commissioner to the UK, has said.

Shell plc recently held the 2011 edition of the China-Nigeria Suppliers Summit to support the development of the capacity of Nigerian vendors in the Oil and Gas industry. The summit, which brought together Nigerian and Chinese investors, focused on investment and partnership opportunities towards the realisation of the aspirations of the Nigerian Oil and Gas industry Content Development Act 2010. Ernest Nwapa, executive secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), said Nigeria shares a lot of attributes with China and so would remain good business partners.

Nigeria's Infrastructure Needs and the Role of Capital Markets Theoretically, it is possible to securitize anything where risk is possible.

Nigeria - The Nigerian British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) has disclose plans to woo British investors into the country, through a planned event titled "Make Nigeria your goal". President of the Chamber, Mr. Akinola Akintunde who Spoke to the press at a breakfast meeting held by the Chamber, said, in collaboration with the United Kingdom Trade and Investment (UKTI) department of the UK, it will use the up coming event as a strategy to promote Nigeria as a good investment destination.

In a business culture where negotiations are fluid and what's agreed on Monday might not necessary mean the same thing on Tuesday, how do you get the job done? It's a challenge some foreigners encounter when doing business in Nigeria.

A forum that will for the first time bring together Nigerian Chief Executive Officers from the Information Communication Technology, ICT industry and the National Software and Services Companies of India, NASSCOM to discuss the growth of the Business Process Outsourcing, BPO, in the country is set to hold in Lagos, Nigeria on September 23, 2010.

Paris 92100 , France. The new office will offer the full range of Copernicus international services including the business to business matchmaking service "Connecting Markets"and the acclaimed market entry support of the Interim Key Account Manager Service.

Finland wants to exploit the friendly investment climate of Nigeria to boost its business, said Paavo Vannrynen, the Finnish minister of foreign trade and development.

Finland wants to exploit the friendly investment climate of Nigeria to boost its business, said Paavo Vannrynen, the Finnish minister of foreign trade and development.