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Are you considering entering the emerging market of Nigeria? Do you seek agents and distributors for your products and services? Do you seek joint ventures partnership with a Nigerian business? Get your feet wet by attending one or more of the exhibitions and fairs holding in various locations in Nigeria in 2010. Our company, Infoplus/IBG Nigeria is with you all the way as you plan your market entry strategies; and would deploy our knowledge of the conditions of the Nigerian market in assisting you. Email ibgnigeria@gmail.com or call our office on +234 1 8782864 for more information. Below is a partial list of Exhibitions and Fairs approved by NACCIMA to hold in 2010. INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIRS 2010 Name: 31st Kaduna International Trade Fair Date: Friday, 19th – Sunday, 28th February 2010 Venue: Kaduna International Trade & Investment Centre, Kaduna 1 Organiser: Kaduna Chamber of Commerce & Industry KM 4 Kaduna-Zaria Road, Rigachikun Kaduna State Tel: 234-062-3...

The New Year, 2010 started on a wrong foot. For what has become a way of life, many Nigerians entered the New Year in darkness. The 6000MW of electricity promised failed to materialize. Long queues at the petrol stations were carried over on to the New Year as rumors of increase in the pump price of petrol became rife. Shortly before the year 2009 ended, a new helmsman was announced as the Governor of the Nigerian Central Bank. His name is Mallam Lamido Sanusi. He introduced some radical reforms that witnessed the exit of several bank chiefs. The restructuring that followed in the commercial banks was met with massive sack of workers by banks. As if the pains mete out to families as a result of power outages, scarcity of petroleum products and retrenchment of workers were not enough, the nation was slapped with a label as a ‘country of interest’ by the US as a result of a botched attempt by citizen AbdulMutallab to bomb a US bound plane. This put the nation’s rebranding project in cris...

'Of one thing we are certain: if there is any one part of the world that possesses the potential for exponential growth in the coming few decades, it is the African Continent' (The Economist). ...and we add 'with Nigeria as one of its emerging economies'. A slow but steady growth of up to six percent should be expected in 2010. Watch out for our analysis on Nigeria in 2010 as this year comes to an end. For inquiries and help on Doing Business in Nigeria, email ibgnigeria@gmail.com or nosakwe@ibgnigeria.com