Entrepreneurs, investors forum‘ll help Nigerian businesses access global capital — Okereke

By Innocent Anaba

A Partner astatine Babalakin and Co., Mabel Okereke, has said that a forun of starring entrepreneurs, investors and fiscal experts to research however Mauritius tin service arsenic a hub for cross-border enlargement and planetary financing, held successful Lagos, was designed to assistance Nigerian businesses recognize however champion to entree planetary capital.

The forum, tagged Finance Roundtable 1.0 and themed; “Structuring for Growth: Leveraging Mauritius for Cross-Border Expansion and Financing,” was organised successful concern with Intercontinental Trust Limited, ITL.

Speakers astatine the league include; Okereke, Azeez Abiodun, Chief Representative Officer (Nigeria) of Mauritius Commercial Bank, MCB, and Kesaven Moothoosamy, Chief Executive Officer of ITL.

Okereke said: “The extremity of the forum is to bring planetary concern to our shores by equipping entrepreneurs with the structures they request to thrive crossed borders portion remaining competitory locally.”

Abiodun of MCB, connected his part, highlighted the advantages of utilizing the Mauritian International Financial Centre arsenic a level for African businesses.

He said: “Mauritius has go a span for connecting superior to opportunities successful markets similar Nigeria, with regulatory frameworks that enactment investors and support assets.”

Moothoosamy, meanwhile, explained  that Mauritius’s increasing web of treble taxation treaties and concern extortion agreements made it charismatic for structuring investments.

“Fiduciary services, trusts and compliance mechanisms successful Mauritius are built to little risks and amended entree to planetary partners,” helium said. Speaking earlier, Mr. Wale Akoni, Managing Partner urged the concern assemblage members contiguous to instrumentality vantage of the accidental to grow their concern to the world. 

The roundtable, which drew a prime assemblage of concern leaders, is portion of Babalakin& Co.’s broader efforts to foster cognition sharing and make pathways for clients and Nigerian enterprises to pat into planetary finance.

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