Lagos Chamber of Commerce, Afreximbank Partner To Support Nigerian SMEs

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has partnered  the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to enactment the information of Nigerian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) astatine the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025) held successful Algiers, Algeria.

This strategical collaboration aimed to supply Nigerian entrepreneurs with entree to caller markets, showcase their products, and forge cross-border partnerships, yet driving intra-African trade, innovation, and sustainable economical growth.

LCCI said,  “this collaboration underscored our shared committedness to driving intra-African trade, innovation, and sustainable economical maturation by facilitating SME information successful Africa’s premier commercialized marketplace.

“The inaugural further strengthened the competitiveness of Nigerian businesses and precocious the goals of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) by unlocking opportunities for diversification, occupation creation, and value-chain enlargement crossed the continent.”

Speaking connected the partnership, manager of AU/AfCFTA and International Relations astatine Afreximbank, Yusuf Daya, said, it was a reflection of the bank’s unwavering committedness to promoting intra-African trade, fostering export diversification and driving private-sector-led maturation crossed the continent.

“The Intra-African Trade Fair is simply a catalyst for economical transformation, providing African businesses with opportunities to grow beyond borders and fortify determination worth chains.

“By supporting the caller information of 20 Nigerian SMEs successful the Fair, Afreximbank is not lone empowering indigenous enterprises but besides advancing the objectives of the AfCFTA,” Daya explained.

The Chamber volition play an adjacent bigger relation during IATF2027 by mobilising the concern assemblage successful Nigeria to collaborate connected the commercialized just planned to beryllium held successful Lagos, Nigeria.

Attended by much than 112,000 virtual and carnal visitors from 132 countries, including Nigeria, IATF2025 which took spot from September 4 to 10, 2025 ended connected a remarkably precocious enactment with $48.3 cardinal successful commercialized and concern deals signed implicit the 7 days of the continental exposition, which welcomed 2,148 exhibitors.