Lagos Trade Fair Targets 1m Visitors, Boosting Economic Growth

The Lagos International Trade Fair (LITF) is acceptable to pull implicit 1 cardinal visitors for the 10-day period.

Historically, LITF records an mean of 350,000 visitors for the 10-day period, with an mean of implicit 2000 exhibitors participating annually, and past twelvemonth delegates from 15 countries attended the Fair.

At a property league announcing the 39th variation of the Fair held successful Lagos, the vice president and chairman, Trade Promotion Board, Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI), Prince Abimbola Olashore, emphasised “the event’s relation successful promoting determination commercialized and prosperity. The taxable for 2025 is ‘Connecting Businesses, Creating Value,’ which reflects the Fair’s committedness to fostering collaboration among businesses.”

One of the distinguishing features of LITF is its quality to big aggregate specialised fairs simultaneously. In 2025, attendees tin look guardant to divers attractions, including a Children’s Corner, a Tech Hub, the Africa Hall, and assorted nonrecreational fairs.

Additionally, participants tin bask a unsocial nutrient court, exhibitions by the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), and opportunities during Black Friday promotions.

Olashore assured attendees of escaped introduction passim the event, complemented by enhanced information measures from some nationalist and backstage sectors.

He urged visitors to prehend this accidental for vacation buying and for exhibitors and sponsors to web and marketplace their offerings.

Notable participants astatine the Fair volition see the curate of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, who is acceptable to beryllium the Special Guest, alongside President Bola Tinubu, who volition officially unfastened the Fair.

Other cardinal organisations expected to be see United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Dangote Industries Limited, and Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, among others.

The manager of Trade astatine ECOWAS, Kolawole Sofola, highlighted that this year’s LITF represents a unsocial level for showcasing West Africa’s imaginable successful some determination commercialized and exports beyond the continent, peculiarly successful airy of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

He shared that the ECOWAS Trade and Investment Forum and Exhibition volition beryllium a standout feature, encouraging collaboration among businesses and authorities representatives to heighten determination worth chains.

The marque manager of Eko Chocolate Group, Mr. Steven Adeyemo, pointed retired the important opportunities for West Africa successful the planetary cocoa market.

He noted that portion the portion produces 75 cardinal metric tons of cocoa, it captures lone $10 cardinal of a $200 cardinal market. Adeyemo stressed the value of adopting innovative cultivation practices to boost competitiveness against countries similar Brazil and Ecuador, advocating for determination practice done AfCFTA to amended commercialized relations and standardize accumulation processes.

Overall, the 2025 Lagos International Trade Fair promises to beryllium a dynamic lawsuit that not lone fosters concern connections but besides cultivates economical maturation passim the region.