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50 countries to converge on Abuja for $100bn investment summit

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  • Nigeria aims to attract over $100 billion in investment commitments at the International Investors Summit Nigeria 2026.
  • The two-day event in Abuja will connect international investors with Nigerian businesses and government agencies offering investment-ready projects.
  • The summit seeks to facilitate transactions, partnerships, and job creation across sectors like oil and gas, renewable energy, technology, and healthcare.

Nigeria is preparing to host the International Investors Summit Nigeria 2026 in Abuja, with organizers targeting over $100 billion in investment commitments. The event, scheduled for November 10-11, aims to move beyond discussions of Nigeria's economic potential by creating direct platforms for international investors to engage with Nigerian businesses and government agencies.

Our ambition for the International Investors Summit Nigeria 2026 is bold. We are targeting the mobilisation of more than $100bn in investment opportunities and commitments across a broad range of sectors.

— Dato’ UzzamanPresident of the Business Summit Group, Dato’ Uzzaman, disclosed the investment target at a press conference in Abuja.

Organized by the Business Summit Group, the summit will feature participation from business leaders and investors from more than 50 countries. President of the Business Summit Group, Dato’ Uzzaman, emphasized that the goal is to foster practical connections leading to transactions, partnerships, financing, technology transfer, expansion, and job creation. He stressed that investors are more interested in businesses with proven track records and clear expansion opportunities rather than projects existing only on paper.

We are not bringing investors to Nigeria merely for speeches and ceremonies. We want investors to meet real businesses, real project owners and government representatives with investment-ready opportunities.

— Dato’ UzzamanPresident of the Business Summit Group, Dato’ Uzzaman, explaining the summit's focus on practical connections.

The summit will cover a broad range of sectors, including Oil and Gas, Green and Renewable Energy, Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Fintech, Healthcare, Agriculture and Agro-processing, Mining, Infrastructure, and Human Resources Development and Education. Organizers are prioritizing projects capable of immediate implementation to match Nigerian opportunities with international capital.

Our focus is on creating practical connections that can lead to transactions, partnerships, financing, technology transfer, expansion and job creation

— Dato’ UzzamanPresident of the Business Summit Group, Dato’ Uzzaman, detailing the summit's objectives.

This initiative comes as Nigeria seeks to attract more foreign capital to support economic expansion, infrastructure development, industrialization, and job creation. The meeting is expected to provide Nigerian businesses and sub-national governments access to investors from major global economies and emerging markets.

Investors like projects that have track records for expansion and new production lines

— Dato’ UzzamanPresident of the Business Summit Group, Dato’ Uzzaman, on investor preferences.
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