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Based on Mr Weert Börner, the Consul Normal of Germany to Nigeria, regardless of Nigeria’s financial downturns in Nigeria, extra German traders wish to enter the Nigerian market.
Börner stated the amount of commerce between Nigeria and Germany which reached $3bn in 2023 was more likely to improve, noting that regardless of sure difficulties, the Nigerian market was distinctive and provided varied alternatives.
He spoke to newsmen in Lagos whereas asserting the eleventh German-Nigerian enterprise discussion board scheduled to carry on October 7, 2024, on the Lagos Continental Resort in Lagos and the twelfth version of West African Clear Power and Atmosphere Exhibition and Convention (WACEE) billed to carry on October 8-9, 2024, on the Balmoral Conference Centre, Federal Palace Resort, Lagos.
The Consul Normal stated with over 90 German firms in Nigeria, “The annual commerce quantity was $3 billion in 2023 and it’s about $2bn going from Nigeria to Germany strictly based mostly on oil merchandise, some meals merchandise and different blended merchandise.
“The opposite course is at present $1 billion of quantity Germany to Nigeria which is principally equipment and chemical substances. It’s an ongoing course of to diversify and likewise to get extra firms concerned within the discussion board.
“German firms supply good jobs for Nigerians and supply vocational coaching for younger Nigerians. They’re investing in Nigeria, constructing factories, and adapting their enterprise fashions to the native circumstances.”
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On the upcoming occasion, he stated it was an annual convention organised by the Delegation of German business and Commerce in Nigeria (AHK Nigeria) and the Afrika Verein, Berlin, Germany supported by the German Federal Ministry for Financial Affairs and Local weather Motion, German Missions in Nigeria, German-Nigeria Chamber of Commerce.
A delegate from the Delegation of German Business and Commerce in Nigeria, Timo Pleyer, in his remarks, stated the intention of the convention was to create a platform which brings collectively a various array of high-ranking representatives and determination makers from each the Nigerian and German private and non-private sectors to debate tropical points.
He stated: “It additionally goals to spotlight alternatives for Nigerian-German partnerships throughout varied enterprise sectors. Business consultants from Germany and Nigeria will likely be main the panel discussions on the eleventh German-Nigerian Enterprise Discussion board. These discussions could have a particular give attention to skilled dialogue and outlook on Nigeria’s future. Matters to be mentioned embrace: agribusiness and meals processing, energy-renewable and vitality effectivity, building and technical vocational schooling and coaching.”
Challenge Supervisor of Competence Centre Power and Atmosphere, Delegation of German Business and Commerce in Nigeria, Hilary Elegeonye, stated WACCE was a worldwide occasion many firms from many international locations throughout the globe can be in attendance.
“We’re providing lowered costs for Nigerian firms as a result of we perceive that will probably be good for us to have a balanced mixture of Nigerian combine and international firms.”
