{"id":12238,"date":"2026-11-08T06:15:55","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T06:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/lagos-free-zone-courts-european-manufacturers-for-industrial-investments-in-nigeria-businessday-ng\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T06:15:55","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T06:15:55","slug":"lagos-free-zone-courts-european-manufacturers-for-industrial-investments-in-nigeria-businessday-ng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/lagos-free-zone-courts-european-manufacturers-for-industrial-investments-in-nigeria-businessday-ng\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Free Zone courts European manufacturers for industrial investments in Nigeria &#8211; Businessday NG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lagos Free Zone, Nigeria\u2019s first private special economic zone, centrally located in Lagos State and promoted by Tolaram, has called for stronger investment partnerships between Nigerian, Belgian and Luxembourg businesses to accelerate trade relationships, local manufacturing, agro-processing and industrial development that create jobs and retain more economic value in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The call was made by the Managing Director of Lagos Free Zone, Adesuwa Ladoja, during her keynote address at the Nigeria\u2013Belgium\u2013Luxembourg Business Forum, which held in Brussels from 28\u201330 October 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Ladoja highlighted the complementary strengths of the three countries, noting that Nigeria\u2019s natural resources, talent and market potential, alongside Belgium\u2019s manufacturing expertise and trade connections and Luxembourg\u2019s industrial and financial capabilities, create significant opportunities for mutually beneficial investment.<\/p>\n<p>She emphasised that stronger cross-border partnerships could help Nigeria expand local production, process more of its agricultural resources, manufacture products for domestic consumption and develop industries capable of competing in international markets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria, Belgium and Luxembourg bring complementary strengths to this partnership. By combining Nigeria\u2019s resources and market potential with European manufacturing expertise, industrial know-how and financial capabilities, we can build partnerships that deliver lasting economic value for businesses and communities across our countries,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that Lagos Free Zone provides a platform for translating these investment opportunities into local manufacturing and industrial development through serviced industrial land, ready-built facilities, utilities and investor support, integrated with the Lekki Deep Sea Port. She further stated that the Zone provides businesses with access to regulatory agencies to facilitate their establishment, operations and expansion in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to see partnerships translate into manufacturing facilities, products made in Nigeria, skills developed and jobs created. We invite businesses to take the next step by exploring concrete investment opportunities with us at Lagos Free Zone,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bday-read-also\">\n<h4>Related News<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bday-google-badges\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=businessday.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Lagos-Free-Zone-courts-European-manufacturers-for-industrial-investments-in-Nigeria-Businessday-NG.jpg\" alt=\"Add BusinessDay as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKQgKIiNDQklTRkFnTWFoQUtEbUoxYzJsdVpYTnpaR0Y1TG01bktBQVAB?hl=en-NG&amp;gl=NG&amp;ceid=NG%3Aen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Lagos-Free-Zone-courts-European-manufacturers-for-industrial-investments-in-Nigeria-Businessday-NG-1.jpg\" alt=\"Follow BusinessDay on Google News\"\/><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Businessday NG<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lagos Free Zone, Nigeria\u2019s first private special economic zone, centrally located in Lagos State and promoted by Tolaram, has called for stronger investment partnerships between Nigerian, Belgian and Luxembourg businesses&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}