The Lagos Free Zone, Nigeria's first private special economic zone, is making a direct pitch to European manufacturers, inviting them to set up industrial operations within its gates.
Promoted by Tolaram and strategically located in Lagos State, the zone is positioning itself as the gateway for foreign companies looking to tap into Nigeria's vast consumer market and broader West African trade corridors.
The outreach to European players signals a deliberate push to diversify the zone's investor base and attract high-value manufacturing partnerships that could deepen Nigeria's industrial capacity.
Watch this space, because the kinds of partnerships the Lagos Free Zone lands in the coming months will say a lot about how seriously global manufacturers are taking Nigeria as a production hub right now.
Originally published by BusinessDay.