The Vice President of the Business Summit Group in Nigeria, Innocent Obande (left), the President of the Business Summit Group, Dato’ Uzzaman, (middle), Vice President, Strategy, Business Summit Group, Abid Haider (right) and another executive. CREDIT: Business Summit Group

The Vice President of the Business Summit Group in Nigeria, Innocent Obande (left), the President of the Business Summit Group, Dato’ Uzzaman, (middle), Vice President, Strategy, Business Summit Group, Abid Haider (right) and another executive. CREDIT: Business Summit Group

Nigeria is set to woo more than $100bn in investment commitments as business leaders and investors from over 50 countries converge in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for the International Investors Summit Nigeria 2026.

The two-day summit, organised by the Business Summit Group, is scheduled for November 10 and 11 at the Grand Ballroom of the Abuja Continental Hotel.

The President of the Business Summit Group, Dato’ Uzzaman, disclosed the investment target on Tuesday at a press conference in Abuja.

He said the summit was designed to move beyond discussions about Nigeria’s investment potential by creating direct platforms where international investors could meet Nigerian businesses, state governments and government investment agencies with investment-ready projects.

He said, “Ladies and gentlemen, 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.

“These include:Oil and Gas; Green and Renewable Energy; Technology; Artificial Intelligence and Fintech; Healthcare; Agriculture and Agro-processing; Mining; Infrastructure; Human Resources Development and Education; and Other strategic sectors of the Nigerian and African economies. 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.Our focus is on creating practical connections that can lead to transactions, partnerships, financing, technology transfer, expansion and job creation”

Uzzaman urged Nigerian companies, particularly medium and large-scale businesses, as well as state governments, to use the summit to present projects capable of attracting immediate and long-term foreign capital. He said investors were more interested in businesses with proven records and clear expansion opportunities than projects that existed only on paper. “Investors like projects that have track records for expansion and new production lines,” Uzzaman said.

He added that projects capable of immediate implementation would receive priority as the organisers seek to match Nigerian investment opportunities with international capital. The summit comes at a time when Nigeria is seeking to attract more foreign capital to support economic expansion, infrastructure development, industrialisation and job creation.

The organisers said the meeting would provide Nigerian businesses and sub-national governments with access to investors from major economies and emerging investment markets across the world.

Uzzaman and the Vice President of the Business Summit Group in Nigeria, Innocent Obande, said the summit was also building on investment leads generated from the previous edition held in Bangkok, Thailand, last year.

They disclosed that 25 Nigerian companies and state governments participated in the Bangkok summit, following which participants requested that the next edition be brought to Nigeria.

According to the organisers, Plateau State has secured investment commitments worth more than $1bn within the past six months following its participation in the Bangkok summit.

They said Uzzaman’s role in facilitating investment opportunities for the state contributed to his subsequent appointment as Special Adviser on Investment to the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang.

The organisers said the experience demonstrated the potential of using international investment summits to move Nigerian projects from local presentations to actual engagement with foreign investors.

They therefore urged other states to identify projects with clear commercial prospects and present them to investors during the Abuja meeting.

Uzzaman said investors expected at the November summit would come from the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia and Turkey.

He added that investors from the Middle East and Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and Australia, among others, were also expected.

The organisers disclosed that Liberian President Joseph Boakai Sr. had expressed interest in participating in the summit, while the President of the Republic of Liberland, Vit Jedlička, had confirmed attendance with his delegation.

The Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, was also described as a strong supporter of the summit.