At the “Best of Nigeria Expo and Invest Nigeria Conference 2025” in London, the message to the global investment community was unequivocal: the new frontier for smart growth has a name, and it is Nigeria.
The event, held at the Connaught Rooms, became a platform for a direct appeal to the expertise and capital of the Nigerian diaspora. Representing the Acting High Commissioner, Mohammad Maidugu, official Saidu Barda issued a strategic call to action, urging Nigerian professionals and entrepreneurs abroad to pivot their resources homeward.
“I encourage you to bring home your knowledge, networks, capital, and innovation,” the High Commission’s statement read, pledging direct support to facilitate crucial linkages between Nigerian and UK businesses across all sectors.
This official endorsement was amplified by the strategic vision of Prince Afolabi Andu, CEO of Global Africa Investments Limited. In a keynote speech titled “Nigeria: The Frontier of Smart Growth and Global Opportunity,” Andu reframed the narrative around Nigeria’s economic potential.
He positioned the country as the clear answer to a specific global problem: the search for high-yield frontiers. “Global capital is in search of new frontiers,” Andu stated, “and within Africa, that opportunity has a name, Nigeria.”
This framing moves the conversation beyond patriotic appeal and into the realm of cold, hard investment logic. The combined message from the diplomatic and investment spheres signals a unified front: Nigeria is open for business, and the most strategic investors—starting with its own globally-trained diaspora—are being called to lead the charge.
