Pretoria - An investment and trade seminar will kick off the Department of Trade and Industry’s Outward Selling and Investment Mission in Nigeria.
Led by Deputy Minister Elizabeth Thabethe, the business delegation arrived in Nigeria on Monday.
The delegation comprises businesspeople from agro-processing, mining and capital equipment, engineering, chemicals, renewable energy and information and communication technology (ICT) sectors is set to visit the cities of Abuja and Lagos over the course of their two-city mission.
Thabethe said that Nigeria is considered as one of South Africa's most important trading partners on the continent because of its strategic location, large population and natural resources.
She urged the delegation to utilise the opportunity to their utmost best so that when they return home, they will see the value of going to Nigeria to be exposed to the massive market.
The mission will kick-off with an investment and trade seminar, as well as business-to-business meetings which have been organised to allow the South African and Nigerian businesspeople to meet and develop relationships, which could result in possible future collaboration.
The South African businesspeople will also get an opportunity to visit some of the business operational sites to see how Nigerians conduct their business. - SAnews.gov.za
