Programme
25th June, 2026 | Lagos, Nigeria
- 08:30 – 09:00
Registration and welcome coffee
- Arrival of participants and networking
Joyce Daniels
Master of Ceremony
- 09:00 – 10:30
Opening session
- Setting the scene: EuroCham – Insights from the EU businesses in Nigeria
- Eurocham – Insights from the EU businesses in Nigeria
- NESG – Insights from the Nigerian business
- Welcoming remarks
H.E. Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Executive Governor, Lagos
HE Gautier Mignot
EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS
- Fireside chat
Hon. Dr. Jumoke Oduwole
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment
Ms. Myriam Ferran
Deputy Director General for International Partnerships
Mr. Frederik Klinke
Country Managing Director, APM Terminals
- Keynote
H.E. Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule
Governor of Nasarawa state
- Keynote
H.E. Senator Kashim Shettima, GCON
Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
- 10:30 – 10:40
Interlude
- Boost Africa
- 10:40 – 11:40
Flagship Panel 1
- Financing sustainable investment
- Moderator
Ms Oluwatosin Ojo
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Partner, Sahel Capital
- Panellists
H.E. Taiwo Oyedele
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, European Investment Bank (EIB)
Dr Abdu Mukhtar
National Coordinator, Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain (PVAC)
Ms Chantelle Abdul
CEO, Mojec International Holdings; Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) Board of Directors (Non-Executive Director)
Mr Pradeep Pursnani
Chief Executive Officer, Konexa
Ms Omotenioye Majekodunmi
Director-General of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC)
- 11:40 – 12:40
Panel discussion 2
- Public-private partnership investments in selected priority sectors
- Moderator
Ambassador Janet Olisa
Special Adviser on International Relations to the National President of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA)
- Panellists
Dr ‘Bosun Tijani
Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy
Ms Maja Bakran Marcich
Deputy Director-General for Sustainable Transport and Tourism
Mr Hamza Al-Assad
Director for Nigeria, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi
Lagos State Commissioner for Transport
Ms Oreoluwa Famurewa
Executive Director, FrieslandCampina
Mr Marco Rebecchi
Country Manager, Nokia Nigeria and Ghana
- 12:40 – 12:50
Interlude
- Voices from the Youth Sounding Board
- 12:50 – 13:50
Panel discussion 3
- Regulatory and policy reform as catalysts for sustainable investment
- Moderator
Ms Iffat Mahmud
Director and Regional Representative, Innovision Africa
- Panellists
Mr Yann Gilbert
President, EuroCham Nigeria
Ms Thessa Bagu
Managing Director, Commercium Africa
Dr Olusegun Omisakin
Chief Economist, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG)
Ms Aishah Rimi
CEO, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC)
Hon. Barr. Dele Oye
Chairman, Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics (AERE)
- 13:50 – 14:00
Transition to the presentation of financial facilities
- 14:00 – 14:30
Presentation of financial facilities
- Facilities: DBN (green and digital), HDX (health), BoI and FCMB agricultural VC facility, D-ID (digital), Nexus/EDFI MC
- Speakers:
Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu
Hon. Minister of Budget and Economic Planning
Ms Myriam Ferran
Deputy Director-General for International Partnerships, European Investment Bank (EIB)
Mr Rodrigo Madrazo
CEO, EDFI MC
Ms Caroline Wellemans
Head of Unit, INTPA
- Closing of plenary and tour of the exhibitions
Engr. (Dr.) Jani Ibrahim
National President, NACCIMA.
- Tour of the exhibitions
- 15:00 – 17:00
Parallel sessions, matchmaking and thematic side events
- Sustainable transportation: Urban mobility, transport decarbonisation, maritime & waterways transportation
- Chair: Ms. Maja Bakran Marcich, Deputy Director-General for Transport and Mobility, DG MOVE, European Commission
- Participants: Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Agence Française de Développement (AFD), European Investment Bank (EIB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), African Development Bank (AfDB), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Business Sweden, Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM Bank), Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Dredging International Services (DIGAS), Maersk, Mota-Engil, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, Alstom, Scania, and Team Nigeria
- Satellite applications for agriculture and climate and European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)
- Chair: Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, Minister of State for Agriculture
- Participants: National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), National Task Force on the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), cocoa exporters, Thales, European Investment Bank (EIB), Bank of Industry (BoI), Bank of Agriculture (BoA), FCMB
- Dairy coalition
- Chair: Hon. Idi Mukhtar Maiha, Minister of Livestock Development
- Participants: Arla Foods, Danone, Royal Friesland Campina, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), European Investment Bank (EIB), Bank of Industry (BoI), Bank of Agriculture (BoA), FCMB, Nigerian dairy companies
- Financing Nigeria’s Health Manufacturing and Supply Chain Ecosystem: Investment, Partnerships and Market Access
- Chair: TBC
- Participants: Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain (PVAC), Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Bank of Industry, African Development Bank, and European Investment Bank
- B2B sessions
- GET.invest Nigeria – Renewable Energy
- EU-NG Agribusiness Platform – Agriculture and Agribusiness B2B
- Eurocham – EU businesses from Nigeria and Europe B2B