Event Overview
Agribusiness Investment and Trade Mission (ATIM) to Nigeria 2026 is a structured, deal-oriented mission designed to connect global agribusiness investors, operators, and technology providers with scalable opportunities across Nigeria’s priority food and agribusiness value chains.
The Mission focuses on on-the-ground engagement, investment facilitation, and trade partnerships, leveraging Nigeria’s expanding agribusiness ecosystem, government-led value chain programmes, and AfDB-supported production clusters, processing capacity, and export-oriented agrifood industrial zones.
Building on over five years of success of the Africa Investment & Capital Meeting (AICM), ATIM 2026 delivers a strong pipeline of bankable agribusiness projects, supported by long-standing partnerships across the private sector, development institutions, and commodity platforms.
Objectives
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Promote Agri-Investment Opportunities
Showcase Nigeria’s priority agribusiness value chains and market potential to global investors and operators.
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Facilitate Trade Partnerships and Joint Ventures
Enable structured partnerships between Nigerian agribusinesses and international traders, processors, and investors.
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Drive Agro-Processing and Value Addition
Highlight scalable processing opportunities that enhance domestic supply, exports, and value chain efficiency.
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Position Nigeria as an Export-Ready Agrifood Hub
Promote agrifood industrial zones, logistics corridors, and export-oriented investment opportunities.
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Accelerate Mechanisation and Irrigation Adoption
Connect technology providers with large-scale farms and production clusters to improve productivity and efficiency.
Target Commodities
Rice
Soybean
Maize
Mission Opportunities for Participants
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Direct access to investment-ready agribusiness projects and operators
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Engagement with government-supported value chain and industrial zone initiatives
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Partnership opportunities with processors, off-takers, and logistics providers
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Exposure to mechanisation, irrigation, and agritech innovations
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Structured trade, investment, and JV facilitation through curated engagements
Deal Room
The ATIM 2026 Deal Room is a closed, curated investment platform designed to facilitate direct engagement between investors and pre-screened, investment-ready agribusiness enterprises.
The Deal Room provides a structured environment for:
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Enterprise pitching by bankable agribusiness projects
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One-on-one investor–enterprise meetings
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Discussion of equity investments, structured financing, and joint ventures
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Advancement of transactions from initial interest to term-sheet level discussions
Participation is by selection, ensuring that engagement time is focused on commercially viable opportunities aligned with Nigeria’s priority agribusiness value chains.
The Deal Room serves as the primary transaction engine of ATIM 2026, accelerating capital mobilisation, trade partnerships, and deal execution.
