A DISEASE THAT WON’T STAY AWAY: GINGER BLIGHT AND NIGERIA’S $713M INDUSTRY
For a crop that once made Nigeria Africa’s largest producer and the world’s second-largest exporter of ginger, after India, the past three years have been a case study in how quickly an agricultural export industry can unravel — and how hard it is to put back together. In July 2026, farmers in Kaduna State’s ginger […]
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY: READING NIGERIA’S Q2 2026 TRADE REPORT HONESTLY
Nigeria’s Q2 2026 Foreign Trade in Goods report, released by the National Bureau of Statistics, tells a story with three distinct faces. Read one way, it is a genuine success story: a trade surplus that has nearly doubled year-on-year and an export sector finally showing the fruits of the Dangote refinery and NLNG ramp-up. Read […]
A SECOND CHANCE ON A QUARTER-CENTURY-OLD DOOR: CAN NIGERIA MAXIMISE AGOA’S EXTENSION TO 2028?
On 1 September 2026, the US House of Representatives voted 370 to 48 to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) through 31 December 2028, mirroring a Senate vote passed weeks earlier. The measure, folded into a short-term Continuing Resolution funding the US government, now awaits the President’s signature. For Nigeria and 31 other […]
EXPORTING TALENT, EARNING DOLLARS: CAN NIGERIA TURN ‘HIRE FROM NIGERIA’ INTO A SERVICES EXPORT WIN?
For decades, Nigeria’s export identity has been written almost entirely in barrels, bags and tonnes — crude oil, cocoa, cassava, cement. Late in August 2026, the Federal Government signalled that this identity is finally being rewritten to include a fourth column: talent. The ‘Hire from Nigeria’ campaign, launched in Abuja by the Minister of Information […]
OWNING THE WATERS: THE CASE FOR A PPP-DRIVEN VESSEL STRATEGY FOR NIGERIA’S REGIONAL TRADE
Aliko Dangote could not find a single ship to move 1,000 tonnes of cement from Nigeria to neighbouring Ghana. Not a small operator’s cargo, not a boutique shipment — a rounding error for a company that produces 50 million metric tonnes of cement a year. That single fact, disclosed by Dangote Cement’s head of international […]
China’s Zero-Tariff Gambit: What Beijing Gains, and What Africa Must Watch
53 / 54 African nations covered — zero-tariff at every border $207Bn China-Africa trade, H1 2026 — a new record +35% Nigeria-China bilateral trade growth, H1 2026 Apr 2028 Window closes for Nigeria unless an EPA is signed On May 1, 2026, China did something no major economy had ever done: it opened its market […]
AGOA’S NEW LIFELINE: What The US Senate’s Extension Means For Nigeria Amid Two Overlapping Tariffs
AGOA’s New Lifeline: What The US Senate’s Extension Means For Nigeria Amid Two Overlapping Tariffs On August 8, 2026, the United States Senate voted 90 to 6 to pass the AGOA Extension Act, pushing the expiry of the African Growth and Opportunity Act’s duty-free window from its prior 2026 cut-off out to December 31, 2028. […]
COMMODITY PRICE COLLAPSE: Hibiscus Export Revenue Down 84% in Two Years — From $62M to Just $10M
KEY FIGURE: $62M → $10.2M Nigeria’s hibiscus export sector is in freefall. After peaking at $61.98 million in 2023 on the back of a price spike that lured hundreds of new entrants, hibiscus export value crashed to $23.6 million in 2024 (-61.9%) and then to just $10.16 million in 2025 (-57.0% further) — a cumulative […]
Soya Exports Crash 83.5% as Pakistan Walks Away — $394 Million Wiped Out
Soya Exports Crash 83.5% as Pakistan Walks Away — $394 Million Wiped Out KEY FIGURE: $472M → $78M Nigeria’s soya bean export revenue collapsed by 83.5% in a single year — from $471.8 million in 2024 to just $77.6 million in 2025 — after Pakistan, which alone purchased $286.9 million (60.8%) of Nigeria’s 2024 soya […]
US Slaps 12.5% Forced-Labour Tariff on Nigeria: What It Means for Exporters, and What Must Happen Now
Nigeria has been hit with a new 12.5% United States tariff, this time not over trade imbalances but over forced labour. On 24 July 2026, the Office of the United States Trade Representative announced that Nigeria is among 60 economies subject to fresh Section 301 tariffs for failing to prohibit the importation of goods made […]