According to Temitayo Dada, the Canadian Commerce Commissioner in Nigeria, with $2. 67 billion in annual bilateral trade in goods, Nigeria is Canada’s largest commercial partner in Africa.
“With $2. 7 billion in bilateral merchandise trade in 2021, Nigeria became Canada’s largest trading partner in Africa. She said that technical talks on establishing a foreign investment protection agreement had picked back up, adding that this will boost the flow of investment between the two nations.”
While giving the opening address, Mr. Kenneth Oguzie, the CEO of the Africa Canada Trade and Investment Venture, said, “My vision for ACTIV about eight years ago was born out of the fact of making an impact; even though we live in the Diaspora, no matter what we do we must look back about what we left behind.
The director of international affairs of the Lagos Chambers of Commerce, also discussed the connection between Nigeria and Canada. Stating that they were still opportunities for the country in different departments.