The Nigeria Business & Tourist Guide: A Gateway to Ecowas is designed as a guidebook to effortlessly finding your way around West Africa's vast economic opportunities and its numerious tourism spots. The ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) market is estimated at over 300 million people. If you are selling a product or simply want to take a holiday in any of the West Coast's many resorts, the guidebook can tell you where to stay, what to expect and what is generally available in any of the many destinations dotting the west coast. It is great for forays into nature and for unlimited business opportunities.

In our Guide you can rely on detailed information on the region's economic climate, with a meticulous focus on Nigeria - from the Ministries of Abuja, Lagos, Kano and Kaduna to the names, addresses and emails of financial and other insitutions. We also give you invaluable analyses to create a total picture.

The Lagos Business district is found mostly on Victoria Island. an upmarket surburb ringed by the Atlantic.It gradually ebbed out of a congested central business district in downtown Lagos, once Nigeria's capital before the move to Abuja the new Federal capital in the heartland of the nation. Lagos is today still the centre of industry, closely followed by Kano and Kaduna in the north. Industries are however currently on the downturn, affrcted by the world.recession. Nigeria contin-ues to spend vast sums on importing basics. All of West Africa is avidly seeking foreign industries and investors.

$12.4 Billion Paris Club Debt Repayment

A $12.4 billion debt repayment by the Federal Government was on Saturday December 17 th signed as a bilateral agreement with 8 of the Paris Club’s 15 members to repay part of its long standing debts. Dr. Ngozi Okaji-Iweala, the Minister of Finance, signed the agreement with 8 European ambassadors of the countries concerned. $6.4 billion had already been moved from the foreign reserves into an escrow account for the purpose.

The 15 countries of the Paris Club are the United Kingdom, Finland, Italy, Switzerland, the United States, France, Germany, Japan, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain and Brazil. - 2007