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6 Steps to Building a Resilient Supply Chain in Nigeria

Your best seller is out of stock, and demand has nothing to do with it. For product businesses in Nigeria, resilience comes down to operations: sourcing, production and fulfilment that keep working when something goes wrong. A practical, six-step guide to getting all three right, so your business can keep growing.

9 min read

Ground Truth

From Onitsha to Aba. Three Hours. 23 Checkpoints.

Between Aba and Onitsha, a bus is stopped an average of twenty times in three hours, paying ₦100 at each checkpoint, and the officers make change. It is a tax on Nigerian commerce that shows up in no invoice, and it quietly reshapes the true cost of moving goods.

5 min read

Macro Analysis

When Elephants Fight: How Global Geopolitics Is Reshaping Supply Chains Across Africa

The elephants have been fighting. In boardrooms and war rooms thousands of kilometres from Lagos, decisions were made. The tremors are landing on factory floors and loading docks across Africa.

8 min read

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Afreximbank

Afreximbank 2026 African Trade Report: Leveraging Geopolitics for Trade and Industrialisation

Afreximbank's flagship 2026 report examines how shifting geopolitics, evolving supply chains and technological change are reshaping trade, and how Africa can turn fragmentation into resilient, value-added growth.

tralac

Transforming African trade corridors: the key priority areas

Congested corridors, long transit times and informal payments at border posts keep African logistics costly. tralac sets out the reforms needed to make corridors work under the AfCFTA.

African Development Bank

Africa's AI revolution: AfDB projects $1 trillion in additional GDP by 2035

A new African Development Bank report maps how AI could add up to $1 trillion to Africa's GDP by 2035, with agriculture, wholesale and retail, and manufacturing among the priority sectors set to capture the gains.

SAPICS

What 2026 holds for African supply chains and the managers who shape them

After years of firefighting, African supply chain leaders are shifting from survival to structure, with AI moving from pilot projects to core infrastructure across forecasting, demand sensing and scenario planning.

Nairametrics

NBC deepens local supply chains: $601 million sourced from Nigerian suppliers in 2024, as it commissions three new production lines

The Nigerian Bottling Company adds three production lines across Oyo and Kano, part of a $1 billion five-year programme, with $601 million in goods and services sourced from Nigerian suppliers in 2024.

Nairametrics

Agri-processing, logistics and fintech founders led Nigeria's biggest funding rounds this year

A look at the founders behind Nigeria's largest 2026 raises, spanning agri-processing, logistics and fintech, and what their deals signal about where capital is flowing.

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YOUTUBE

Inside a Nigerian Textile Factory

A behind-the-scenes look at how fabric is produced locally.

YOUTUBE

How Paystack Built Africa's Payment Infrastructure

Lessons on building essential business infrastructure in Africa.

TIKTOK

Lagos Market Sourcing Tips

Quick tips on finding raw materials in Lagos markets.

YOUTUBE

Supply Chain Explained in 10 Minutes

A clear breakdown of how modern supply chains work.

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