The Summit had three plenary sessions, one fire-side chat and 18 breakout sessions with various engaging topics all focused on how Africa can create a market for sports goods and services.
LAGOS, Nigeria, February 25, 2025/ -- The inaugural edition of the #SportsAfricaInvestmentSummit (#SAIS2025) delivered two power-packed days of dialogue, deal-making, and action-oriented discussions, setting the stage for accelerated investment in African sports.
Sport Nigeria’s Vice Chairman,
Yahaya Maikori (
https://apo-opa.co/4gW9C9p), delivered the welcome address, setting the tone for a summit that brought together key stakeholders across sports, business, and governance. The CEO of
Sport Nigeria LTD/GTE (
https://apo-opa.co/4gW9C9p),
Nkechi Obi (
https://apo-opa.co/4gW9C9p), set the agenda for the summit. The Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Mallam Shehu Dikko, delivered the keynote address, "
Sports as a Catalyst for Africa Towards 2063”.
The Summit had three plenary sessions, one fire-side chat and 18 breakout sessions with various engaging topics all focused on how Africa can create a market for sports goods and services, how the ideal products suitable for the market can be developed and how the market creation and product development activities can be funded.
Two major highlights at the Summit were the signing of a technical and collaborative agreement between the
Government of Abia State (
https://apo-opa.co/4gW9C9p) and
Sport Nigeria LTD/GTE (
https://apo-opa.co/4gW9C9p) for the development of the Abia State Sports Special Economic Zone (
#SSEZ), and the presentation of Spaces For Sport (
#S4S), Sport Nigeria’s flagship community-based infrastructure project.
The next edition will be held in Q1 2026. Please send your email addresses to
sais@sportnigeria.ng to be added to our mailing list.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Sport Nigeria Ltd.