Project Brief History With over 200 million population growing at 3% annually, Nigeria is the most populouscountry on the African continent. Nigeria is also the largest economy on the continent.Despite the recent growth momenta, Nigeria faces significant and persistent poverty.About 40% of the country´s population lives under the poverty line

The first Phase of Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs) Program will be implementedin seven (7) states (Cross River, Imo, Kaduna, Kano, Kwara, Ogun, and Oyo) and the FederalCapital Territory (FCT). The Program development objective is to support inclusive and sustainable agro-industrialdevelopment in Nigeria. The Program has four broad components namely:

Please, kindly download the full report below: Executive Summary Background and rationale. With close to 200 million people, and a population growthestimated at 3% per year, Nigeria is the most populous country on the African continent.Nigeria is also the largest economy of the region. Like other middle-income countries, Nigeriafaces significant