Secretary of State Antony Blinken hopes for increased US investment in Nigeria and urges the country to provide reassurance to investors about fund repatriation. During his visit to Lagos, Blinken visited IT startups and inaugurated a new US space showcasing American technology.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced hope Wednesday for greater US investment in Nigeria , but called on Africa’s largest economy to reassure investors that they can repatriate their funds. A day after meeting President Bola Tinubu in the capital Abuja, Blinken toured the commercial metropolis Lagos where he visited a complex of IT startups and inaugurated a new US space showcasing American technology.
Blinken’s motorcade passed through the teeming streets of the city of more than 20 million before entering the sparkling complex of 21st Century Technologies, where he was shown Nigerian innovations in software and virtual reality
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