- Discussions at Nigeria Infrastructure Summit, Infra360 and HVACR Talks tackled the sectors’ urgent challenges head-on, from structuring bankable tasks to integrating BIM and GIS instruments, reflecting a market shifting from aspiration to execution
- Each occasions will return from 6 – 8 April 2027, increasing the collection with the launch version of West Africa Warehousing & Logistics Expo, to deal with Nigeria’s fast-growing logistics and provide chain priorities
West Africa Infrastructure Expo and HVACR Nigeria introduced collectively over 2,800 trade professionals throughout Nigeria’s infrastructure supply and heating, air flow, air-con and refrigeration (HVACR) sectors over three days, concluding their inaugural editions on the Landmark Centre in Lagos.
The co-located occasions linked authorities representatives, buyers, contractors, engineers, know-how suppliers and HVACR specialists with native and worldwide suppliers and prioritized Nigeria’s infrastructure funding and execution agenda. Main voices from establishments together with the African Growth Financial institution, Nigerian Society of Engineers, Nigeria Sovereign Funding Authority, LAMATA and Siemens Vitality contributed to the discussions and programmes throughout each occasions.
Data sharing throughout Nigeria Infrastructure Summit, Infra360 and HVACR Talks
Over three days, the occasions hosted three distinct content material streams, delivering over 20 periods and fascinating greater than 1,200 attendees. Nigeria Infrastructure Summit gathered senior private and non-private sector representatives to debate Nigeria’s infrastructure funding, execution and supply agenda.
Engr Valerie Agberagba, Deputy President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, set the tone for the Nigeria Infrastructure Summit, stressing that Nigeria should speed up infrastructure supply and referred to as for better use of home financing devices reminiscent of pension funds and Sukuk. A high-level panel on mobilizing capital at scale that includes Oluebube Anele, Funding & Progress Funding Advisor; Vivien Naidoo, Director, Turner & Townsend; Femi Awofala, Founder & Chief Government Officer, The African Catalyst and Ometere Omoluabi-Davies, Regional Integration Co-ordinator, African Growth Financial institution (AfDB) – Nigeria Nation Division, examined Nigeria’s evolving challenge finance panorama, addressing public-private partnerships, blended finance, sovereign funding automobiles and constructing investor-ready challenge constructions with clear regulatory frameworks and risk-mitigation instruments.
Complementing the summit, at Infra360, Dr Olugbenga Adebola, Nationwide President, Affiliation of Waste Managers of Nigeria, addressed integrating waste administration into infrastructure planning from challenge inception, strengthening cross-sector collaboration and leveraging round economic system practices to scale back landfill dependency. Classes additionally examined unlocking personal capital via bankable challenge constructions and the mixing of BIM and GIS for improved challenge coordination, lowered rework and quicker supply.
At HVACR Talks, Bassel Anbari, Director and Regional Chair, ASHRAE Area at Giant, delivered a management keynote, addressing ASHRAE’s strategic course and its function in advancing technical excellence, sustainability and worldwide collaboration throughout the HVACR trade, with emphasis on decarbonization, indoor environmental high quality and workforce growth. Sensible system design and set up finest practices, together with load calculations, ducted and Variable Refrigerant Move (VRF) system design and commissioning, have been additionally lined all through the periods.
Exhibition highlights
The exhibition ground linked private and non-private sector leaders with native and worldwide suppliers throughout six infrastructure sectors and the total HVACR provide chain. Throughout the West Africa Infrastructure Expo exhibition ground, taking part corporations included PERI Formwork and Scaffolding Nigeria, Primlaks Industries, KELM Engineering, Esquire Machines, Shubham Tanks and SWARCO Street Marking Methods, representing experience throughout infrastructure supply, engineering and technical options.
“West Africa Infrastructure Expo linked us immediately with the stakeholders driving infrastructure progress throughout the area. The conversations we had have been real and substantive and we depart with sturdy confidence that they may open doorways to future enterprise. West Africa is a market we consider in and we stay up for persevering with to indicate up throughout the area,” stated Sunil Uplap, Chairman and Founder, Shubham Tanks and Liners.
At HVACR Nigeria, endorsed by AHRI and ASHRAE RAL, exhibiting manufacturers included Thermax, TICA Air Conditioning, Artech2000, Air Grasp and AHI Service, lined the total vary of air-con, refrigeration, air flow and constructing automation options related to Nigeria’s market.
“Collaborating in HVACR Nigeria has been a extremely invaluable expertise. The occasion supplied a powerful floor to showcase our cooling options whereas connecting with trade professionals and decision-makers throughout the market. The engagement we’ve witnessed all through the occasion has created invaluable partnership and progress alternatives. We stay up for returning with a stronger presence sooner or later editions,” stated Kenneth Ozomah, Head of Advertising and marketing, Gree Nigeria.
Wanting forward: 2027 return and the inaugural West Africa Warehousing & Logistics Expo
West Africa Infrastructure Expo and HVACR Nigeria will return for his or her second editions from 6 – 8 April 2027 at Landmark Centre, Lagos, co-located with the launch version of West Africa Warehousing & Logistics Expo. The brand new occasion will function a devoted commerce exhibition for the intralogistics trade in West Africa, addressing warehouse administration software program, stock and distribution know-how, floor conveyors, order-picking techniques, guided robots, storage and manufacturing controls, identification and labelling options and loading and distribution know-how.
The launch of the brand new occasion compliments the expansion of Nigeria’s logistics and warehousing sector, which is pushed by rising home consumption, increasing e-commerce exercise and growing infrastructure funding throughout the nation. The area’s logistics prices presently signify 23% of GDP, with the Federal Ministry of Transportation’s Nationwide Freight and Logistics Coverage concentrating on a discount to under 15% by 2029 via coordinated infrastructure growth and personal sector participation (Supply: Hint Information Analysis).
“The inaugural editions of West Africa Infrastructure Expo and HVACR Nigeria demonstrated the urge for food that exists in Nigeria for centered, commercially pushed trade occasions. The standard of engagement throughout each exhibition flooring and content material programmes mirrored an lively market, technically knowledgeable and able to do enterprise,” stated Josine Heijmans, Senior Vice President, dmg occasions.
“We’re returning in 2027 with each occasions and launching West Africa Warehousing & Logistics Expo alongside them. Nigeria’s logistics and warehousing sector is rising quickly and the demand for options throughout intralogistics, distribution know-how and provide chain administration is obvious. Bringing that viewers into the identical surroundings as infrastructure and HVACR professionals is a pure subsequent step,” Heijmans added.
For extra data on the 2027 editions, go to
www.westafricainfrastructureexpo.com | www.hvacrnigeria.com.
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