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Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 (IATF2025), Africa's premier trade and investment platform, is pleased to welcome Tropical General Investment Group (TGI) as an Official Premier Partner.

As a leading multinational conglomerate, TGI is driving value addition and promoting inclusivity through manufacturing and strategic investments across emerging markets. TGI will play a pivotal role in advancing the mission of IATF2025 which aims to boost trade and investment in Africa. The event is scheduled to take place in Algiers, Algeria from 4-10 September 2025.

The fourth edition of IATF2025 organised by Afreximbank in partnership with African Union Commission and African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat is being hosted by the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. It promises to connect more than 2,000 exhibitors, including businesses from the continent and globally, who will be showcasing their goods and services to the visitors and buyers while exploring opportunities and exchanging information.

This is projected to translate into over US$44 billion in trade and investment deals. Since its inception in 2018, the Fair has brought together an average of over 4,500 exhibitors, attracted more than 140,000 participants from across 130 countries, and facilitated trade and investment deals exceeding US$118billion.

TGI Group began as a small chemical importing company in Lagos, Nigeria, in the early 1980s and has since grown into a formidable multinational conglomerate with operations spanning over 13 countries across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. With a diversified portfolio that includes fast moving consumer goods, agricultural inputs, industrial chemicals, homecare products, and pharmaceuticals.

Mrs. Kanayo Awani, Executive Vice President, Intra-African Trade and Export Development, Afreximbank, said: "We are delighted to welcome TGI Group as an Official Premier Partner for IATF2025. Industrial manufacturing and agribusiness are focal areas of the event, and with TGI being an important player within the investment ecosystem Africa in, they are uniquely positioned to help us achieve our shared goal of driving intra-African trade and promoting sustainable economic growth across the continent."

Vice Chairman of TGI Group, Farouk Gumel noted: "TGI's ethos is all about creating value and enhancing wellbeing. To achieve this, we consistently seek new opportunities and partnerships from within and outside the continent. The opportunities within Africa are limitless. IATF gives us the platform to identify and pursue these new ideas, resources and partnerships. We commend Afreximbank's vision for creating and sustaining the IATF and are indeed very excited to collaborate with them as a premier partner for IATF2025."
Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group is a global conglomerate with majority of its investments based in emerging markets across Africa, Middle East and Asia. TGI's investments focus on driving inclusivity and value addition using locally sourced raw materials, state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and a highly skilled workforce to produce world class products that are consumed both locally and exported to global markets.

Across markets including Nigeria, Ghana, Benin and the UAE, TGI Group owns over a hundred leading brands in Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Agricultural Inputs, Industrial Chemicals, Homecare Products and Pharmaceuticals.