Lagos to host 35 international locations for infrastructure expo

Lagos State will within the first week of April host 35 exhibiting firms from international locations all over the world and a couple of,000 attendees who will take part within the inaugural version of the West Africa Infrastructure Expo.

The occasion, which is organised by dmg occasions, will happen on the Landmark Occasion Centre, Victoria Island, in Lagos.

In a press release on Thursday, the organisers acknowledged that the occasion will convey collectively stakeholders concerned in planning, financing and delivering infrastructure tasks throughout Nigeria and the broader West African market.

In response to the assertion, the occasion, co-located with HVACR Nigeria, comes at a time when Nigeria is coming into a “part the place infrastructure ambitions are more and more translating into venture supply throughout transport networks, energy methods, digital infrastructure, water administration and concrete growth”.

It added that the West Africa Infrastructure Expo responds to this progress by making a complete assembly floor the place authorities authorities, buyers, contractors and technical specialists can study present tasks, share supply methods and discover options supporting nationwide growth priorities.

“With over 35 exhibiting firms from international locations together with Austria, China, Ghana, India and the UAE, and an anticipated 2,000 attendees, West Africa Infrastructure Expo will convene decision-makers throughout the infrastructure worth chain, together with regulators, engineering corporations, venture managers, consultants, expertise suppliers and growth finance establishments,” the assertion learn partly.

Commenting on the inaugural version, the Senior Vice President of dmg occasions, Josine Heijmans, mentioned that Nigeria performs a central function in West Africa’s financial panorama and its infrastructure growth has vital regional implications.

“West Africa Infrastructure Expo creates a centered setting the place stakeholders concerned in planning, financing and delivering infrastructure tasks can have interaction immediately, alternate data and study alternatives supporting long-term supply throughout the area,” Heijmans mentioned.

He added that the Expo will host a one-day management summit, titled ‘Nigeria Infrastructure Summit’, bringing collectively senior representatives from authorities establishments, regulators, growth banks, EPC contractors and personal sector organisations chargeable for delivering infrastructure tasks throughout Nigeria and the broader area.

“The Nigeria Infrastructure Summit serves because the central management and strategic alternate house inside the occasion, addressing energy methods modernisation, an built-in financial spine, city growth, infrastructure financing and threat, supply functionality and programme administration, reflecting the priorities supporting Nigeria’s subsequent part of infrastructure growth,” Heijmans mentioned.

Additionally talking, the West Africa and Nigeria Nation Director for Turner & Townsend, Gerald Madondo, mentioned, “Nigeria’s infrastructure sector is evolving quickly, with vital alternatives in power, transport and concrete growth reshaping the nation’s ambitions. As this momentum builds, delivering tasks which can be investable, commercially resilient and able to creating long-term worth is important.”

Madondo highlighted that, drawing on the corporate’s work throughout West Africa’s main tasks, they recognise the significance of an occasion the place governments, policymakers and supply companions can align priorities.

“Because the Silver Sponsor of the West Africa Infrastructure Expo, we’re happy to help a platform that promotes significant outcomes,” Madondo acknowledged.

Different audio system embrace Engr Abimbola Akinajo, Managing Director, Lagos Metropolitan Space Transport Authority; Dr Emeka Henry Inegbu, Government Director, Operations, Household Houses Funds Restricted; Kazeem Sanusi, Chief Duty Officer, Improvement Facilitation and Strategic Planning Africa; and Patrick Ogunleye, Architect, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing.

Taking part exhibitors embrace PERI, B5 Plus Group, Linsinger, Ban Ngai, KBS Pumps & Valves, Ovaman Pumps, KELM Engineering and Sewatech, all of whom symbolize worldwide experience alongside regional infrastructure capabilities. These firms are actively concerned in infrastructure supply, engineering, consulting and technical options.

The summit will probably be headlined by Hon. Chief Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of Power, who will define Nigeria’s subsequent decade of infrastructure progress by way of a ministerial keynote. The summit will probably be chaired by Engr Ali Alimasuya Rabiu, President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, who will information the day’s dialogue and supply insights into Nigeria’s infrastructure progress, key challenges and the summit’s aims, reinforcing the crucial function engineers play in delivering the nation’s infrastructure.

The West Africa Infrastructure Expo is a devoted infrastructure commerce exhibition serving Nigeria and the broader West African market. Happening from 7 to 9 April 2026 at Landmark Centre, Lagos, Nigeria, the occasion brings collectively authorities authorities, regulators, buyers, EPC contractors, consultants, expertise suppliers and answer suppliers throughout the infrastructure worth chain. The exhibition covers six core sectors, together with digital infrastructure, energy infrastructure, sensible metropolis options, transport infrastructure, waste and environmental administration infrastructure, and water administration and infrastructure, enabling stakeholders to guage services and products important to nationwide and regional growth.

DMG Occasions is a number one organiser of face-to-face occasions and writer of knowledge companies. Its purpose is to create dynamic marketplaces to attach companies with the proper communities to speed up their progress in right this moment’s quickly evolving panorama.