Invest in Edo

I am grateful to the organizers of the 2023 Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) held in Cairo, Egypt, where I had the opportunity to share the marvel that is our Edo State Oil Palm Programme (ESOPP) story with fellow sub-sovereign leaders.

ESOPP is a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) initiative we launched in 2019 to de-risk the oil palm value chain by providing contiguous land to investors for sustainable production aimed at creating employment, improving the livelihood of members of the project communities, and regenerating our forest belt.

With over 70,000 hectares of land allocated, its first phase has attracted upwards of $500 million in investment, the largest of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa. This is only the beginning. Phase 2 is already in the offing!

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