Lack of policy stalls investment in Nigeria’s cold chain industry

Lack of policy stalls investment in Nigeria’s cold chain industry – experts

Paul Maerz, managing director, Fairtrade Messe and Alexander Isong, president Organization for Technology Advancement of Cold Chain in West Africa (OTACCWA) at the Nigeria AgroFood, and Nigeria Plastic Print and Packaging exhibition and conference organized by Fair Trade, and the third West Africa Cold Chain Summit and Exhibition (WACCSE) organised by OTACCWA in Lagos recently.

The inability of Africa’s biggest economy to have an effective policy for its cold chain industry is deterring investments in the sector, experts have said. The experts who spoke at the 3rd West Africa Cold Chain Summit and Exhibition (WACCSE) said that despite the potentials in Nigeria’s col

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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi

Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues. She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.