What is the potential for retail development in Nigeria?
26 October 2018 |
4:00 pm
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development notes that West Africa recorded a 17 percent decline in Foreign Direct Investment in the first half of the year, But how does this affect the potential for retail development in the region's most populous country?
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