Nigerian entrepreneurs have referred to as for elevated funding in technology-driven agriculture, inexperienced development and recycling to sort out meals insecurity, scale back carbon emissions and promote sustainable financial progress.
The name was made at the tenth anniversary of the Sustainability Table Discourse Series (STS @10), held on October 15 and 16, 2026, at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The two-day occasion, themed “People, Planet and Development,” introduced collectively enterprise leaders, policymakers, traders, monetary establishments, growth companions and sustainability advocates to discover sensible options to environmental and financial challenges.
The investment-focused second day featured an innovation pitch competitors involving 20 enterprises looking for to attach with potential traders and scale options aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Speaking at the occasion, Favour Okikijesu Adeleke, founding father of QiQi Farms, mentioned Nigeria’s meals safety challenges required sustainable agricultural techniques able to guaranteeing constant manufacturing all year long.
He recognized seasonal farming, insufficient infrastructure, insecurity and inconsistent authorities insurance policies as main obstacles to agricultural productiveness.
Adeleke additionally highlighted the potential of synthetic intelligence to assist farmers forecast harvests, perceive market demand and determine manufacturing challenges early.
Similarly, John Oamen, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of CutStruct Technology, mentioned digital procurement platforms may scale back emissions related to transporting constructing supplies.
He disclosed that his firm had achieved an estimated 38 per cent discount within the variety of vehicles used to move constructing supplies for demand managed by its platform over the previous two years.
Oamen added that CutStruct was working to introduce carbon-emissions monitoring to assist builders assess the environmental affect of development supplies and generate knowledge that might help entry to inexperienced financing.
Meanwhile, Wunmi Ogunde, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Pakam Technology, referred to as for better adoption of round economic system rules, stressing that waste supplies ought to be handled as priceless sources slightly than discarded.
She famous that plastics, aluminium cans and different recyclable supplies may create financial alternatives when efficient restoration and reuse techniques had been established.
The convener of the Sustainability Table Discourse Series and Chief Executive Officer of Avant Garde Limited, Kayode Olaniyan, mentioned the initiative was more and more centered on connecting entrepreneurs with the capital wanted to develop sustainable companies.
“Nigeria doesn’t have a shortage of ideas, Africa doesn’t have a shortage of ideas, and the world certainly doesn’t have a shortage of capital,” Olaniyan mentioned, highlighting the necessity to bridge the hole between progressive companies and traders.
The anniversary discussion board additionally examined environmental governance, social inclusion, financial funding and institutional capability, with members emphasising collaboration, accountability and efficient insurance policies as important to sustainable growth.
The occasion ended with requires stronger public-private partnerships, elevated funding in inexperienced innovation and sensible measures to combine environmental safety, social progress and financial progress into Nigeria’s growth agenda.
