The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria Council announces the 34th edition of the Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE 2010), scheduled to be held between 31st July and 7th August 2010, in Tinapa - Calabar, Nigeria.

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Following the Release of the Regulatory Framework for the Tinapa Free Zone & Resort, the Managing Director of Tinapa Business Resort Limited, Mr. Bassey Eyo Ndem, cordially invites the Calabar Chambers of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, The National Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI), Cross River State Chapter as well as indigenous entrepreneurs in the Eighteen Local Government Areas of the State, Chairmen of Council, Vice Chairmen, Supervisors, Leaders of Local Government Legislative Councils and their Deputies to a One Day interactive Session on the Business Opportunities in and around Tinapa.

VENUE: The Tinapa Film Studio

DATE:   Friday the 19th of June, 2009

TIME:   12 noon.

Tinapa is located in Nigeria and many investors have discovered several benefits of doing business here as a result of the unique characteristics of the Nigerian economy. A few of these are as follows:

• Nigeria is by far the largest consumer market in Africa with approximately 150million inhabitants.


• With the growth of the Free Market Economy, Most Nigerians have the disposable income to actualize their lifestyle expectations as well as  a propensity for shopping that is well known.


• Investors can take advantage of this huge market while working towards developing their export markets out of Tinapa into other parts of Africa.


• The location of Nigeria, especially Tinapa, is an excellent hub from which to export to the rest of Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas.


• Investors benefit from the abundant supply of skilled labour at some of the most competitive labour rates worldwide.


• Nigeria enjoys the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) with benefits on more than 6,500 products.


• There are preferential quotas and tariffs on the export of some goods to the European Union.


• For investors who wish to undertake manufacturing, there is also an abundance of natural resources and other raw materials.

I'm very pleased to welcome you to the Website of Tinapa Free Zone & Resort; Africa’s Premiere Business and Leisure Free Zone.

Tinapa challenges the status quo that believes that Business must be separated from Pleasure. It offers numerous advantages to the discerning investor, wholesale or Retail Trader, price/quality sensitive shopper, as well as leisure seeker. From our scenic location within Nigeria’s Paradise City of Calabar, Cross River State, to our world class facilities coupled with our irresistible incentives, Tinapa is where to be on the African Continent.

Apart from these, Tinapa offers you the perfect opportunity to significantly reduce the perceived risk of expanding into the extremely lucrative emerging African Market especially the important Nigerian Market occasioned by the sheer size of her population and spending power.

I look forward to receiving you at Tinapa soon.

Bassey Eyo Ndem
Managing Director
Tinapa Free Zone & Resort.