Nigeria's World Trade Center Abuja Poised To Send Its Economy Sky High - CNN - Business -

The construction of a new World Trade Center is nearing completion in
Nigeria' capital city, Abuja The complex will offer business, residential
and commercial spaces and will be the first of its kind in West Africa.

(CNN)Nigeria's capital city of Abuja is about to get a new heart: a brand new World Trade Center complex
.The
development is expected to open to the public early next year after the
completion of the first phase of construction. It will join a network
of 323 locations in 89 countries, started in 1970 with the inauguration
of the first World Trade Center in New York City.

Funded by local
and foreign financial institutions, as well as private investors, to
the tune of 200 billion Nigerian Naira, or just over $1 billion, the WTC
Abuja will be the largest mixed-use development in West Africa.