The Nigeria-Kenya Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NiKCCIMA) has been admitted as a member of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA). This admission took place at NACCIMA's 67th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Enugu State. NiKCCIMA is one of several chambers that were admitted at the meeting, alongside the Ikere Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture.
The founder and Global President of NiKCCIMA, Architect Roberts Achanya, expressed his delight at the admission, describing it as an epoch development for the bilateral chamber. He stated that this admission validates NiKCCIMA's vision and mission to expand South-South and intra-African co-operation under the African Continental Free Trade Area. Achanya also noted that it strengthens Nigeria's export drive and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) expansion agenda.
According to Achanya, NiKCCIMA was built on nearly three decades of founding members' experience in international trade facilitation, public-private partnerships, and cross-border trade across Asia and Africa. The chamber operates on a single structure: one global secretariat, two national chapters, and what its charter calls a two-key principle, under which Nigerian and Kenyan officers share authority equally.
NiKCCIMA's Director-General, Alhaji Abdullahi Usman Maikano, said the NACCIMA admission was earned rather than granted. He stated that NACCIMA does not admit chambers on promise, but on structure, governance, and evidence of real work. Maikano added that membership confirms that NiKCCIMA is recognised, alongside Nigeria's most established chambers, as a serious institution for the Nigeria-Kenya corridor.
The chamber's national chairman, Alhaji Badamasi Burji, who is also chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of First Class Group, said the admission would energise NiKCCIMA's Global Advisory Council. Burji noted that the council brings together some of the most active entrepreneurs and traders in both Nigeria and Kenya. He also mentioned that NACCIMA membership gives that appetite a stronger institutional home.
The admission comes months after NiKCCIMA curated the Nigeria-Kenya Blue and Orange Economy Mission in June. The mission produced preliminary agreements on a West-East African Maritime Trade Corridor, aquaculture technology transfer, and a plan to benchmark Nigerian inland-waterway revenue systems against Kenya's. NiKCCIMA has since activated its deal room and one-desk services, which screen and match trade leads between Nigerian and Kenyan businesses.
NiKCCIMA will hold its maiden business forum and formal launch on 8 October 2026 in Abuja. The event, co-hosted with the High Commission of Kenya, will be formally launched by Kenya's High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Isaac Keen Parashina. The forum will also preview a joint NiKCCIMA-Kenya High Commission Trade and Investment Mission set for November.
Key points
- NiKCCIMA admitted as NACCIMA member to boost Nigeria-Kenya trade and investment
- Admission validates NiKCCIMA's vision and mission to expand South-South and intra-African co-operation
- NiKCCIMA to hold maiden business forum and formal launch on 8 October 2026 in Abuja
