Nigeria, Oct. 9 -- Nigeria's drive to move beyond exporting raw agricultural commodities toward local processing and industrial production will come under focus as agribusiness leaders, investors and policymakers prepare to explore investment opportunities across Africa's agricultural value chains.

The discussions are expected at the fifth Agribusiness Roundtable International Conference, scheduled for 25 to 28 October in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, where organisers say they will seek to connect agricultural producers with investors, processors, financial institutions and international markets.

Howard Usen, the South-south zonal coordinator of the Nigeria Agribusiness and Agro-Industry Development Initiative and chairman of the conference's c...