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Top 13 Economic development organizations based in Nigeria

RevenueBase identified 196 economic development organizations headquartered in Nigeria as of September 2026 and tracks 1,570 professional contacts across them, including 153 with verified work emails. Lagos is the largest hub.

This list covers economic development organizations headquartered in Nigeria, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
196Companies
1,570Contacts tracked
153Verified emails
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The 13 largest economic development organizations based in Nigeria

Ranked by team size
Top 13 of 196 economic development organizations based in Nigeria, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to economic development organizations: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceAbuja, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000226 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is fully owned by the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Ministry for Economic…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Partial evidenceAbuja, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200197 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Urban Shelter Limited is a property development corporation with headquarters in Abuja Nigeria.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Indirect evidenceIkoyi, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5048 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We're passionate about teaming up with entrepreneurs to help them build sustainable breakout businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Partial evidenceAbuja, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5032 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Ikore, meaning “harvest” in Yoruba language, is an international development organization, proffering innovative solutions to drive sustainable social and enterprise development.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Partial evidenceIbadan, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5020 contacts →

Partial evidence

“DAWN Commission is the dedicated technocratic institution for the sustainable development of the Southwest Region.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceFct, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The dRPC was formed in May 1994 and registered in 1995.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Indirect evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“New Nigeria Foundation (NNF) was incorporated with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in November as a non-governmental organisation to promote sustainable community…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Strong evidenceFct, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-509 contacts →

Strong evidence

“INVETA Group is a renowned economic development Firm in Africa specializing in investment promotion, Inter/Intra-African Trade Facilitation, Finance, Energy Services; and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Partial evidenceIbadan, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-506 contacts →

Partial evidence

“ONE Foundation is an organization focused on entrepreneurial development for MSMEs in Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Partial evidenceVictoria Island, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-5004 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Our mission is simple, to provide solutions for our communities, ethical business development for our partners, and build core businesses that do not only sell products or…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Partial evidenceDamaturu, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-2004 contacts →

Partial evidence

“NIRA Community Development Foundation was established in 2004 as Network for Integrated Rural Advancement (NIRA).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Partial evidenceAbuja, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“IMARA Africa consulting provides services on economic policy management; public policy and financial advisory.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Indirect evidenceLagos Island, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ITPO Nigeria was established in 2015 with the mandate to engage with the Nigerian government, relevant private sector operators, Small and Medium Enterprises' institutions (SMEs)…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Economic development organizations based in Nigeria at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
9.7%Verified-email coverage
8.0Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
14.3%Largest-city concentration · Lagos
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
84
11-50
82
51-200
19
201-500
9
501-1,000
1
10001+
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Nigeria, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Nigeria, over 196 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among economic development organizations, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Nigeria whose own description of what they do matches “economic development organizations”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names economic development organizations), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among economic development organizations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Nigeria are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 153 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Economic development organizations by metro

  • Economic development organizations in Lagos28

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names economic development organizations, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many economic development organizations are there based in Nigeria?

RevenueBase identified 196 economic development organizations headquartered in Nigeria as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

GIZ Nigeria & Ecowas, headquartered in Abuja Fct, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most economic development organizations?

Lagos leads with 28 headquartered companies, followed by Abuja (12) and Abuja Fct (11).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 153 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 196 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.