Finance Minister Visits WACOT Rice Mill, Highlights Flood Mitigation Efforts and Economic Resilience in Kebbi State
The Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, recently paid a courtesy visit to WACOT Rice Limited’s cutting-edge 250,000 metric tonnes rice processing facility in Argungu, Kebbi State, reaffirming President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment to bolstering local economies and tackling the challenges posed by natural disasters. During the visit, Mr Edun, accompanied by the Executive Governor of […]
WACOT Rice Completes Transformational Argungu Outgrower Expansion Programme
WACOT Rice Limited, a member of the Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group, has successfully concluded the Argungu Outgrower Expansion Programme (AOEP), a collaborative initiative with the USAID-funded West Africa Trade and Investment Hub aimed at enhancing rice production in Nigeria. The outgrower expansion programme, initiated in 2020, was designed to leverage the company’s existing outgrower programme to improve the […]
Agric Minister Flags Off WACOT Rice’s 2024 Outgrower Program
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, on Friday, January 19, flagged off WACOT Rice Limited’s 2024 dry season farming input distribution to outgrower farmers in Argungu, Kebbi State. The out-grower program seeks to increase the quality of smallholder farmer livelihoods via access to required agri-input financing, capacity-building training on Yield Enhancement Techniques (YET), and […]
Kebbi State Launches Fortified Rice Produced in Partnership with WACOT
The Kebbi State Government has launched fortified rice produced in partnership with WACOT Rice Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group. The launch was held on Thursday, October 26, at Abuja Intercontinental Hotel following the successful fortified rice pilot under the Promoting Rice Fortification in Nigeria (PRiFN) project. The project aims to support the […]
WACOT Rice Hosts Government Officials at Newly Expanded 240,000-MT Mill Ahead of Commissioning
WACOT Rice Limited, a member of the Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group and one of Nigeria’s leading economic contributors, hosted the Kebbi State government to a pre-commissioning visit at its newly expanded 240,000-ton rice mill in Argungu, Kebbi State, on Saturday, 13th May, 2023. The expansion project began in 2021 and is 95% complete, with full milling operations set to begin in August 2023, thus boosting Nigeria’s food security and Kebbi State’s […]
WACOT Rice Signs 4-Year Partnership Deal with Kebbi Beach Soccer Association
WACOT Rice Limited, the leading rice processing company and member of Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group, has signed a four-year sponsorship deal with the Kebbi Beach Soccer Association. Kebbi Beach Club (Kebbi Fishers), owned by the Kebbi Beach Soccer Association, is Africa’s foremost beach soccer club. The sponsorship deal with WACOT Rice Ltd as the Official Food Partner is a boost […]
USAID Partners WACOT Rice on 5bn Deal to Boost Rice Production in Kebbi State
WACOT Rice Limited’s strategy to become West Africa’s leading rice producer got a massive boost from the USAID-funded West Africa Trade and Investment Hub (WATIH). The Nigerian based subsidiary of TGI Group recently signed a co-investment partnership with WATIH to the tune of $10.5 million (about N4.99 billion) to support the company’s Argungu Rice Outgrower […]
COVID-19: TGI GROUP EMPLOYEES EXTEND CHARITY DRIVE TO NORTHERN NIGERIA
TGI Cares Fund, an employee-led charity initiative of Tropical General Investments Group has commenced the second phase of its charity drive of the provision of one million meals to vulnerable persons affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In its first phase, two hundred and eighty thousand meals were provided to children, unemployed youth and women across […]
