Nigeria

• foreign companies (microsoft) are now starting to invest
• fundamentalist groups have made the country unstable
• Nigeria has its own music and cinema 'nollywood'
• nigeria is multi cultural and multi faith
• recently there have been fair elections and a stable government
• nigeria is an oil rich country
• nigeria has the 3rd largest manufacturing sector in africa
• nigeria is part of the commonwealth
• UN: in 2013 nigeria contributed the 5th largest number of troops to the UN peacekeeping force
• manufacturing gives the nigerian people a more secure income with provides a larger market for luxury products
• as industries grow, more people are employed, and revenue from taxes increase
• a thriving industrial sector attracts foreign investment
• a TNC is a large company that operates in several countries
• there are about 40 TNCs in nigeria
• companies provide employment and the development of new skills
• other local companies benefit from increased orders
• more money is spent on the economy with TNCs
• working conditions are sometimes very poor in TNCs
• much of the profit generated by TNCs goes abroad
• local workers in TNCs generally get poorly paid
• Unilever has been operating in nigeria for over 100 years
• in 2014 unilever was voted the second best place to work in nigeria
• now unilever employs 1500 people making food, non-soap detergent
• shell has provided employment for over 60000 workers with 250000 jobs in related industries
• shell gives just over 90% of its contracts to nigerian companies