The Benue Investment and Property Company Limited (BIPC) is set to host the Benue 2035 Economic Transformation, Capital Formation and Prosperity Summit, a major economic initiative aimed at unlocking the state’s vast potential, attracting investment, creating wealth and building a sustainable pathway to prosperity.
The three-day summit will hold from Monday, 7 September to Wednesday, 9 September 2026 in Makurdi under the theme “Benue 2035 – From Potential to Prosperity: Building a $5 Billion Investment Platform for Jobs Creation, Prosperity and Global Competitiveness.”
It will bring together political and economic leaders, investors, financial institutions, development partners, entrepreneurs, innovators, academics, accelerators, technology leaders and private-sector executives to develop a shared economic vision and practical investment roadmap for Benue. The central objective is to move the state from potential to productivity, productivity to investment, and investment to jobs, wealth creation and prosperity.
BIPC recognises that Benue possesses significant agricultural, human capital, entrepreneurial and economic assets. The challenge, it notes, is to convert these assets into productive enterprises, stronger incomes, sustainable employment, increased government revenue and long-term wealth for citizens. A major focus of the summit will be the development of a $5 billion investment platform capable of attracting domestic and international capital into bankable projects across priority sectors of the Benue economy.
The gathering will explore strategies for increasing GDP and per capita income, creating sustainable employment, strengthening Internally Generated Revenue, improving fiscal sustainability, increasing exports and foreign-exchange earnings, and positioning Benue as a competitive investment destination. Particular emphasis will be placed on ensuring that more value is retained within the state through agro-processing, manufacturing, industrialisation, logistics, technology and export-oriented businesses.
Wealth creation and human capital development sit at the centre of the Benue 2035 agenda. The summit will examine how the state can equip its people, particularly its young population, with the skills, opportunities and enabling environment required to participate productively in the economy, build businesses and create sustainable livelihoods. It will also focus strongly on innovation, the digital economy and startups as new engines of growth, especially following the recent passage of the Innovation, Digital and Startup Law by the Benue State House of Assembly.
Opportunities to be explored include digital infrastructure, innovation, accelerators, artificial intelligence, automation, agritech, fintech, healthtech, edtech, software development, creative industries and other emerging sectors, with the goal of enabling young Benue entrepreneurs to move from ideas to viable businesses and ultimately to scalable enterprises.
Key priority areas include agriculture, agro-processing and agro-industrialisation; energy, power and industrial infrastructure; capital formation and investment mobilisation; manufacturing and value-chain development; human capital and talent development; innovation, technology, digital economy and startups; artificial intelligence and automation; entrepreneurship and SME development; education, skills and future industries; trade, exports and foreign-exchange generation; revenue growth and fiscal sustainability; governance, productivity, security and execution; and citizen prosperity and wealth creation.
Unlike a conventional conference, the summit will operate as a working strategic engagement, utilising Hudson Global’s internationally proven Swift Alignment of Strategic Imperatives methodology. The approach is designed to move beyond speeches and presentations to generate practical decisions, bankable investment projects and actionable roadmaps.
BIPC has called on all invited stakeholders to bring their ideas, expertise, capital, networks and investment perspectives to the summit and join in shaping a new economic future for Benue State — one in which farmers earn more from what they produce, businesses can grow, young people can turn skills and ideas into enterprises, investors can find credible opportunities, industries can expand, and more citizens can participate in wealth creation.
