A diaspora-funded, transparency-first city at the Niger-Benue Confluence, Kogi State — built by the Nigerians who would otherwise build nothing.
"No youth willingly picks up arms to start killing each other absent mental health crisis or ideological capture — both of which are conditions on top of the underlying material crisis of work, dignity, and purpose."
Nigerian youth unemployment is 33%. Approximately 10 million children and youth are out of school. The bandit, kidnapping, and insurgency crises that scar this country recruit from that idle population.
Afrisovera responds with continuous, structured, paid training; guaranteed employment; visible career progression; and a city worth building. Every brick laid by an Afrisovera-trained Nigerian is a recruit denied to violent groups, a family raised above subsistence, a future re-engaged with the country.
The math: one militant costs society ~$100,000/year. Training one youth into employment costs ~$2,600. One year of military counter-insurgency funds the training of ~38 youth into engaged employment.
Sculptural rammed-earth + timber homes in palm-lined, walkable neighborhoods. Civic plazas with sweeping patterned roofs. Riverfront promenades for sunset walks. Built to live in — not extract from.
Phase 1-4 · 3,000 → 50,000 hectares · district to megacity
Climate-controlled vertical farms, aquaponics, processing facilities, and 5,000+ ton cold-chain storage. Food security from the ground up — produce what we consume, export the rest.
Phase 1 anchor · 50,000+ tons annual
Solar microgrids, EV cargo trikes, clay-membrane water filters, smart-irrigation IoT, cassava bioplastics, medical devices, SOV handsets. Africa industrialized, economically independent.
Phase 1-2 ramp · 10,000+ skilled manufacturing jobs
Schools. Clinics. Trade school then technical college then university. Clean water. Healthcare. Sports complexes. Support for the people doing the work and the families they belong to.
Phase 0-4 · Afrisovera Builders training programme
A 5-stage pipeline from unemployed youth to permanent skilled employment.
3 months
₦30,000/mo + meals + accommodation
Basic literacy + numeracy refresher. Site safety. Tool handling. Introduction to trades. Health + life skills.
6 months
₦50,000/mo + lodging
Choose: masonry · carpentry · plumbing · electrical · solar PV · welding · agritech · cold-chain · security · logistics. International certification (City & Guilds).
Guaranteed offer
₦84,000+/mo
Direct Afrisovera employment OR placement with multinational tenant. 20% above Nigerian minimum wage. Free housing 24 mo. Family relocation support.
In-service
₦150-400k/mo
Supervisor / foreperson certification. Specialist certs (solar EPC, cold-chain HVAC, aquaponics). Engineering technician programme.
Selective
₦400k+/mo
PMP training. BSc/MSc support. Multinational secondment opportunities.
Every transaction tracked publicly. Every milestone independently verified. Every Nigerian Naira accounted for, before and after it is deployed.
Working with NIDCOM (Nigerians in Diaspora Commission), Kogi State Government, Industrial Training Fund, NEPZA, and federal Ministries to align with national development priorities.
Read more →Engagement with traditional rulers — Attah of Igala, Eze Igu of Bassa, Olu of Lokoja — and local LGAs through Community Development Fund commitments and 70% local employment quotas.
Read more →Long-term equity-aligned partnerships with global industrial leaders: cement, steel, solar, cold-chain, rail, water, telecoms, agritech. 16 sector categories. 25-year commitments.
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