T ake a walk in downtown Lagos and you’ll see bustling shopping malls and streets populated not just by domestic restaurant chains but increasingly by global brands such as Kentucky Fried Chicken, which will soon have 20 restaurants in Nigeria, and Walmart, which is soon expected to open two flagship stores. At Lagos airport you’ll see planes owned by more than 20 international airlines, from countries such as China, Qatar and Turkey. You will also see some of Nigeria’s nearly 90m mobile phone subscribers, who sustain four major telecommunications companies.
在拉各斯的商業區裏走一走，你會看到熙熙攘攘的購物中心，街道上不僅本土連鎖餐廳林立，還湧現出了越來越多像肯德基(KFC)和沃爾瑪(Walmart)這樣的全球品牌——肯德基將很快在奈及利亞開設20家門店，沃爾瑪不久後也將開設兩家旗艦店。在拉各斯機場，你會看到來自中國、卡達和土耳其等國的20多家國際航空公司的飛機。目前，奈及利亞擁有近9000萬手機用戶，他們支撐著4家主要的電信企業。