5. FINANCIAL STATEMENT
[pic] DATA GATHERING
[pic] BASIC FACTS ABOUT NIGERIA: AFRICAs BIGGEST DEMOCRACY AND
MARKET.
FEDERAL CAPITAL: ABUJA
COMMERCIAL CAPITAL: LAGOS
POPULATION
Nigeria with a population of 113,828,587 (July 1999 EST.) is the most populous country in
Africa.
It has a Population Growth rate: 2.92% (1999 EST.)
AGE STRUCTURE
0-14 YEARS: 45% (MALE 25,613,974; FEMALE 25,397,166)
15-64 YEARS: 52% (MALE 30,272,539; FEMALE 29,197,611)
65 YEARS AND OVER: 3% (MALE 1,678,732; FEMALE 1,668,565) (1999 EST.)
[pic] MARKET AREA
We intend that McDonalds setup its first restaurant, in Lagos State. It has also pinned
down any of these locations for its first restaurant, namely Broad and Marina Streets in
Lagos Island, Awolowo Road in Ikoyi, and Akin Adesola and Ahmadu Bello Way, in
Victoria Island.
There is a school of thought that says that the Market in Lagos is bigger than the Market in
other countries of West Africa put together.
For people conversant with Lagos, these locations are prime locations, as they boast of the