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TradewindFree Zone · Kano
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A three-dimensional view of the zone at dusk, with available plots glowing orange, factories in Zones A and B, the container depot and rail line in Zone C, and the solar farm along the south edge. The same plan is on the zone map page as an accessible list.

The zone

A free zone built for the north’s next factories

230 serviced hectares on the Kano northern bypass: fenced, powered, bonded and connected by road and rail. Scroll to fly over the plan.

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01 · Zone A

Agro-processing beside the farm belt

Thirteen plots for ginning, milling, oilseed crushing and cold chain, with a shared effluent line and silo row. Orange plots are free today.

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02 · Zone B

Light manufacturing with power you can plan around

Heavy floor slabs, an 11 kV ring main and the one-stop centre at the heart of the zone. Licences, customs and permits under one roof.

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03 · Zone C

Logistics on the rail line and the dry port

Bonded warehouses next to the inland container depot, a rail siding and a 12 MW solar farm along the southern edge.

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19 serviced plots available today across Zones A, B and CUpdated from the COVORN apps (example data)

Why Tradewind

Fenced, powered and bonded, ready for your first shift

Tradewind is a private free zone on the Kano northern bypass. You lease serviced land or a ready-built factory, and the zone handles customs, power and the paperwork that slows projects down elsewhere.

230 ha

Serviced hectares across three zones

19

Plots available today, from 2.1 to 5.4 hectares

12 MW

Solar farm on site, with grid and gas backup

10 days

Typical licence decision for a complete file

Example figures for this demo.

Incentives

Six reasons the numbers work here

A summary of the zone incentives in plain words. Check your own project against them in two minutes.

  1. Tax holiday for exporters

    Licensed enterprises that export most of their output pay no company income tax for the holiday period (example rule).

  2. Duty-free plant and raw materials

    Machinery, spare parts and inputs for export production come in without import duty.

  3. Full foreign ownership

    Own up to 100 percent of your zone enterprise, with capital and profits free to repatriate.

  4. One-stop approvals

    Licence, customs bond, building permit and work permits handled at the one-stop centre, about 10 working days for a complete file.

  5. No import or export licences inside the zone

    Goods moving in and out of the zone are cleared once, at the inland container depot.

  6. Local market access

    Sell part of your output into Nigeria on payment of normal duties on that share.

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White grain silos against a clear sky
Zone A

Agro-processing

Cotton, grains, oilseeds, hides and cold chain, 30 minutes from the farm belt.

A machine operator smiling at her station in a factory
Zone B

Light manufacturing

Textiles, packaging, building materials and assembly on heavy slabs.

A warehouse worker checking stock on high shelving
Zone C

Logistics and warehousing

Bonded storage beside the dry port and the rail siding.

Rows of solar panels seen from the air

Power

Power you can plan around

A 12 MW solar farm with battery storage, a dedicated 33 kV feeder from the grid and a gas plant on standby. Each plot comes with a stated capacity in MVA, written into your lease.

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The master plan

Every plot, its size and whether it is free

Orange plots are available, sand plots are held by applicants and grey plots are leased. Open the interactive map to filter by size and sector, see the rent and hold a plot.

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How it works

From first visit to first export in about six months

Most enterprises move through five steps. Investor relations stays with you through each one, and your investor portal shows where things stand.

  1. Day 1Book a visit

    Tour the plots with an investor relations officer and the zone engineer.

  2. Week 1Hold a plot

    Pay a refundable hold fee to keep your plot for 60 days.

  3. Week 2Apply for a licence

    Submit your project plan online. The one-stop centre reviews it in about 10 working days.

  4. Month 2Sign the lease

    Choose a lease of 10 to 50 years. Rent is billed quarterly through your investor portal.

  5. Month 6Start production

    Build or fit out, connect power and water, and clear your first export at the depot.

A freight train with coloured containers crossing open country

Logistics

Rail to the coast, road to the Sahel

The zone sits on the northern bypass, with a rail siding into the inland container depot. Containers are sealed and cleared here, then ride to the ports or north to neighbouring markets.

Logistics in Zone C

Tenants

We moved our spinning line here because power and customs stopped being our problem.

Ibrahim, example client, managing director of a yarn enterprise in Zone A

Read tenant stories
A smiling man in a blue suit

Call our AI line, answered day and night in Nigerian English

Ask about plots, incentives, power or a site visit at 2am if you need to. It books visits, sends the plot sheet by WhatsApp and passes anything complex to investor relations.

+234 800 000 0292
WhatsApp investor relations

News

From the zone

The cotton-to-fabric cluster takes shape in Zone A

Three ginning and spinning enterprises are now building side by side, with a shared effluent line.

Solar farm phase two adds 8 MW for night shifts

Battery storage lets Zone B factories run a third shift without diesel.

Investor forum: exporting from the north

A day of site tours and one-to-one meetings with the one-stop centre.

A wide sunset over dry open country

Next step

Walk the plots before you decide

Site visits run Monday to Saturday from the one-stop centre. Bring your engineer. We provide the hard hats and the numbers.

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