Buy from China. We handle the China side.
Going to Canton Fair this October, or importing without leaving Nigeria? Having someone on the ground makes the difference. Our Guangzhou team speaks to suppliers in Chinese, negotiates better prices and terms, verifies who you are dealing with, inspects your goods, arranges warehousing and consolidation, and coordinates shipping home to Lagos. You deal with us here in Nigeria. Our team works for you in China.
From finding the right supplier to goods ready for shipment: tell us what you want to buy, and we take it from there.
Register your interest for Canton Fair 2026 and get your own dashboard
Tell us who you are and what you need. You get a personal dashboard where you can see every stage, upload documents when we ask, download completed paperwork, and message the desk. Nothing to pay to register. Nothing is due until we have spoken and you have agreed a plan.
Registered before? Sign in | Prefer to talk first? WhatsApp the desk.
What you get
- A dashboard showing every stage your file goes through, in plain English
- Document requests you can answer from your phone, a clear photo is fine
- Completed paperwork to download, print and take to the visa centre
- Your flight and hotel details in one place once arranged
- A message line to the desk, answered by a person
- Email updates each time something changes
You may already have some of this sorted. That's fine. Pick what you need.
Fair registration and the invitation letter
You register online as an overseas buyer, get a badge, and request the invitation letter your visa file needs. None of it is hard, but people leave it late and then rush. We do it with you early.
Ask about thisThe visa
We help you fill the official form properly, check that your documents agree with each other, and book your appointment in Lagos or Abuja.
The consulate decides. We don't promise approval, and anyone who does is not being straight with you.
Read the full visa guideFlights
There's usually no direct flight from Lagos to Guangzhou. You stop once, and October is Fair season, so fares climb. We check current schedules and give you the figure in naira before you decide.
What to expectSomewhere to stay
Pazhou is the area around the Fair complex, and hotels there fill early in Fair weeks. We find you something within easy reach of the halls. If sharing a room with another Nigerian buyer helps your budget, that's normal and we can arrange it.
Where to stayGetting around Guangzhou
Airport pickup, the metro to Pazhou, taxis, and the phone apps China runs on. We brief you before you fly, so the first day isn't a shock.
Ask about thisMoney and exchange
You pay us in naira. You don't need to hunt for dollars. We tell you the naira cost of the trip and of any order, and we say clearly when a rate change would move the number.
See how it works, step by stepFinding suppliers
Before you fly, we shortlist booths and factories that match what you sell. At the Fair, an interpreter walks with you and writes down prices, MOQs and samples, so nothing gets lost in a pile of business cards.
The full Canton Fair guideChecking a supplier
Business registration, address, product line, and the person you're actually dealing with. Where it matters, a visit or a video call from the factory floor.
We tell you what we found, including anything we could not confirm.
Ask about thisInspection before shipping
Cartons opened, quantities counted, units tested, photos and video sent to your phone. You decide whether it ships.
See where this sits in the journeyShipping and clearing
Sea or air, groupage or a full container, priced in naira per kilo or per cubic metre.
Nobody can guarantee what Customs will do. What we can do is get the paperwork right before the goods leave China.
Read the full shipping guideDelivery in Nigeria
From the port to your shop or warehouse, in Lagos or up country, quoted before you commit so there's no surprise at the end.
Ask about thisFlights from Lagos to Guangzhou for Canton Fair: what to expect
The honest picture, so you can plan your body and your budget.
As things stand there's usually no direct flight. You stop once, most often in Addis Ababa, Cairo, Doha, Istanbul or Nairobi. Door to door it's often somewhere between 16 and 22 hours depending on the layover. If you're going for Phase 1, aim to land a day or two before it opens so you're not walking the halls jet lagged.
Fares move with the season and with the naira. October and April are Fair season, so prices climb and the good connections sell out. Booking early is not a sales line, it's just cheaper.
We don't sell tickets ourselves. We help you compare the routes that make sense for you, book through licensed travel partners, and put the price into your naira quote so you see the whole trip in one number.
Airlines change schedules. We check what's actually flying when we plan your trip, not what flew last year.
Ask about flightsWhere to stay in Guangzhou: hotels near Pazhou and the Fair complex
Pazhou is the district around the Fair complex, on the south side of the Pearl River. It's quiet compared to Lagos, and the metro reaches the complex, so you don't have to be right next door to have an easy morning. Hotels close to the halls fill early during Fair weeks and their prices go up. That's simply the pattern every session.
Options run from clean business hotels to a shared room with another Nigerian buyer if you're watching costs. Neither is a compromise. We show you what's actually available for your dates, what it costs in naira, and how long the ride to the halls is.
Once your hotel is booked we put the address on your visa form ourselves, so that part is off your plate. Airport pickup can be arranged, which most first time travellers appreciate more than they expected.
A quiet tip: staying near a metro station on the line to the complex is often better value than paying for the hotel across the road.
Ask about hotelsFrom your first message to Lagos, step by step.
Whether you are travelling to the Fair or buying from Nigeria, the road is the same: one desk, one dashboard, and you always know which step you are on.
Register in two minutes
Tell us who you are and what you need. Your own dashboard opens, and a real person replies on WhatsApp, usually the same working day.
We plan it with you
What you sell, your timing, travelling or staying home. Honest advice on the right phase and the realistic route, agreed in writing.
Your file and shortlist take shape
Visa file built step by step, suppliers found and checked, samples and quotations gathered. Every stage shows in your dashboard.
The team works the ground
Walking the halls with your brief, or beside you at the Fair: meetings, factory visits, interpretation, quotations recorded properly.
You see before anything ships
Cartons opened, counted and tested, photos and video to your phone. Nothing moves until you have looked and said yes.
Home, with no stories
Passport collected when approved, goods shipped, cleared and delivered. Each step reported to your phone until it is done.
Before you leave Nigeria, when you get to Guangzhou, and after the Fair
Before you leave Nigeria
- We rough out a buying plan and a supplier brief together
- Fair registration, badge and invitation letter
- The visa file, filled properly, appointment booked
- Flights and a hotel near Pazhou, in one naira quote
- Supplier shortlist and a meeting schedule by hall
- A briefing in Lagos: halls, badge, money, apps, what to ask
When you get to Guangzhou
- Someone meets you at the airport and gets you to the hotel
- An interpreter beside you at every meeting
- Prices, MOQs, samples and notes saved as you go
- Supplier checks started on the spot
- Factory visits on the break days between phases
- A shortlist and a plan before you fly home
After the Fair: getting your goods home
- Supplier checks completed
- Samples, and you approve before any order
- Purchase order and naira deposit
- Goods received in Guangzhou, photos the same day
- Inspection video, your approval, then the balance
- Freight, arrival at Apapa or Tin Can, clearing, delivery
A Nigerian company to deal with. A Guangzhou team doing the work.
The Nigeria side
Your quotations, invoices, payments and project communication run through TW Digital Business Solutions LTD, a registered Nigerian company you can verify with CAC before doing business with us. You pay locally, in naira, against the agreed quotation.
The China side
Our Guangzhou team speaks to suppliers, visits factories where required, inspects goods, records photos and video, and follows your shipment from the China side. You are not managing a Chinese factory alone from WhatsApp in Nigeria.
What the team actually does
Supplier sourcing
Send a photo, a specification, a sample or a plain description. The team searches manufacturers and suppliers, compares quotations and reports back the details that decide the deal: unit price, MOQ, specification, production time, packaging, payment terms, factory location. We do not send you a phone number and disappear; sourcing stays part of your project.
Supplier verification
A good catalogue does not prove a good supplier. Before serious money moves we can check company registration, confirm the address and product line, visit the factory, hold a video call from the location and verify samples. If something cannot be confirmed, we tell you clearly. We would rather stop a questionable order before payment than explain a bad shipment after Lagos.
Negotiation
China purchasing is not only "what is your best price". Price moves with quantity, specification, packaging, material, schedule and payment terms, and sometimes the better deal is a smaller MOQ, better material, better packaging, spare parts, or faster production rather than a lower unit price. The team negotiates the whole transaction and helps you see the real landed decision.
Inspection before shipping
Do not wait until Lagos to discover a problem. Before goods leave China we can open cartons, count, check colours and sizes against the approved sample, test selected units, inspect packaging, and send you the photos and video. You see what is ready before you approve the next step. Do not just trust. Check.
Consolidation
Buying from several suppliers? One may be in Guangzhou, another in Foshan, another in Shenzhen or Yiwu. Their goods can be delivered to one consolidation point in China that we arrange, checked, and prepared for combined shipment where it suits the order, so you are not chasing everybody separately from Nigeria.
Shipping and paperwork
Air for small or urgent, sea for volume, groupage when you do not need a whole container, full container when you do. Form M, PAAR, SONCAP, NAFDAC, HS codes and duty belong before the order, not at the port. The details live in our shipping guide, and if you are buying off 1688 or Alibaba, start with how to buy from 1688 in Nigeria, and final figures are always confirmed against the actual shipment.
Our working principle
Verify first. Agree clearly. Inspect before shipping. Report every important step. No unnecessary stories, no pretending every supplier is perfect, and no hiding a problem because money has already entered the transaction. Long term business only works when both sides know exactly what is happening.
Canton Fair 2026 dates and phases, and what to buy at each
The 140th Canton Fair runs from 15 October to 4 November 2026 at the Canton Fair Complex in Pazhou, Guangzhou. What you sell decides which of the three phases you fly for.
The Fair is really three fairs. Booths change completely between phases. If you come in Phase 3 looking for solar inverters, you've wasted a flight. Pick your line and we'll point you to the right phase.
The break days between phases are the best time for factory visits in Foshan, Dongguan and Shenzhen. The halls are closed and factories are expecting buyers.
Five answers, and we'll sketch the trip for you
This is a starting point, not a contract. A person at the desk goes through it with you on WhatsApp before anything is booked.
Or just tell us in your own words:
After the Fair
We'll want to ask you
Numbers here are planning estimates. Your advisor confirms halls, dates and figures with you before anything is booked.
Shipping from Guangzhou to Lagos: sea or air, Form M, SONCAP and clearing
This is where a lot of people get their heart broken. The goods leave China fine, then sit at Apapa for weeks because of one missing paper, or a clearing agent finds “unexpected charges” that eat the margin. We don't own the port and we can't control Customs. What we can do is make sure the avoidable problems are avoided before the ship leaves.
Sea or air?
Sea is priced per cubic metre and takes weeks on the water plus clearing time, so it suits heavier, less urgent goods and anything you're buying in volume. Air is priced per kilo and takes days, so it suits light, valuable or urgent stock. Groupage lets you ship a few hundred kilos in a shared container instead of paying for a whole one. Many first time buyers start there and that's sensible.
The paperwork Customs will ask about
Commercial imports into Nigeria go through your bank's Form M and Customs' pre arrival assessment. Some products need a SONCAP certificate. Food, drugs, cosmetics and similar goods fall under NAFDAC. Your goods also need the right HS code, because that sets the duty. We go through all of this with you before you order, not after the container has landed.
Timing that matters in Nigeria
If you're buying for the December season, sea freight from an October Fair order is tight. Production takes time, the voyage takes weeks, and clearing takes more. Air changes the maths but costs more per kilo. We'd rather tell you that early than watch your Christmas stock arrive in January.
What we do, and what we don't
We coordinate the freight, keep the documents complete, and pass you every update: departed, arrived, examined, released. We work with clearing agents we know and we watch them, but we don't pretend to control the port. If Customs decides to examine your container, they will, and we'll be on the phone with you through it.
Ask about shippingCan a Nigerian passport holder apply for a China visa to attend Canton Fair?
Yes. You apply for the business visa that fits a trade fair trip. The decision is made by the Chinese authorities, so we can't promise approval and we won't. What we can do is help you prepare the application properly, check that your documents tell the same story, and tell you honestly if something in your situation needs attention before you spend money.
How the visa part works
What you'll need
The visa fee is paid at the visa centre at their current rate. We tell you the figure when we plan your file, rather than printing a number here that may be out of date by the time you read it.
A registered Nigerian company you can look up, not a WhatsApp number that disappears
ChinaBridge Nigeria is operated by TW Digital Business Solutions LTD, the registered Nigerian company behind TechWave NG. That is the company on your invoice, the company you pay in naira, and the company you have recourse against if something goes wrong. Nigerian law applies. If you want to see the registration or meet in person before you commit, ask on WhatsApp and we will arrange it.
People, not a hotline
You shouldn't have to wonder who is holding your passport in Lagos or your goods in Guangzhou. Here is how the work is split between the two desks. When we start working together, you get the name and direct number of the person handling your file on each side. We would rather introduce you to a real person then than print a list of names here.
🇳🇬 Nigeria: Port Harcourt desk and Lagos port
🇨🇳 Guangzhou team: halls, checks, warehouse
Five guides worth half an hour of your time
Part of a library of over a hundred guides on buying, selling, shipping, visas and the paperwork. Current for this session, and honest about the parts nobody controls.
China visa for Nigerian passport holders
The application changed. It starts online now, and only later do you attend the centre in Lagos or Abuja. What a strong file looks like, and what makes one weak.
Read the visa guideHow to attend the Canton Fair from Nigeria
The three phases and their real dates, the invitation letter, flights from Lagos, hotels near Pazhou, and the break days most buyers waste.
Read the fair guideShipping from China to Nigeria
Sea, air and groupage, plus Form M, SONCAP, NAFDAC and the HS code, and the two dates that decide whether an order is worth placing at all.
Read the shipping guideHow to buy from 1688 in Nigeria
1688 is cheaper than Alibaba but built for Chinese buyers. The four walls a Nigerian hits, how clothes and sizing catch people out, and how to check a vendor before you pay.
Read the 1688 guideHow to check a Chinese supplier
The four things worth verifying, what a real check covers, what it cannot tell you, and the free checks you can do yourself before anyone sends a kobo.
Read the supplier guideStraight answers, including the ones we can't fully answer
Will China give my Nigerian passport a visa?
We can't promise that, and we'd be careful of anyone who does. Nigerian passport holders apply for the business visa for trade fair trips, and the consulate decides each file on its own. What we control is the quality of the file: the invitation letter, a properly completed form, documents that agree with each other, and an appointment in good time. If something in your situation looks weak, we tell you before you spend money, not after.
I've never travelled outside Nigeria. Can I still go?
Yes, and you won't be the first. We brief you in Lagos before you fly, someone meets you at the airport in Guangzhou, you stay somewhere within easy reach of the halls, and an interpreter walks with you. Many first time buyers travel in a small group with other Nigerians. It's cheaper and it's company.
Can you go to the Fair for me?
Yes. You give us your brief and your budget. Our Guangzhou team walks the right halls, sends you video and price sheets, and builds your supplier list. You decide from Lagos. After that, checks, ordering, inspection and shipping run the same way as if you'd been there yourself.
How do I know a supplier is genuine?
You don't, from a booth or a WhatsApp chat. So we check: business registration, address, product line, the actual person, and where it matters a visit or a video call from the factory. We tell you what we found and what we couldn't confirm. Then inspection before your balance moves gives you a second gate. It's not magic, it's just doing the checks people skip when they're excited.
What if the supplier sends something different from what I ordered?
That's what the inspection step is for. Because we pay the factory in yuan after inspection, not you before, we have leverage when something is wrong. Wrong goods means we hold the balance and the supplier puts it right, or we look elsewhere. It's slower than hoping, and much cheaper than a container of the wrong thing.
How much money should I carry, and can I pay from Nigeria?
You pay us in naira for the trip and for any order, so you don't need to carry dollars for the buying. For your own spending in China, a small amount of cash in yuan is wise, and China mostly runs on phone payments, which we help you set up before you leave. If you'd like to carry foreign currency yourself, your bank's travel allowance is the proper route. Ask them early.
What happens if the exchange rate changes?
Every quote tells you the rate it's built on and how long it holds. If the naira moves before you pay, we refresh the quote and tell you before anything else happens. We won't quietly adjust a figure and hope you don't notice.
Will my goods get stuck at Apapa?
Sometimes goods are held, and usually it's a paper: the HS code, a SONCAP certificate, a NAFDAC requirement, or bank paperwork. We go through all of that with you before you order and before the ship leaves. Nobody can promise what Customs will decide on the day. What we can promise is that the avoidable reasons will have been dealt with, and that you won't be alone on the phone if there's a delay.
Can I speak to someone before I pay anything?
Yes, and you should. Message us on WhatsApp and ask for a call. If you would rather sit down face to face in Lagos, ask and we will arrange it. Take your time, ask everything, and decide after. Whatever you decide, you only ever pay through the payment link our desk sends on the official WhatsApp line, never any other way, and never into a personal account.
When do I need to decide?
The dates at the top of the page are the real ones. Visa files should be in weeks before Phase 1, hotels near Pazhou fill early, and good flight connections sell out in Fair season. If the visa window for this session has passed, remote sourcing still works and we can start your file for the next one.
Already registered? Your file is waiting
Sign in with your email, no password needed, and see where your file has reached, what we need from you, and what is ready to download.