Questions we're asked every week.

Wigmore Trading is a West African trading, wholesale and distribution company headquartered in Lagos. We supply food, beverages, health and beauty products and consumer goods to supermarkets, restaurants, hotels, pharmacies and retailers across Nigeria and Ghana — and we help international brands enter and distribute across the West African market, with warehousing, logistics, marketing and advisory services around the core trade.

Our headquarters and main wholesale warehouse are at The Invent, KM 29 Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lekki, Lagos, with a Ghana office at 2nd Floor, 10 Abafun Crescent, Labone, Accra, and teams in London and New York. Visit the contact page for directions and opening hours.

We were founded in 2013 by Martin Nwike and Chris Ifeorah, and have traded through every naira cycle since — over a decade of buying, moving and selling goods in West Africa. The full story is on our history page.

Yes — Wigmore Trading Limited is registered in Nigeria with RC number 1098828. Compliance documentation for partners and suppliers is available on request via legal@wigmoretrading.com.

Yes — appointing us as your distributor is a core service. We handle market research, NAFDAC regulatory navigation, trial sample shipments (where we cover the clearing and warehousing costs), sales deployment and distribution through our network of partner distributors and 210,000+ registered trade customers. Start at the distribution page or email sales@wigmoretrading.com.

Food, beverages, health and beauty, household goods and confectionery are our core; we've helped international brands including Kellogg's and Pringles establish on-the-ground operations in Nigeria. If your product needs NAFDAC registration, that's familiar ground rather than a problem.

Browse and order online at wigmorewholesale.com, or visit the Lagos warehouse store in person — 12,000 ft² of stocked shelves and trade pricing. For large or bespoke orders, contact sales@wigmoretrading.com and the trade desk will quote you directly.

Minimums vary by product and are shown per item on wigmorewholesale.com. The trade desk can advise on mixed pallets and first-order structures — many customers start small and scale as the products prove themselves.

Yes — our Store & Sell service provides pallet storage in Lagos from ₦10,000 per pallet per month, inclusive of handling and forklifting, with free drop-off and pick-up up to six times a month and no lease — store from a single pallet. Optionally, our salesforce sells your stored stock into our trade network for 2.5% commission including delivery. Confirm current rates in writing before shipping stock in.

Cold storage rooms for heat-sensitive products, open-plan pallet bays and racked storage — all in Lagos, with access seven days a week whenever the warehouse is open. Regulated (NAFDAC-registered) products are welcome; hazardous or restricted goods need a conversation first.

Yes — full import and export logistics including air cargo, LCL and FCL sea freight, container handling and customs clearance in Nigeria, through our logistics arm at ship.wigmoretrading.com. Clearing timelines depend on documentation and the authorities, so we'll always give you a realistic estimate rather than a promise we don't control.

Our regular lanes connect Nigeria and Ghana with the UK, USA, Europe and Asia, and we can quote most origins and destinations globally. Contact the logistics desk with your route and cargo for a written quote.

Run the numbers yourself in two minutes on our free import duty calculator — it estimates duty, levies and VAT from your HS code and cargo value. For a binding figure, the clearing desk will assess your actual documents.

Yes — product marketing through channels we own: trade promotion to our 210,000+ registered buyers, retail social media on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, in-store activation, digital demand generation, influencer campaigns and trade exhibitions. Results are measured in orders, not impressions.

Yes — a free 15-minute initial consultation, bookable at the booking page or via advisory@wigmoretrading.com. If deeper work makes sense after that call, you'll receive a written, priced proposal — nothing is billed before you've agreed a scope in writing.

Three desks, one operator's brain: sales advisory for brands entering the Nigerian market, retail supply chain consultancy for retailers operating in it, and business & manufacturing consulting for companies making things — or deciding whether to start. We're an operator, not an independent consultancy, and where advice points at our own services we flag the conflict openly.

Four, all free and browser-based: the import duty calculator, the export cost calculator, the commercial invoice generator (build and print a proper commercial or proforma invoice), and the bill of lading draft generator for preparing shipment details before your carrier issues the real document. Nothing you type in any of them is stored or sent to us.

The invoice generator produces genuine commercial and proforma invoices — those are your documents to issue. The bill of lading tool deliberately produces a non-negotiable draft for preparation and checking only, because operative bills of lading can only be issued by the carrier; the draft is watermarked to make that unmistakable.

Fastest: WhatsApp us — a person replies during business hours. Email sales@wigmoretrading.com for trade and orders or advisory@wigmoretrading.com for consulting, or find office details, phone lines and a map on the contact page.

Absolutely — the 12,000 ft² wholesale store at The Invent, KM 29 Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lekki, welcomes walk-in trade customers. Check the contact page for current opening hours before you set out.