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The business opportunity that first brought interested Europeans to the delta of the Niger River was the quick way to trade palm oil and spices.
The Niger River flows from East Africa thru West Africa. The means of transportation during that time was thru the use of boats and vessels from Europe need to stop at the port of the Delta of Niger River to enter deep into the continent.