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Skin lightening products represent a major global industry, with sales projected to nearly double to $15.7 billion by 2030. In Africa, nowhere is the practice more prevalent than in Nigeria.

Skin-whitening or lightening, also known as bleaching in Nigeria, is used in different parts of the world for cosmetic reasons, though these often have deep cultural roots.

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'Nigeria has a vast livestock population, providing immense opportunities in the leather industry. However, discrepancies in production and consumption data remain a challenge,' Imam noted.

Skin whitening is a major industry around the world, including in the U.S., but it is endemic in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country.

AKINWOTU: Skin whitening or skin bleaching is a major industry around the world, but especially in Nigeria. More than 77% of Nigerian women have used skin whitening products, according to the U.N ...

Skin whitening is a major industry around the world, including in the U.S., but it is endemic in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country. It's rooted in colonial-era beauty standards that see ...

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Skin whitening is a major industry around the world, including in the U.S., but it is endemic in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country.