The crowd was loving what Bhekumuzi Bhebhe had to say, cheering loudly as he yelled "don't gas Africa!" into the megaphone.

Lagos, Nigeria's commercial center, has a storage problem. At the West African trade hub's shipping terminals, projected demand for container space far outstrips capacity. To narrow the gap, the state has embarked on one of the region's most ambitious infrastructure projects, Lekki Deep Sea Port.