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Interviews & Viewpoints | Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing: Interview from The Report: Nigeria 2017
Articles & Analysis | Utilities privatisation in Nigeria improves sector's efficiency from The Report: Nigeria 2017
As Africa’s largest and most populous economy, with a vibrant private sector and vast natural resources, Nigeria has strong potential for growth. However, that potential is consistently hindered by an underdeveloped utilities sector. Providing utilities remains one of Nigeria’s greatest challenges, as a sizeable portion of the population is...
Chapter | Industry & Mining from The Report: Nigeria 2017
Comprising major food and consumer staples producers, Africa’s largest cement manufacturers, and a handful of heavy industries and light manufacturing, Nigeria has a diversified industrial sector. According to data from the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), the country is home to the largest manufacturing sector on the continent and, along with Egypt, South Africa and Morocco,...
As Africa’s largest oil producer, Nigeria is a key member of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the world’s fourth-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas. Policy moves over the past two decades have enabled young Nigerian companies to acquire and develop oil and gas blocks, build pipelines and distribution networks, and soon, based on the current project...
With Africa’s largest economy and its biggest population, Nigeria is the continent’s heavyweight. The country has been blessed with resource-rich lands, areas of great agricultural fertility and favourable demographics, but it has also had its fair share of challenges.
The Nigerian government is targeting $5bn in mining investments over the next 10 years under a new industry roadmap, as part of a broader drive to diversify revenue sources away from non-oil sectors.