What is the most common misconception of Nigeria as a destination for investment?
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Articles & Analysis | Measures to address security issues in Nigeria's north from The Report: Nigeria 2015
Nigeria’s rich ethnic and religious diversity, coupled with its resource wealth and poor governance, has at times contributed to localised incidences of violence, ranging from an insurgency in the oil-producing Delta region starting in the 1990s to tensions between villages in the country’s “middle belt”, where Muslim and Christian populations regularly mix. Rarely are...
Articles & Analysis | Nigeria's economy growing despite various challenges from The Report: Nigeria 2015
There is no shortage of superlatives to describe Nigeria. It is Africa’s most populous country, the continent’s largest oil producer and a top destination for foreign investment. As of April 2014, Nigeria is now the continent’s largest economy as well, as a result of an overdue revision in its GDP calculation.
Interviews & Viewpoints | Georg Wilfried Schmidt, Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa and the Sahel, German Federal Foreign Office: Interview from The Report: Nigeria 2015
What challenges do small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face between West Africa and Europe?
Articles & Analysis | Questions raised by Nigeria's recalibrated GDP figures from The Report: Nigeria 2015
The product of two years of work, recalibrated figures for Nigeria’s GDP, which shifted the base year from 1990 to 2010, were published in April 2014. As a result, the economy leapfrogged 10 places in global rankings, with 89% growth in GDP in one stroke. As in any rebasing exercise though, the new figures are a double-edged sword. The updated national accounts reveal...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo, President, ECOWAS Commission: Interview from The Report: Nigeria 2015
How will the ECOWAS-EU economic partnership agreement (EPA) benefit West African states?