Although it has one of the region’s smallest populations, Gabon has long been a visible and effective diplomatic player in Central Africa, aided in part by strong ties to France – and more recently Asian economies – as well as by a comparatively high per-capita income and GDP.
The Company
Lafarge Africa is a 73%-owned subsidiary of France’s Lafarge SA and the result of a mid-2014 merger of Lafarge Wapco Cement (Wapco) with Lafarge South Africa Holdings, United Cement Company of Nigeria (Unicem), Ashaka Cement and Atlas...
The Company
Nestlé Nigeria is a subsidiary of Nestlé Group, one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies, which established a presence in Nigeria in 1961 and was listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in 1978. The company is 63.75% owned by Ghanabased Nestlé Central & West Africa. Since entering...
Bolstered by the country’s large population and emerging middle class, the growth of Nigeria’s insurance sector appears inevitable with time – especially given the current, extremely limited level of insurance spending. Regulators are pursuing several reforms they hope will speed up the process, and the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has initiated changes and...
The last year has seen the launch of several new market platforms in Nigeria, ranging from an alternative board on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) dedicated to high-growth small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to platforms for trading over-the-counter (OTC) equities and fixed-income securities. The new tools have seen varying levels of success, with the fixedincome...
With a growing population of 170m and penetration still low, Nigeria’s insurance sector holds much latent potential in demographics alone. For investors that see an attractive market for insurance in the country, such considerations are enough to outweigh the relatively small size of the sector, as well as the obstacles created by legal and regulatory shortcomings....
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