Over the past decade Nigeria has become the largest and one of the most vibrant telecoms markets in Africa, due primarily to rapid growth in the mobile segment. As of July 2013 there were more than 114m telecoms subscriptions in the country, equal to a penetration rate of 82%, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the government...
Rapid population growth, steadily increasing urbanisation and rising incomes – particularly among the middle class – have fuelled steady expansion in Nigeria’s real estate sector over the past decade, and are expected to continue to drive growth in the industry for the foreseeable future. While most segments have seen rising levels of investment in...
Rehabilitating Nigeria’s railways is a key element in the country’s overall vision to turn its transportation infrastructure from an obstacle into an opportunity. Whilst railroad services never completely disappeared in the country, the more than five decades since independence have been mostly characterised by a slow decline in capacity, as...
It is perhaps unsurprising that Nigeria’s transportation problem is most acute in Lagos, the country’s largest city with a population that is estimated to range from anywhere between 10m and 17m people. The transportation challenge is one of the top priorities for the city and for the state of Lagos, which governs an area that includes the city...
Over the past decade Nigeria’s ICT industry has grown to become one of the largest and most dynamic in Africa. According to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which regulates the telecoms sector, at the end of the second quarter of 2012 total mobile internet subscribers topped 30.9m, accounting for the majority of the country’s 48.4m...
Given the expansion plans at both Abidjan and Tema ports in nearby Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the rollout of several new public-private partnership (PPP) facilities offers vital potential to significantly improve operations at Nigeria’s ports. Indeed, the picture in recent years is one of improving infrastructure and port capacity. “Soft...
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