Even amid the macroeconomic uncertainty of 2015 and the first half of 2016, the performance of Nigeria’s telecoms sector was marked by steady subscriber growth, a renewed regulatory mandate and continued infrastructure development. By July 2016 the country was home to 150.3m active telecoms subscribers, according to the federal telecoms regulator. This user base represents 81.7% of the total...
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Chapter | Telecoms & IT from The Report: Nigeria 2016
Chapter | Media & Entertainment from The Report: Nigeria 2016
The Nigerian media industry is in the midst of what many local players consider to be a sea change. The rising popularity of ICT across the nation over the past decade and a half has had a major impact on the way Nigerians access media on a daily basis. This has created a range of challenges for print and broadcast media entities. The print industry, for instance, faces high levels of...
Chapter | Table of Contents from The Report: Nigeria 2016
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Godwin Emefiele, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN): Interview from The Report: Nigeria 2016
What can the CBN do to help encourage private sector lending and financial intermediation?
Articles & Analysis | Lending to the Nigerian private sector increases from The Report: Nigeria 2016
Against the backdrop of a slowing economy and low oil prices, the Nigerian banking sector – filled with heavyweight regional players and the largest sector on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) – has sought to play an increasingly important intermediary role, facilitating efforts to diversify the economy through increased private sector credit...
Articles & Analysis | Opportunities for expanding reach of credit bureaus in Nigeria from The Report: Nigeria 2016
A domestic margin lending crisis in 2008 and 2009 led to a significant shake-up of Nigeria’s banking sector. In the wake of the period, banking executives were charged with mismanagement, lenders were nationalised and the industry as a whole was in need of support. This was evident in a myriad of ways, but one of the most visible was the...