Eight years after securing $18bn in debt relief from the Paris Club and multilateral creditors, Nigeria has firmly repositioned itself on international debt markets. Having staged its second eurobond auction in as many years in 2013, with plans to return regularly to the dollar-denominated offshore bond markets, Nigeria is rebalancing its debt profile by paying down part...
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Articles & Analysis | Nigeria reworks its debt profile in the years since 2006 relief from The Report: Nigeria 2015
Articles & Analysis | Nigeria tries to transform its challenging demographics from a liability into an asset from The Report: Nigeria 2015
A central conundrum of Nigeria’s past decade of 7% average annual GDP growth has been the consistent rise in unemployment, poverty and inequality of distribution of wealth. Although the conclusions of the rebasing exercise, unveiled in April 2014, lifted per-capita income from $1555 to $2689, this new accounting will no doubt sound hollow to the more than 60% of...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Yemi Kale, Statistician General, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS): Interview from The Report: Nigeria 2015
Where did the most extensive changes in GDP contributors occur following the rebasing exercise?
Interviews & Viewpoints | Saratu Umar, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC): Interview from The Report: Nigeria 2015
In what ways have inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) changed over the past five years?
Articles & Analysis | Nigeria's banking sector looking ever healthier after recovering from the last crisis from The Report: Nigeria 2015
Nigeria’s banks have been through some challenging times in recent years, but for all their travails, they have turned in an impressive performance and continue to present a compelling narrative to foreign investors. However, the challenging times are not over just yet. West Africa’s largest banking sector – accounting for 74% of regional banking assets and now fully...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive, Dangote Industries: Interview from The Report: Nigeria 2015
What impact do you expect power privatisation to have on the broader gas-to-power value chain?