The strongest selling points of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) are the reforms and new products it is putting in place, together with the sizeable pools of funds available domestically for investment – a point often missed on cursory examination. However, the state of the economy today is not positive for the exchange. We could cite, inter...
What are the advantages to investing in Nigeria, and what can be done to facilitiate deeper ties between Singapore and African countries?
Nigerians have created a large and diversified economy that has grown by about 7% a year over the last decade. This has been a remarkable achievement and a testament to Nigeria’s immense potential. The outlook, however, has weakened. Growth in 2015 was 2.7% – its slowest pace since 1999 – and only a modest recovery is expected in 2016. For a...
This administration’s policy of “change” is to build a new Nigeria, which must reflect in the way we do things either as individuals or institutions. It is a change geared towards striving to be prudent in the way we manage our time, financial and material resources to ensure that we secure our country, rebuild our economy and make Nigeria...
What can the CBN do to help encourage private sector lending and financial intermediation?
The Nigerian power sector has undergone several significant changes in the past decade. In 2010 the Nigerian president at the time presented a roadmap for the sector. In developing the roadmap, the country’s federal government built on the foundation laid down in 2001-02 through the adoption of the National Electric Power Policy, and with the...
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