The construction materials segment in Nigeria has expanded dramatically in recent years, primarily as a result of local manufacturers ramping up production in an effort to supply rising construction demand. Large investments have flowed into the cement, steel, aluminium, paint and equipment industries, among other segments. Despite steadily...
As the single most populous nation in Africa, Nigeria recently overtook South Africa as the largest economy on the continent. Natural resources, oil and gas in particular, comprise the country’s single largest revenue-earner but the 170m person economy also has seen significant activity in recent years into the industrial, financial, telecoms and – as of 2013 – power sectors.
Considerable oil and gas revenues have provided the Algerian government with sufficient funds to embark on generous public spending programmes in nearly all sectors, leading to improvements in many of the country’s headline indicators.
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