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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Nigeria’s Stock Exchange Lists Itself

Although the shares are still closely held by erstwhile members, there is a strong appetite from nonmember retail investors and institutional investors to own shares in the exchange.

News

Nigeria: Shell Divests JV Licenses

Dated extraction technologies and poor maintenance are only partially to blame forRoyal Dutch Shell's decision.

Country Report

Nigeria: A Bridge To Infrastructure

Nigeria needs major upgrades but its risk profile scares investors.A blended approach could leverage public funds to spur private support.

Country Report

Nigeria’s Double Bind

Nigeria faces leadership, institutional and security challenges to building a sustainable economy. But first, it must break out of its second recession in four years.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

US Payments Giant Stripe Acquires Nigerian Fintech Paystack

Stripe's acquisition is part of a wider trend of African fintech startups defyingthe odds during the global pandemic to bag multimillion-dollar M&A deals.

Features

Nigeria’s Exchange-Rate Crisis

Will a brutal decline in the Naira force the country to finally end its multiple-exchange-rate system?

Features

Orange Prepares Africa Expansion

French telco giant consolidates its African holdings to prepare the way for further expansion.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Nigerian Central Bank Prods Lenders To Boost Economy

Nigeria's central bank is trying to get the private sector moving.

News

Nigerian Oil Tycoon Swims Upstream And Down

Big moves in Nigeria's oil industry.

Features

Nigerian Election May Lead To Privatization And Devolution

Poverty in Nigeria is growing and two presidential candidates have vastly different approaches to tackling the country's problems.

Features

Nigerian Merger Will Create Africa’s Biggest Bank

Nigerian bank merger will create an entity serving 29 million customers across three continents.

News

Nigeria Mobile Banking: The Field Widens

Telecoms are moving into banking in Nigeria.