Updates

Nigeria Reports $5,854.38 Million Total Value of Capital Importation in Q1 2020-NBS

May 26, 2020/NBS The total value of capital importation into Nigeria stood at $5,854.38m in the first quarter of 2020. This represents an increase of 53.97% compared to Q4 2019 and -31.19% decrease compared to the first quarter of 2019.  The largest amount of capital importation by type was received […]

An in-depth look at the future of Africa’s energy mix, transition and investment amid COVID-19

May 26, 2020/AEC The webinar will be guided by the question: Is Now the Time for Renewables? Speakers will include: Nelisiwe Magubane, Chairperson of Matleng Energy Solutions; Suzanne Jaworowski, Senior Advisor of Policy & Communications at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy and Massaer Cisse, General Manager […]

Rapid Response: Nigeria’s GDP expands by 1.87% y/y in Q1-20

May 25, 2020/Cordros Report The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) just released Nigeria’s Q1-20 GDP figure, showing that the economy grew slower, with real GDP printing 1.87% y/y (vs. 2.55% y/y in the previous quarter and 2.10% y/y in Q1-2019). The growth outturn outperformed Cordros’ estimate of 0.74% y/y by […]