Tag: IFC

IFC to Launch $1 Billion Local-Currency Bond to Support Nigeria’s Capital Markets

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is working with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Nigeria to launch the first long-term, local-currency bond program in the country. The program will allow IFC to issue a series of local-currency bonds totaling up to $1 billion, to deepen domestic capital […]

IFC to issue up to $1 billion in Nigerian naira bonds

The International Finance Corporation will launch a $1 billion local currency bond programme in Nigeria that will allow it to issue debt regularly to fund infrastructure and other development projects, it said on Wednesday. The IFC, the World Bank’s private sector arm, said the programme would help deepen domestic capital […]