Fri Feb 5, 2016/Reuters Oil producer Nigeria wants to tap financing at “concessionary rates” as low as 1.5 percent from international agencies to fund infrastructure projects before returning to the eurobond market, its finance minister said on Friday. Tumbling oil prices have hit Nigeria’s finances hard, and yields on the […]
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Nigeria Approaches African Development Bank for $1 Billion Budget Support Loan
By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria has approached the African Development Bank (AFDB) for Budget Support Loan of $1 billion, the Africa lender said on Tuesday. “During the High-Level Mission conducted by the Bank to Nigeria last week to strengthen the policy dialogue on how best the Bank can provide […]
Nigeria, Angola seek World Bank help as oil revenues slide
Tue Feb 2, 2016/Reuters By Alexis Akwagyiram and Herculano Coroado Nigeria and Angola, Africa’s two biggest oil producers, are both in talks with the World Bank about support to help cope with low crude prices, weakening currencies and strained public finances. Nigeria has held exploratory talks with the World Bank […]
