Nigeria attracted foreign investment worth over $5.85 billion in the first quarter of 2020.
This is part of the information contained in Nigeria’s Q1 2020 Capital Importation report by the National Bureau of Statistics, as seen by Nairametrics.
The fund came through Standard Chartered Plc, Stanbic IBTC, Citi Bank, Access Bank, Ecobank Nigeria, GTBank, First Bank, and 20 other banks in the country.
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The details
The Nigerian Capital Importation report disclosed that Citi Bank and the local unit of Rand Merchant Bank joined Standard Chartered Bank and Stanbic IBTC Bank to become the financial institutions through which the funds came into the most populous African nation.
More details in the NBS report also showed that out of the 27 banks that foreign investors used to deploy foreign capital into the country, the most investment came through Standard Chartered Bank. The sum of $1.656 billion worth of investment came in through the bank in the first quarter of this year, compared to $1.076 billion during the comparable quarter in 2019.
Stanbic IBTC followed with $1.37 billion worth of foreign investment, while Citi Bank Nigeria occupied the third position having recorded $688.44 million inflows as against $770 million recorded in Q1 2019.
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Meanwhile, First Bank got $677.61 million, Rand Merchant Bank got $611.68, Access Bank got $257.31 million, GTBank, $91.46 million, UBA Plc $79.60 million, and Union Bank of Nigeria had $43.30 million.
In terms of capital importation by country of origin, the report also revealed the top 10 highest and lowest countries that invested in Nigeria.
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Top ten countries of origin for FDI
- United Kingdom – $2.91 billion
- Republic of South Africa- $692.6 million
- UAE – $532.89 million
- Netherlands – $441.79 million
- United States – $389.1 million
- Mauritius – $224.78 million
- Singapore – $130.86million
- France – $86.33 million
- Congo – $75 million
- Belgium – $70.72 million
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Top 10 lowestÂ
- Philippines – $0.01 million
- Portugal- $0.05 million
- Spain – $0.05 million
- Anguila – $0.1 million
- Kuwait – $0.13 million
- Canada – $0.14 million
- Australia – $0.15 million
- Mexico- $0.2 million
- Latvia – $0.28 million
- India – $0.42 million
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The total value of capital importation into Nigeria stood around $5.85 billion 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 through portfolio investment, which accounted for 73.61% ($4,309.47m) of total capital importation. This is followed by Other Investment, which accounted for 22.73% ($1,330.65m) of total capital, and then Foreign Direct Investment FDI, which accounted for 3.66% ($214.25million) of total capital imported in Q1 2020.
Just a token from me. These banks did not attract these funds. it actually passed throw them. By attraction, you mean an investment that much came into those companies. Mind you you classified the whole capital importation as FDI, this is also a misrepresentation. Total Capital Inflow comprises of FDI-Foreign Direct Investment and FPI-Foreign Portfolio Investment alongside Other Investment. Please take note in future publications