Foreign investors welcomed Nigeria’s recent macroeconomic reforms but flagged persistent concerns about oil price volatility, capital repatriation risks, and high transaction costs during a private investor forum hosted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on April 17, 2025.
The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) recorded a total transaction value of N502.73 billion (approximately $300.05 million) for domestic and foreign portfolio investments in October 2024.
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Foreign investors are set to receive approximately 60% of the shares on offer in Saudi Aramco’s recent $11.2 billion stock sale.
Local investors must first show confidence in founders before attracting foreign investors- Kyari Bukur.
Total foreign capital into Nigeria declined by 27% from $5.33 billion in 2022 to $3.91 billion in 2023, according to the latest capital importation report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
Sen. Atiku Bagudu has stated that Nigeria is a savior for foreign investors to operate their businesses and seamlessly repatriate their profits.
Foreign investors sold $12 billion worth of Chinese stocks in August as piecemeal support measures from Beijing failed.
Nigeria is not getting enough oil dollars, because of the recent backlog, adding that interest rates are low, as investors will not come here for 6-7%, not worth the risk.
Foreign inflow and outflow increased within the months of July and August 2020.
After the output cut by OPEC+ helped to reduce the supply glut, crude oil prices rebounded to the highest level at over $42 per barrel
Naira weakened today at the black market as dollar trading at N454 to $1 as demand increased from foreign investors and businesses with dollar payment
