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George Etomi, the Founder of George Etomi and Partners, joins CNBC Africa to discuss these stories.

Nigeria eyes $122bn investment to diversify energy sources

Austin Tam-George, a Former Senior Executive Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government says the real estate, renewable energy and tourism sectors remain vibrant for investors looking to diversify their portfolios in unsaturated markets. 

What can Nigeria's Rivers State offer investors? 

Ratings agency, GCR Ratings says it expects ongoing reforms in Nigeria to begin to yield mildly positive outcomes in 2025 with lowering inflationary pressures, more stable foreign exchange rates and slightly higher GDP growth. 

GCR: Nigeria reforms to yield mildly positive outcomes in 2025 

Grain commodities such as maize, soybean, paddy rice, and sorghum are expected to stabilize, although prices will likely remain higher than last year. 

AFEX: Prices of grain commodities likely to remain elevated in 2025

Reactions continue to trail Dangote Refinery’s slash in ex-depot price of petrol by 65 naira to 825 per litre, effective today, the 27th of February. 

How Dangote Refinery petrol loading price slash impacts dynamics

The CEO of Open Access Data Centres, Ayotunde Coker believes that the outlook for data centre build in Lagos is strong and is emerging as the next key mega hub outside of South Africa. 

Coker: Outlook for data centre build in Lagos is strong 

Endeavor Catalyst notes the rapid growth in AI-powered startups and fintech solutions, including digital banking, payments and blockchain adoption are among key investment trends shaping Venture Capital and Africa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. 

Endeavor: AI & fintech innovation key trends shaping VC & Africa’s startup ecosystem

Nigeria’s gas sector is gaining momentum. That's the stance of Paul Eardley-Talor the gas sector lead at standard bank who believes that natural gas is not just a transition fuel but a key destination fuel for Nigeria’s energy future. 

Taylor: Nigeria can learn from India’s gas infrastructure expansion

Crop production, trade and telecommunication and information services emerged the top 3 contributors to Nigeria’s real GDP in the fourth quarter of this year. 

Will crop production remain top contributor to Nigeria’s GDP?

Kenneth Erikume, Partner and Director; Tax Reporting and Strategy at PwC Nigeria and Theo Emuwa, Partner at Aelex join CNBC Africa to unpack the reform bill, likely outcome of the public hearing and recommendations needed to achieve targets set. 

How will tax reform bill shape Nigeria’s economy?

Data from the National Pension Commission shows Nigeria’s pension industry recorded a 22.7 per cent growth driving total pension assets to a new high of 22.5 trillion naira in 2024. 

Will Nigeria’s pension industry sustain growth drive?

Mansa has closed its 10-million-dollar funding round as it seeks to address liquidity challenges facing global payment companies in cross-border payments. Mouloukou Sanoh, CEO and Co-Founder of MANSA, joins CNBC Africa for this discussion.


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