Foreign direct investment (FDI) wey enter Nigeria rise to about $4 billion last year, according to UNCTAD World Investment Report 2026.
Di report talk say, "Money wey enter Nigeria rise to about $4 billion, mostly because of oil and gas related IPF deals, including one big project wey value about $2 billion."
Di report show say Nigeria get $1.6 billion inflow for 2024, before e rise to about $4 billion (exactly $4.005 billion) for 2025 — wey reverse di downward trend wey don make inflow drop as low as $895 million for 2022.
Di figures put Nigeria among some West and East African economies wey no follow di general slowdown wey happen for di continent.
According to di report, Nigeria outward investment still rise, from $408 million for 2024 to $1.19 billion for 2025, while di total FDI wey don enter Nigeria reach almost $93 billion by di end of di year.
"For Nigeria, di deals include Shell sale of dia onshore oil assets to Nigerian consortium Renaissance Africa Energy and di acquisition of Lafarge Africa by Huaxin Cement from China, wey show say wave of asset localization dey happen for oil sector and Asian countries still dey interested for Nigerian industrial assets."
For di Greenfield side, Dangote Group come out as outward investor on dia own, backing $3 billion chemicals project for neighboring Ethiopia — one of di 10 biggest Greenfield projects wey dem announce across Africa for 2025.
Policy changes still feature well-well for di report as dem talk about di investment climate. Dem note say di government introduce plenty fiscal reforms during di year, including one new minimum tax regime wey follow international standards.
