Nationwide Investment Announcements, Q1 2020 Report

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Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) reports that US$4.81billion were tracked as investment announcements for Q1 2020, representing about 62% less than the value in the corresponding period in 2019 (US$12.7billion. The drop in value is related to the global health epidemic that has affected global economic activities.

The Commission released NIPC Intelligence Newsletter 6 days a week, and through this publication, it tracked a total of 19 projects across 14 states plus Federal Capital Territory.

Kaduna State received the largest share of the investment announced with US$2.61billion to be invested in transportation, mining and quarrying, and manufacturing. US$56million worth of investment was announced to be in Nasarawa State, this investment is in the agriculture sector.

Lagos State, 5 investments announced with a total worth of US$29million. These investments are in manufacturing, information and communication, and electricity. The Report showed that destination of 8 investments was unknown, representing about 44% of the investments tracked during this period.

On a sector basis, the top 4 destinations were transportation (42%), information and communication (33%), mining and quarrying (21%) and agriculture (4%). The United States of America was the most active source of investments during the period with 42% of the announcements. South Africa accounted for 33%, domestic investors accounted for 16% and the United Kingdom announced 8% of the investments tracked.

NIPC’s Intelligence Newsletter publishes Nigerian investment-related news culled, from various sources. The Report is based only on investment announcements cited in NIPC’s Newsletters from January to March 2020; it may not contain exhaustive information on all investment announcements in Nigeria during the period.

Nevertheless, the Report gives a sense of investors’ interest in the Nigerian economy. NIPC did not independently verify the authenticity of the investment announcements but is working on tracking the announcements as they progress to actual investments.

– NIPC Intelligence