Intelligence

Project finance transactions are, by their nature, capital-intensive and typically funded through a combination of debt instruments drawn from multiple sources: senior lenders, mezzanine financiers, subordinated creditors, and increasingly, development finance institutions.

Nigeria's fintech ecosystem continues to attract significant local and foreign investment, but navigating its complex and overlapping regulatory framework remains critical to deal certainty, change of control and exit planning.

Warranty and Indemnity insurance is transforming M&A transactions globally, yet its adoption in Nigeria faces significant barriers. This analysis explores the practical challenges of implementing...

The Nigerian Exchange Group has unveiled plans to allow Nigerian companies with significant foreign exchange revenue and free trade zone enterprises to issue and list bonds and stocks denominated in US Dollars. This initiative aims to provide an avenue to meet the foreign exchange needs of such companies while enhancing investment opportunities in Nigerian capital markets.

Nigeria's Central Bank has launched a new regulatory sandbox track specifically for virtual assets, marking a significant shift in the country's approach to cryptocurrency oversight.

The Central Bank of Nigeria has launched Cohort 2.0 of its Regulatory Sandbox Programme, introducing two specialized tracks for testing innovative financial solutions. The VASP Track focuses on virtual assets and stablecoins, while the Non-VASP Track covers data-enabled financial services including Open Banking and payment initiation. Applications are open from August 12-31, 2026, offering eligible innovators a controlled environment to test their products under CBN supervision.