By James Douglass, Greg Stonefield, Barri Mendelsohn and Francis Iyayi. King & Wood Mallesons’ London office.
For the next five years, Nigeria is reported to require US$166 billion to provide energy and infrastructure for its growing population. Demand for energy and infrastructure in Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, is ever increasing as its population grows. Consequently, so has the demand for viable financing solutions to support investment in such infrastructure projects, which according to the African Development Bank has an infrastructure deficit of US$300 billion. In fact, overall infrastructure spending (and in turn demand for financing) in Nigeria is expected to grow from US$23 billion in 2013 to US$77 billion in 2025.
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