RMB Africa Focus: Nigeria's economic comeback story
Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa · 4 June 2026 · 6m
Speaker 1: This is breakfast with Bongani being on seven oh two. Speaker 2: Let's walk this talk to call it after eight and R and B Africa Focus Speaker 2: is now brought to you by R and B, a leading African corporate and investment Speaker 2: bank, and today our focus is on Nigeria's economic resurgence and what that could mean Speaker 2: for growth and investment across the continent. The R and B Africa Focus, of course, Speaker 2: now in its fifth season, exploring Africa's economic resilience and strategic role when it comes Speaker 2: to the global economy. We've looked at different themes throughout this season and today we Speaker 2: are focusing, as I say, on Nigeria. Long regarded as Africa's sleeping giant, are the Speaker 2: lights coming back on after years of economic struggle. It's certainly one of the most Speaker 2: influential economies and the largest on the continent, but has faced several challenges including all Speaker 2: kinds of issues, rampant inflation, currency pressure on the Nira. But is the mood shifting. Speaker 2: Crystal Orderson joins us now to explain. Crystal, a very good morning to you or Speaker 2: as a pleasure to chat. You've done a deep dive on Nigeria. It's moved on Speaker 2: from the twenty twenty recession. Four percent growth in twenty twenty five. Certainly if you're Speaker 2: sitting in South Africa, that's enviable. Speaker 1: Suddy, Good morning, Boghani, and I think if Nigeria sneezes, we actually all catch a Speaker 1: cold, and especially in West Africa. So to see that the sleeping giant is finally Speaker 1: waking up and really fulfilling the real potential that our the speak economy has has Speaker 1: been very interesting and speaking two…
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