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Nigeria's National Bureau of Statistics is to release the country's new rebased consumer price index and gross domestic product reports. 

Will Nigeria's rebased GDP reflect real growth?

Emmanuel Odiaka, the CEO of Ecob Capital believes the rebasing of Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product and updating the Consumer Price Index will reshape investors perception and economic policies. 

How investors perceive Nigeria's rebased GDP, CPI

Sewu-Steve Tawia, Founder & CEO of Asime Partners, says alternative financing is essential for Africa’s infrastructure development. 

Tawia: Africa needs alternative financing for infrastructure growth

Nigeria’s real estate sector contributed 5.2 per cent to GDP in 2024 and Nigeria's Minister of housing is projecting that the size of the market could reach $2.25 trillion dollars by the end of the year. 

Nigeria targets $2.25trn real estate market this year 

Analysts at EDC Securities expect inflation to moderate slightly this year and the Central Bank expected to maintain a cautious stance leaving interest rates at highly attractive levels to attract dollar inflows. 

EDC: CBN likely to leave interest rate elevated to attract dollar inflows

DeepSeek claims its R1 outperforms OpenAI’s latest model despite costing a fraction of the price the U.S. AI lab charges for its large language models. 

AI Wars: What’s Africa’s fate beyond U.S.-China row?

Nigeria aims to attract $15 billion in private investments to help bridge a $23 billion funding gap in the power sector. 

How can Nigeria secure $15bn investment to revive power sector?

Joining CNBC Africa to break it all down is Samuel Aladegbaye, Investment Research Analyst at Zedcrest Wealth.

Zedcrest projects $11bn market size for Nigeria's telecoms sector by 2029 

Data from Central Bank of Nigeria allocated $1.87 billion for food imports in the first nine months of 2024 representing a 14 per cent rise. 

How can Nigeria cut its food import bill near-term?

Nigeria’s first bond auction for 2025 witnessed significant demand from local investors as the government raised over 600 billion naira as investors priced bonds at higher rates across the 5-year, 7-year and 10-year maturities.

Nigeria raises ₦606bn in bond auction

The Federal Open Market Committee is set to announce its next interest rate decision on Wednesday, amid demands by US President Donald Trump for a rate cut.  

Will global rate cut improve capital flows to Africa?

Analysts say a raft of executive orders, and policies from President Trump, may kickstart a sea of change in the cryptocurrency market and could turbocharge crypto prices. Chuta Chimezie, the Founder and Coordinator of Blockchain Nigeria User Group, 

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