Nigeria

Three Platforms Licensed. One Left Standing.

In January 2025, Côte d'Ivoire licensed Uber, Yango and Heetch. Twenty-one months later, two have gone. What Abidjan's ride-hailing market teaches anyone arriving with an imported model, and why a market with one head is good news for nobody.

The Year Nigeria Was the Lender

In December 1974 the World Bank borrowed $240 million from Nigeria, at 8%. Fifty-two years on, Nigeria owes that same Bank $19.1 billion, and one private refinery is worth two-fifths of its stock market. Both ends of the ledger, with nothing airbrushed.

Dangote ne signe pas des contrats. Il devient l’infrastructure.

~46 milliards de dollars d'investissements 2026–2028 : raffinerie kényane, engrais éthiopiens, potasse en RDC, cuivre en Zambie, IPO panafricaine. Ce n'est pas une frénésie de contrats — c'est une stratégie d'import-substitution à l'échelle du continent. Ce que cela signifie pour votre marché. Lecture terrain, depuis Abidjan.