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He noted that Nigeria recorded $1.44 trillion inflow of FDI in 2015 as against $1.028tr reported in 2020. “It is a far cry compared to countries like Ghana whose receipts are two times what Nigeria realised and Egypt, which is seven times what we received. FDI is an important source of capital funding for a country like Nigeria. Nigeria needs to come out with appropriate policies that will attract FDI especially on foreign exchange,” he said. He noted that for a less stable economy like Nigeria’s, assessment of social conflicts by potential investors will be a key consideration. “On r...

Dalia Ghanem Dalia Ghanem is a resident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where her work examines political and extremist violence, radicalization, Islamism, and jihadism with an emphasis on Algeria. She also focuses on the participation of women in jihadist groups. Ghanem has been a guest speaker on these issues in various conferences and a regular commentator in different Arab and international print and audio-visual media. Ghanem was previously an El-Erian fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center. Prior to joining Carnegie in 2013, she was a teaching associate at Willi...