Nigeria plans to establish a central investor desk within the Federal Ministry of Finance in 2026, a move the government says will sharpen policy communication, improve transparency and restore confidence among domestic and foreign investors after years of macroeconomic volatility.
The proposed investor desk will serve as a single interface between the government and existing and prospective investors, development finance institutions, credit rating agencies and market analysts, according to a policy statement released by the ministry of finance on Thursday.
Officials say the platform is designed to address one of the most persistent investor complaints about Nigeria — fragmented communication and inconsistent policy signaling.
“To deepen investor confidence, improve transparency, and ensure sustained engagement with domestic and international capital providers, the Federal Government will establish a central investor desk housed within the Federal Ministry of Finance,” said Doris Uzoka-Anite, Nigeria’s minister of state for finance.
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The desk will focus on “consistent communication, timely disclosure and proactive engagement” around macroeconomic policy, reform progress and investment execution, she said.
The initiative forms part of a broader 2026 economic agenda that seeks to move Africa’s most populous economy from a phase of stabilisation into one of expansion, following two years of far-reaching but disruptive reforms under President Bola Tinubu.
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Those reforms — including exchange-rate unification, energy market restructuring and fiscal tightening — helped correct long-standing distortions but also weighed on growth and investor sentiment in the short term.
With inflation now cooling and growth gradually picking up, the government is seeking to reassure capital providers that policy risks are falling and execution discipline is improving.
Officials say the investor desk will play a coordinating role in rebuilding trust by ensuring that investors receive clear, timely and credible information on Nigeria’s economic direction.
The platform will also work closely with the Disinflation and Growth Acceleration Strategy, or DGAS, a joint framework being implemented with the Central Bank of Nigeria and other agencies to align fiscal and monetary policy.
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Authorities plan to operationalise DGAS and launch a new development finance strategy in the first quarter of 2026, steps they say will provide greater clarity on how reforms translate into bankable projects.
Beyond communication, the investor desk is expected to support deal flow. Engagements coordinated through the platform will focus on building investment pipelines, deploying blended finance solutions and accelerating the execution of projects across priority sectors, including energy, agribusiness, manufacturing, housing, healthcare, digital services and solid minerals.
Nigeria is betting that clearer pathways from policy to projects will help unlock long-term capital at a time when competition for global investment is intensifying. Officials estimate the country will need about N246 trillion in long-tenor financing through 2036 to meet its growth ambitions, including a goal of lifting gross domestic product to $1 trillion within a decade.
To support that effort, the government plans to deepen local capital markets, expand the role of pension funds and insurance firms in infrastructure financing, and strengthen development finance institutions such as the Bank of Industry and the Nigerian Export-Import Bank.
Those lenders are expected to anchor risk-sharing structures that crowd in private capital, particularly in sectors where market failures persist.
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Fiscal transparency and cash management reforms are also central to the confidence-building push. New tax laws that took effect on January 1, alongside a federal revenue optimisation platform, are intended to improve compliance, boost non-oil revenues and give investors clearer visibility into public finances.
The government has also pledged to restructure domestic debt to reduce short-term interest burdens and ease pressure on financial markets.
Uzoka-Anite said the administration understands that credibility will be judged by delivery rather than declarations. By centralizing investor engagement and aligning it with macroeconomic coordination and development finance, the government hopes to convert Nigeria’s scale and reform momentum into sustained capital inflows, job creation and faster growth starting in 2026.