By: Nana
Appiah Acquaye
The Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN), led by Governor Olayemi Cardoso, and ICBC Standard Bank have co-hosted
an investment opportunities session in Beijing to strengthen economic
cooperation between Nigeria and China and support long-term investment.
The session, titled
‘Nigeria’s Economic and Investment Opportunities Sharing Session’, was held on
October 22, 2026, under the theme ‘Deepening Cooperation for a Shared Future’.
It brought together Chinese financial institutions, development finance institutions,
investment funds and companies active in Nigeria.
The programme featured a
presentation titled Nigeria Rising: Reformed, Resilient, Ready to Scale,
which outlined Nigeria’s reform agenda, macroeconomic progress and investment
opportunities.
A panel discussion followed,
featuring perspectives from the CBN, Standard Bank Group, Flutterwave, Huawei’s
Central Bank Business Unit and the China-Africa Fund for Industrial
Cooperation.
Discussions focused on
policy continuity and investor confidence, cross-border payments and
local-currency settlement, and the role of financial innovation in supporting
trade and investment.
The presentation and panel
connected Nigeria’s reform progress with the practical considerations of
investors, financial institutions and businesses operating across both markets.
The Beijing session came a
day after the CBN’s roundtable on the Nigeria–China financial corridor,
broadening the programme’s focus from the practical challenges of trade and
payments to wider investment opportunities.
The events form part of the
CBN’s coordinated engagements across Asia, alongside its activities in
Singapore and at the IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok, aimed at
deepening financial relationships, strengthening market connectivity and
supporting investment in Nigeria.
