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Nigeria poised for boom time in corporate bonds

By Tom Burgis in Lagos

Published: October 22 2009 17:26 | Last updated: October 22 2009 17:26

A race for capital from some of Nigeria’s biggest banks and businesses looks set to create a buoyant local corporate bond market with issues worth more than $10bn scheduled over the coming months.

Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa’s second-largest economy after South Africa, is at the forefront of a continent-wide trend that includes recent issues by companies in Kenya and Egypt.

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