List of companies of Nigeria explained

Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. As of 2015 Nigeria has the world's 20th largest economy, worth more than $500 billion and $1 trillion in terms of nominal GDP and purchasing power parity respectively. It overtook South Africa to become Africa's largest economy in 2014.[1] [2] The 2013 debt-to-GDP ratio was 11 percent.[3] Nigeria is considered to be an emerging market by the World Bank;[4] it has been identified as a regional power on the African continent,[5] [6] [7] a middle power in international affairs,[8] [9] [10] [11] and has also been identified as an emerging global power.[12] [13] [14] Nigeria is a member of the MINT group of countries, which are widely seen as the globe's next "BRIC-like" economies. It is also listed among the "Next Eleven" economies set to become among the biggest in the world. Nigeria is a founding member of the African Union and a member of many other international organizations, including the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations and OPEC.

For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations, see "Business entities in Nigeria".

Notable firms

This list includes notable companies with primary headquarters located in the country. The industry and sector follow the Industry Classification Benchmark taxonomy. Organizations which have ceased operations are included and noted as defunct. Most of these companies (defunct or thriving) had or have their head offices in Lagos State of Nigeria. Lagos is unofficially recognized as the Commercial Capital of Nigeria.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nigeria becomes Africa's largest economy. Al Jazeera. 6 April 2014. 5 April 2014.
  2. News: Nigerian Economy Overtakes South Africa's on Rebased GDP. Bloomberg.com. 7 April 2014. 20 April 2014.
  3. News: UPDATE 2-Nigeria surpasses South Africa as continent's biggest economy . Reuters . 6 April 2014 . 26 April 2014.
  4. Web site: Nigeria Data . World Bank . 28 November 2013.
  5. Web site: Nigeria is poised to become Africa's most powerful nation. TradeMark Southern Africa. 2013. 28 November 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012707/http://www.trademarksa.org/news/nigeria-poised-become-africa-s-most-powerful-nation. 3 December 2013.
  6. Web site: Nigeria . 25 August 2013 . West Africa Gateway . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203055729/http://www.westafricagateway.org/west-africa/country-profiles/nigeria . 3 December 2013.
  7. Web site: W.O. . Alli. The Role of Nigeria in Regional Security Policy. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 28 November 2013.
  8. Cooper, Andrew F., Agata Antkiewicz and Timothy M. Shaw, "Lessons from/for BRICSAM about South-North Relations at the Start of the 21st Century: Economic Size Trumps All Else?", International Studies Review, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Winter 2007), pp. 675, 687.
  9. Myftyler, Meltem, and Myberra Yyksel, "Turkey: A Middle Power in the New Order", in Niche Diplomacy: Middle Powers After the Cold War, edited by Andrew F. Cooper (London: Macmillan, 1997).
  10. Mace, Gordon, Louis Bélanger (1999) The Americas in Transition: The Contours of Regionalism, Lynne Rienner Publishers (p. 153).
  11. Hussein Solomon (May 1997), "South African Foreign Policy and Middle Power Leadership", ISS
  12. Web site: Nigeria, an Emerging African Power . BET . Hortense M.. Barber. 20 July 2011 . 27 April 2015.
  13. MINT Countries: Nigeria Now Listed Among Emerging World Economic Powers! . The Street Journal . 7 January 2014 . 27 April 2015.
  14. Web site: The Mint countries: Next economic giants? . BBC . 6 January 2014 . 27 April 2015.

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