Richard Fuller – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2014-04-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to establish an early stage co-investment fund in Nigeria.

Lynne Featherstone

DFID supports a number of initiatives that help private sector development in Nigeria. These include work alongside CDC to fund investment opportunities in Northern Nigeria; technical assistance to increase lending by Nigerian banks to Small and Medium Enterprises, through the International Finance Corporation (IFC); and start up grants for Nigerian firms through the Business Innovation Facility.