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Nigeria GDP (Q2)

The pick-up in Nigeria’s headline GDP growth to 5.0% y/y in Q2 was largely reflective of favourable base effects created by the sharp downturn a year ago. It appears that the underlying pace of growth actually slowed in Q2 and we think that the recovery will continue to disappoint over the next few years.

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