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Nigeria: banking sector making progress but challenges remain

Almost five years after a domestic banking crisis, there are encouraging signs that Nigeria’s financial sector is slowly returning to health. But while there are reasons to be optimistic, some key challenges still remain, most notably diversifying banks’ loan books and making further improvements to regulation.

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