Asian Firms Step Up as Multinationals Sour on Nigeria

The central business district in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. 

Photographer: Benson Ibeabuchi/Bloomberg

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Surging inflation, a volatile and depreciating currency, rampant insecurity and electricity shortages are driving US and European multinationals out of Nigeria.