Nigeria to spend $6.1m on advisers as $2bn fibre plan moves ahead

March 24, 2026

Nigeria secures $100m EBRD funding to expand nationwide fibre network

Bosun Tijani, the Minister of Communication, Innovation, and Digital Economy

Nigeria will spend about $6.1 million on consulting firms and individual advisers to support the rollout of its national fibre expansion project, according to a World Bank procurement report released on March 17, 2026. The contracts are part of the Building Resilient Digital Infrastructure for Gr

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Royal Ibeh

Royal Ibeh is a senior journalist with years of experience reporting on Nigeria’s technology and health sectors. She currently covers the Technology and Health beats for BusinessDay newspaper, where she writes in-depth stories on digital innovation, telecom infrastructure, healthcare systems, and public health policies.