CorporateA�airs

Commission

TAX NATIONAL BANK

ATM

NATIONALGRID

BigBusiness

More than 90 percent of businesses in Nigeria are SMEs. Their productivity will shape the country'slong-term growth, economic diversi�cation and prosperity. What obstacles are they facing?

COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

82%

TAXING BUSINESSTAXING BUSINESS

hours annually are taken in �ling taxes in Lagos

compared to the Africa average of 310956

LIMITED ACCESSTO FINANCE

2% of the adult populationreceived loans from a

�nancial institution in the past year

POOR POWERSUPPLY

50% of the country’s totalpopulation does not

have access to national grid electricity

of mobile users access the internet daily, but

network quality needs to be improved - especially in rural regions

Sources: Economist Intelligence Unit, World Bank, IMF, Ericsson, KPMG

Commissioned by:

NIGERIAN SMEsFEELING EVERY BUMP