27/02/2026
Nigeria has secured its first major investment from European partners for its national fibre-optic rollout, Project BRIDGE, a key financing for the country’s plan to expand high-speed connectivity across all 774 local government areas.
The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, said the Board of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a $100 million investment in Project BRIDGE.
The fresh backing sends a strong signal that major development partners consider Nigeria’s fibre expansion commercially viable and strategically important.
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