The Bank of Industry (BOI) has announced a 2026 financing strategy that will channel 80 per cent of its lending to large enterprises into priority sectors, as the development finance institution intensifies efforts to support Nigeria’s industrial recovery. The strategy identifies power, manufacturing, agribusiness, pharmaceuticals and digital infrastructure among the key areas that will receive increased attention under the bank’s 2026 lending programme. BOI outlined the strategy in its 2025 Annual Development Impact Report, describing 2026 as a “strategic inflection point” in its 2025–2027 transformation agenda. According to the bank, the financing...