Nigeria Green Bond Programme

The Nigeria Green Bond Programme, running from January 2018 to March 2023, focused on developing Nigeria's green bond market through guidelines, verifier training, and investment pipelines. Key achievements include the issuance of ₦32.83 billion in corporate green bonds and ₦25.69 billion in sovereign green bonds, with support provided to five issuers and 928 capital markets beneficiaries.

• The programme aimed to accelerate the use of green bonds to access domestic and international capital markets for green projects, specifically by establishing a green bond market, creating listing guidelines, training licensed verifiers, and developing an investment pipeline.
• Financial outcomes of the programme include the issuance of corporate green bonds totaling ₦32.83 billion and sovereign green bonds totaling ₦25.69 billion.
• The programme provided support to five sovereign and corporate issuers for verification and impact reporting, trained one licensed verifier, conducted 10 capacity building sessions, and reached 928 capital markets beneficiaries.

APA

FSD Africa (2022). Nigeria Green Bond Programme. https://fsdafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Capital-Markets-Nigeria-Green-Bond-Programme-Reviewed-by-JG.pdf

Chicago

FSD Africa. Nigeria Green Bond Programme. 2022. https://fsdafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Capital-Markets-Nigeria-Green-Bond-Programme-Reviewed-by-JG.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{fsdafrica2022nigeria, author = {{FSD Africa}}, title = {{Nigeria Green Bond Programme}}, institution = {FSD Africa}, year = {2022}, month = oct, url = {https://fsdafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Capital-Markets-Nigeria-Green-Bond-Programme-Reviewed-by-JG.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }