According to the NBS, capital importation data is obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria and factors in imported physical capital, such as equipment, and financial capital importation.
Total capital importation for Q1 was $1.57bn, down from $1.91bn in the corresponding quarter of 2021. In their Q1 releases for 2022, MTN Nigeria and Airtel Africa MTN Nigeria Communications Plc and Airtel Africa revealed that they invested a combined N208.56bn in expanding network capabilities and other capital expenditures.
“We are also frontloading some of our capex plan for the year as part of risk mitigation on supply chain disruption. Core capex, excluding the right of use assets, increased by 156.8 per cent, with capex intensity of 17.2 per cent remaining within target levels. We deployed 2,260 4G sites, representing approximately 85 per cent of the total sites deployed during the period and reflecting solid data revenue growth.