Nigeria is taking a significant step towards realizing its climate ambitions with the launch of the Nigeria Sustainable Finance Intensive (NgSFI) 2026.
The initiative aims to bridge the gap between capital availability and deployment, focusing on standardized deal structures, credible pipelines, and regulatory clarity.
The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Climate Finance & Stakeholder Engagement (OSSAP-CFSE) is driving this effort, emphasizing the need for execution architecture to convert Nigeria’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) commitments and policy frameworks into bankable projects and investable structures.
NgSFI 2026 will focus on three critical market shifts: translating policies into projects, prioritizing deal-flow over rhetoric, and creating investable structures. The event is expected to bring together policymakers, financiers, project developers, and technical experts to solve executable pathways and move from ambitious targets to aggregate deal-flow.
The OSSAP-CFSE is working to de-risk climate investments through guarantees, policy certainty, and strategic co-investment, and build institutional capacity to originate, structure, and close climate finance transactions at scale.
Nigeria’s approach is seen as a model for other countries facing similar challenges, prioritizing execution and collaboration to mobilize capital for climate action.
Source: www.climatewatchonline.com
