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  "id": 15672848,
  "title": "Report: Black-owned Businesses Face $131bn Funding Gap in Nigeria",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/report-black-owned-businesses-face-131bn-funding-gap-in-nigeria",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T23:32:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/20/report-black-owned-businesses-face-131bn-funding-gap-in-nigeria/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A new report reveals that Black-owned and led businesses in Nigeria are facing a significant funding gap of $131 billion, the largest among five African countries studied. The combined financing shortage across Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Senegal, and Côte d'Ivoire amounts to $209 billion. The study, \"Understanding the Investment Gaps in Black-owned and -Led Businesses in sub-Saharan Africa,\" was conducted by British International Investment (BII) and Swedfund, the Swedish development finance institution. The research combined quantitative market analysis with stakeholder consultations to assess the representation, financing requirements, and barriers limiting access to capital for Black-owned and led businesses. It also estimated the overall financing gap for such businesses across sub-Saharan Africa at $1.842 trillion, four times higher than the gap for non-Black-owned businesses. Black-owned and led businesses represent between 89 and 99 percent of small businesses in the five markets, but their representation drops to 40 percent in larger enterprises in Kenya and 35 percent in South Africa. The sectors with the highest concentration of Black-owned and led businesses include food systems, trade, services, light manufacturing, and agriculture. While these businesses face challenges in scaling up, larger companies generally have more access to financing. The report identified investment readiness, limited access to suitable financing, talent shortages, and inadequate business networks as some of the constraints faced by Black-owned and led businesses. Investors, meanwhile, often grapple with limited local representation, insufficient understanding of local markets, risk perceptions, and financing structures that do not align with businesses' needs.",
  "summary": "Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Black-owned and led businesses in Nigeria face a funding gap estimated at $131 billion, the largest among five African countries examined in a new report by",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}