Interventions


The NESG has established a wide range of institutional collaborations and MoUs to drive change through highlevel engagement, networking and personal influence. Through the various platforms, the Group is able to:

- Develop and deliver networking opportunities for members to meet with policymakers

- Build strong networks from collaborations and partnerships between individuals, institutions, local and global actors in the economy

- Expand technical assistance for supporting reform implementation

- Drive change by dedicating research or human resources to drive policy changes

- Set up joint working groups with the public sector to implement

- Support capacity development to empower public and private sector institutions to implement policy reform recommendations

Intervention Projects


A collaboration with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) towards an evidence-based sensitization campaign in Nigeria titled: “Moving from Farm Pain to Farm Gain”
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NASSBER is a legislative advocacy that focuses on improving the business environment and achieving competitiveness
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The Debt Management Roundtable (DMR) on debt restructuring and social financing was instituted in March 2021 by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) with the support of the Open Society Initiative form West Africa (OSIWA). The Roundtable is expected to provide insights, evidence and recommendations on debt management and sustainability, with a view to engaging policymakers on debt restructuring and social financing in the West African region, using Nigeria as a case study. Public debts in ECOWAS have spiralled upwards more than four folds since the debt relief period (2005-2006).
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The NESG Bridge Fellowship was initiated in the year 2019 by the Board of Directors to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Nigerian Economic Summit (NES#25). The NESG, in collaboration with LEAP Africa, launched the NESG Bridge Fellowship, with the goal to equip a new cadre of young visionary leaders with leadership, research and policy advocacy skills to contribute to policy reform in Nigeria.
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The United Nations Global Compact Network Nigeria is a business-led sustainability initiative of the United Nations Global Compact. It was launched in Nigeria in 2007 during the Nigerian Economic Summit. It has the mission to promote the United Nations Global Compact’s Ten Principles and SDGs in Nigeria, as well as contribute to the implementation of the United Nations’ broader development goals.
View UN Global Compact Nigeria

The Policy Innovation Centre (PIC) is the first public policy institution in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa tasked with applying behavioural theory and other innovative policy tools to inform programme/policy design and implementation in Africa.
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The NESG launched its Non-residential Fellowship Programme (NRFP) in November 2021. The NESG NRFP is an initiative that aims to create a knowledge hub on development issues and policies. Its key objectives are to bridge the gap between socioeconomic research and public policy and to promote evidence-based policymaking in Nigeria. Fellowship activities are segmented into six research clusters: Macroeconomy, Digital economy, Governance, Institutions, Security & Corruption (GISC), SDGs and Human Capital Development, Trade, and Sectoral Deepening – Agriculture.
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The External Resource Department support NESGs' Economic reforms initiative by focusing on leveraging Development Partner, donor relationships and resources in driving and implementing policy changes for the Nigerian economy.
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Grant-Championed Projects

Sustainable and Inclusive Digital Transformation Project
Donor: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Sectoral Theme: Digital Economy
Year Awarded: 2022
Ongoing See Expected Outcomes
Accelerating SDGs and HCD Policy Implementation in Nigeria
Donor: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Sectoral Theme: Economic Policy
Year Awarded: 2021
Ongoing See Expected Outcomes
Harnessing Behavioral Insight to Improve Transparency in Nigeria
Donor: MacArthur Foundation
Sectoral Theme: Transparency
Year Awarded: 2021
Ongoing See Expected Outcomes
Diagnostic assessment of Nigeria's Mineral Sector
Donor: Ford Foundation
Sectoral Theme: Mining
Year Awarded: 2021
Ongoing See Expected Outcomes
Support to the Policy Innovation Unit
Donor: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisers
Sectoral Theme: Economic Policy
Year Awarded: 2021
Ongoing See Expected Outcomes
Advocacy for the Passage of the Fertilizer Quality Control Bill, the Nigeria Independent Warehouse Bill and Presidential Assent of the Nigeria Seed Council Bill
Donor: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

Agriculture

Completed See Expected Outcomes
High-Level Forum
Donor: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Economic Policy

Completed See Expected Outcomes
Debt Restructuring & Social Financing in the ECOWAS Region: Providing a Pathway to Fiscal Responsibility
Donor: Open Society Initiative for West Africa

Economic Growth

Completed See Expected Outcomes
Delivery of Varieties of High Performance to Farmers in Nigeria through the Implementation of the NASC Act
Donor: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

Agriculture

Completed See Expected Outcomes
Supporting Nigeria’s Food Safety Policy and Legislative Reforms
Donor: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

Agriculture

Completed See Expected Outcomes
Advancing a Renewable Energy Bill for Nigeria
Donor: Heinrich Boll Foundation

Energy

Completed See Expected Outcomes
Fiscal Policy Research
Donor: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Economic Policy

Completed See Expected Outcomes
Mini-grid Investment Report
Donor: All On

Energy

Completed See Expected Outcomes
Advocacy for the Petroleum Industry Bills Passage
Donor: FOSTER

Energy (Oil and Gas)

Completed See Expected Outcomes
NESG Private Sector Development Cooperation (PSDC)
Donor: ACA Foundation

Agriculture

Completed See Expected Outcomes