Nigeria’s central bank reported net foreign exchange inflows of $20.33 billion in Q1 2026, up 33.8% from the previous quarter. Total forex inflows rose 13.26% to $31.34 billion, while outflows fell 11.78% to $11.01 billion. Inflows through autonomous sources climbed 23.90% to $21.15 billion, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Q1 2026 Quarterly Economic Report.

Afreximbank has provided US$190 million in financing to Zimbabwe’s CBZ Bank, including a US$150 million revolving trade finance facility and a US$20 million SME-focused facility. The package is designed to help narrow Africa’s trade finance gap and strengthen CBZ’s capacity to extend credit to local export-oriented small and medium-sized businesses. The deal is positioned as regional development finance cooperation and does not directly involve tradable assets in global traditional financial markets.

Nigeria’s total pension fund assets fell 1.9% month-on-month in June 2026 to N30.7 trillion. Holdings of FGN Securities declined 0.46%, while corporate debt and money market instruments dropped 2.2% and 3.7%, respectively. Mutual funds were the only major category to rise, gaining 6.4%. The figures point to broad pressure on domestic fixed-income assets, a key gauge of bond market and liquidity conditions.