Nigeria proposes regional bond market reforms to spur cross-border investments

LAGOS, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Nigeria is proposing a series of regional capital market reforms to make it easier for investors to trade bonds across West Africa and unlock long-term funding for infrastructure and growth, Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele said on Tuesday.

Reporting by MacDonald Dzirutwe; Editing by Elisha Bala-Gbogbo and Susan Fenton

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Macdonald Dzirutwe

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MacDonald leads a team of reporters in Nigeria that covers energy, politics and economic news in Africa's biggest oil producer. He writes stories on operations of international oil companies, widespread insecurity that is destabilising northern Nigeria and the state of the economy. MacDonald previously worked as senior correspondent in Zimbabwe. He was part of the team that won the Reuters Story of The Year for coverage of the 2018 military coup that ended Robert Mugabe's nearly four decades rule.