The Bank of Industry (BoI), yesterday disclosed that it disbursed a total of N636 billion to over 7,000 businesses across manufacturing, agribusiness, MSMEs, infrastructure, power, ICT and the creative sector in 2025.
This, the bank stated, marked the largest annual disbursement in the history of BoI, reinforcing its position as the nation’s leading development finance institution for industrial and enterprise growth.
According to the bank’s 2025 Impact Report, sectoral allocations included N202 billion to agro-allied enterprises, N100 billion to infrastructure, N79 billion to manufacturing, N77 billion to extractive industries and N55 billion to services.
Disbursements were supported partly by the €2 billion syndicated facility secured at the end of 2024, and N200 billion FGN MSMEs loans and grants, in addition to an additional €210 million mobilised in 2025 from international partners, the bank further stated.
BoI also deployed N73 billion in managed and matching funds on behalf of states and institutional partners.
