Introduction Foreign Investment (FI) is one of the major sources of economic development and can exist in different forms such as; Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Portfolio Investment, Commercial Loans etc. FIs are generally very susceptible to risks and thus require special protection. For instance, a Foreign Investor (investor) who incorporates a company in the Host–State...Read More

Introduction Counterfeiting and Piracy are presently acknowledged as one of the greatest global threats to creativity. Counterfeiting is the act of unlawfully imitating or reproducing items/works protected by the law of trademarks, patents, or copyrights (Intellectual Property- IP), while portraying them as originals. This is usually represented in goods illegally bearing registered/well-known trademarks. Piracy on...Read More

Introduction An independent assessment of the investment market will reveal that foreign investors are increasingly willing to invest in businesses run by Nigerians who have better understanding of the local terrain as opposed to setting up and running them personally. The last decade witnessed a meteoric rise in entrepreneurship and birthed several start-ups in Nigeria....Read More