Nigeria is Africa's Remittance King

#1 · June 22, 2019, 9:46 AM

"Worldwide, an estimated $625 billion (USD) was sent by migrants to individuals in their home countries in 2017, a 7% increase from 2016, when the amount was $586 billion, according to economists at the World Bank. This increase follows two consecutive years of decline", PEW reports. Nigeria tops Africa on remittance from U.S. to Africa.

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#2 · June 27, 2019, 9:41 AM

Can we view stats the other way around Prof. i.e. Africa to the US. I bet those are on the rise, with an increasing number of aged parents living abroad now and children in school over there. Those numbers will be increasing to watch too.

#3 · June 27, 2019, 8:56 PM

Africa to US? Hahaha. That exists for human elements but not dollars

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