Nigeria has solidified its position as a premier destination for frontier and emerging markets. With a 30 percent Year-to-Date (YtD) return in the first quarter of 2026, the Nigerian bourse is currently the second-best performing market globally, trailing only South Korea, which grew 44.3 percent.
While investors are rotating away from saturated developed markets like the S&P 500 and Nikkei 225, smaller exchanges are delivering outsized returns. Based on year-to-date performance data as of March 19, 2026, other top-performing global mark
