SEC Pushes AI, Data-Driven Regulation To Attract Investment Capital

The director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Emomotimi Agama, has said Nigeria’s capital market is positioning data, artificial intelligence and technology-driven regulation at the centre of investment decision-making to attract both domestic and foreign capital.
Speaking at the FSDH Investor Conference 2026 in Lagos, Agama highlighted that the future of investment will increasingly depend on the quality of data and intelligence available to investors, rather than just the capital they command.
He remarked, “We stand at the brink of what is being termed the era of intelligent investing, a paradigm where data not only informs decisions but actively contributes ...