By Dickson PatVice-President Kashim Shettima has showcased Nigeria’s $200 billion energy transition opportunity to investors, emphasizing the need for partnerships to maximize the multi-faceted, multi-billion investment opportunities across the country. This comes as Shettima highlighted that Nigeria’s sovereign rating by platforms like Fitch and Moody’s implies the country is positioned as the natural hub for the African Continental Free Trade Area’s, AfCFTA, $3.4 trillion market. Stressing Nigeria’s vast economic transformation and potential, Shettima recalled that in April, Fitch upgraded Nigeria’s sovereign rating to B with a stable outlook, and Moody’s lifted its issuer rating to B3 with a stable outlook. On energy, the Vice President disclosed that “With 210 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves and one of the highest solar irradiation levels in Africa, Nigeria offers a 200-billion-dollar energy transition opportunity”. The Minister said: “In April, Fitch upgraded Nigeria’s Sovereign Rating to B, which is stable and Moody’s lifted to it issuance rating to B3, which is stable also.