Panterra Unveils 2026 West Africa Real Estate Reports and Digital Investment Platform
Real estate firm Panterra has unveiled its 2026 West Africa Real Estate Market Report and Nigeria Construction Market Report, alongside a new digital platform designed to provide access to real estate ownership and investment.
The announcements were made at Panterra’s “Experiencing Panterra: An Evening of Creativity and Insights” event in Lagos, which brought together industry leaders, financial experts and creatives to examine developments across the West African built environment.
The event also featured the launch of Foundations 2026, a creative publication and documentary examining issues affecting the built environment. The publication’s 2026 edition focuses on the theme, “urban dilemmas.”
Panterra Chief Executive Officer, Tayo Odunsi, said the company’s vision is centred on developing integrated real estate ecosystems across the West African sub-region.
The programme began with a fireside discussion moderated by Panterra Group Chief Investment Officer, Ayo Ibaru. The session featured Emmanuel Ilaboya, Head of HBM Ready Mix, who represented Lolu Akinyemi, Chief Executive Officer of HBM PLC.
The discussion focused on material supply, cement prices and broader economic pressures affecting Nigeria’s construction industry.
Ibaru also presented research on the methodology behind Panterra’s Real Estate Investment and Attractive Index as part of the release of the 2026 West Africa Real Estate Market Report.
The research examines factors influencing the attractiveness and performance of real estate markets across the region.
A subsequent discussion involving Ibaru and Jide Benson, founder of CAST Public Relations, considered economic trends and other developments shaping real estate performance across West Africa.
Panterrium digital investment platform
A major feature of the event was the official introduction of Panterrium, Panterra’s new digital platform for real estate ownership and investment.
Fareedah Alaka, Project Lead for Panterrium, presented the platform and its features as the product prepares to enter its regulatory sandboxing phase.
The platform is intended to create a digital channel through which users can access opportunities related to real estate ownership and investment.
The launch was followed by a fireside conversation between Odunsi and Charles Omoera, Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Fi, which examined the integration of capital markets with digital real estate investment platforms.
Research and creative work
The event also marked the launch of Foundations 2026, led by project lead and editor Nancy Sabo.
Contributors to the publication presented their work during the event and received certificates of recognition.
Panterra said the gathering was organised to mark key partnerships and showcase its activities in market research, property technology and creative engagement within the real estate industry.
The company operates across principal investing, asset management, market research, digital real estate investment and building materials distribution in Nigeria.
Findings from the 2026 West Africa report
The newly released West Africa Real Estate Market Report assesses real estate markets using factors including economic activity, investment opportunities, capital-market depth, investor protection and legal frameworks, socio-cultural and political conditions, as well as administrative and regulatory burdens.
A related report published by The Guardian on the findings said Nigeria ranked first in West Africa on the broader market assessment, followed by Ghana, while Côte d’Ivoire ranked first in the region on real estate investment attractiveness, with Nigeria in second place.
The report also identified currency stability, financing depth, Global South partnerships and security as factors increasingly influencing real estate performance across West Africa.
Panterra’s Chief Investment Officer, Ayo Ibaru, said local capital and developers were playing a growing role in financing development across the region, while capital from the Gulf, Turkey and Asia was helping diversify the investor base beyond traditional Western sources.
The report highlighted the $25 billion Dangote Lekki refinery as a development that has contributed to the emergence of the Lekki Free Trade Zone as one of the region’s active industrial corridors.
It also pointed to the $15.6 billion Abidjan-Lagos Corridor, which is expected to connect five countries and serve an urban population projected to reach 173 million by 2050, as a development with implications for future real estate opportunities.
According to Ibaru, the growth of local and Global South capital is supporting infrastructure development and creating opportunities across industrial zones, port cities and logistics corridors.
