AI, new investment sector heading to $400bn in 2026, says Norrenberger Asset
L-R: Ekene Okechukwu (regional manager, Norrenber Asset Ltd) with Pabina Yinkere (Managing Director, Norrenberger Asset Ltd) at a presentation in Port Harcourt
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is said to be the new attraction for investors, and the sector may hit between $400bn and $500bn in 2026.
This was disclosed by Pabina Yinkere, the managing director of Norrenberger Asset Ltd, in a presentation he made in Port Harcourt Thursday, November 6, 2025, during an investment drive in the Niger Delta.
The MD who named other investment options as gold, crude oil, stocks, etc said gold had a big rush in 2025. He said ‘AI’ is heading to a huge fund by 2026, saying many investors and their advisors were heading in that direction.
He said: “Global spending on artificial intelligence (AI) is projected to rise sharply through 2026 as tech giants rush to reap the benefits of AI boom that has pushed stocks to record highs. A consensus is emerging that global AI investment will approach $400 to $500 billion in 2026, underscoring the substantial expansion of AI deployment across industries and regions.”
Yinkere advised willing investors to always diversify their portfolios so that if something went wrong in one sector, other portfolios would rescue the investor.
He used that opportunity to present the four investment products Norrenberger created to make investors under them smile all the time, such as money market, dollar fund, Islamic fund, and turbo fund.
He also mentioned another called ‘kickstart’ designed for children of parents that would want to protect the future of their children with investment packages. He said the children can take over the fund at the age 21 but could access it marginally before that age.
He began by saying that Norrenberger specialized on asset management, security trading, digital trading, infrastructure banking, micro finance banking, etc.
He said the company has over 200,000 clients with over N500bn fund and is rated by two credible rating agencies in Nigeria. He talked about N30bn revenue and over 700-strong workforce with full registration of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
He also talked about strict screening of funds applying to be invested and shortlisting of successful ones, saying Norrenberger has a track record in the financial market and has not experienced any regulatory infraction.
He warned that shocks always happen in the financial market beginning with the Spanish flu to the COVID-19 era. He however said by 2025, the firm was doubling its performance of 2024 above market performance.
He said despite the outstanding performance, the firm has not been found with any infractions so far.
He mentioned the emergence of the Donald Trump scenario which he said is shaking the global market.
Yinkere said interest rates around the world were coming down but may rise soon when hot money investors may leave Nigeria toward 2027.
Earlier, Ekene Okechukwu, regional manager, south-south and east, presented the profile of the company and the wealth creation processes of Norrenberger.
Potential investors asked questions which were fielded by the experts.
