BusinessDay launches Nigeria-South Africa Investment Summit at WEF

The 25th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum on Africa (AF15) holds from 3 to 5 June 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa with the theme: “Then and Now: Reimagining Africa’s Future”.

Over 1,150 participants including heads of government and leaders from business and society are expected to attend the three-day meetings to take stock of progress over the last 25 years (of the Africa meetings), share insights on the present landscape and identify innovative approaches to accelerate inclusive growth to bring about Africa’s sustainable development in the future. 

 

According to WEF, “double-digit growth is now needed for sustainable development [in Africa], and the onus is on leaders to address systemic structural changes that can boost investment, enhance competitiveness, strengthen risk resilience and harness opportunities arising from technology adoption in all sectors.”

Only Okonjo-Iweala’s participation was confirmed at the time of this report.

On the sidelines of the WEF Africa meeting, BusinessDay is launching its Nigeria-South Africa Investment Summit, as an annual thought leadership initiative to promote healthy investment between Africa’s two largest economies.

Yearly, it will attract over 200 leading CEOs and investors from both countries for a whole day of dialogue around key challenges they face in the two markets.

The inaugural event holding today, June 4, 2015, will be over breakfast at the prestigious WESTIN Hotel in Cape Town and will be attended by mainly global leaders as well as investors and other participants attending the WEF Africa meeting.

The event will feature a keynote presentation by  Doyin Salami, Senior Fellow at the Lagos Business School and Member of both Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee and the IMF Advisory Group on Sub-Saharan Africa.

Other speakers at the event include Ambassador Lulu Louis Mnguni, the South African Ambassador to Nigeria; Foluso Phillips, Chairman, Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce, as well as senior executives from the MTN Group South Africa and Standard Bank, among others.