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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is the only G7 leader to attend the 53rd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.
The NGO gave the statistics ahead of the World Economic Forum’s Davos, which holds from January 17 to 21, 2022.
Stephen Karingi, Director, Regional Trade and Integration, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, says African economy will lose $65 billion if there is a full lockdown of the continent due to COVID-19.
The Nairobi-headquartered charity said in a report released ahead of the annual World Economic Forum of political and business leaders in Davos, Switzerland that women around the world work 12.5 billion hours combined each day without pay or recognition.
The possibility of a fiscal crisis is the biggest risk to doing business globally, according to a survey of World Economic Forum business leaders published on Tuesday, though there were strong regional differences in views of the biggest risk.
The reports come amid the withdrawal of some prominent Nigerians, including the Founder/Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia, from the Forum.
Before taking his exit, Ovia stressed the need for youth empowerment and better government policies to curb continual attacks on persons living within and outside Africa
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the President was initially scheduled to return to Abuja from Dubai, the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday at about 1:30am
Permit me to start by thanking His Majesty, King Abdallah Bin Hussein of Jordan, for the special invitation to speak to you briefly at this event.
International energy and infrastructure conglomerate, Sahara Group, will be one of the leading African voices at the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters, holding January 22 to 25.
Nigeria has been ranked 115th out of 140 countries assessed in the 2018 Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum a statement has said.
The World Economic Forum has ranked Nigeria 115 out of 140 countries in its 2018 Global Competitiveness Index.
This was the position of the Kano State Government in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Youth and Culture, Malam Muhammad Garba
Adewale Tinubu, the Group Chief Executive of Oando Plc, will once again reinforce the growth and strength of oil independents at the ongoing 7th Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries International Seminar, with the theme: “Petroleum – Cooperation for a Sustainable Future,” in Vienna, Austria
Udoma said this in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Akpandem James at the ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday.
He made the call while speaking at a business dinner he hosted in Davos, Switzerland, for some participants at the just concluded World Economic Foum.
Speaking in an interview at the ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos, Mnangagwa, however, said he had given former President Robert Mugabe a lucrative retirement package and would ensure that Mugabe’s family lives in peace, the state run Herald newspaper reported Thursday.
Prof. Osinbajo said this on Tuesday at the ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos, while meeting with a delegation of the Japan External Trade Organization, led by Hiroyuki Ishige, the organization’s Chairman and CEO
Cole, the Executive Director of African energy conglomerate, Sahara Group, said the involvement of the private sector in the continent’s power space had laid the foundation for significant improvement, which must now be enhanced by collaboration and support from governments