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
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To add to the wave of ‘Naija-optimism’, Filipino billionaire, Enrique Razon, was quoted as declaring during the closing activities at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in 2014 that Nigeria was the best place to invest in the world that year
Mastercard CEO, Ajay Banga, accepted the award on behalf of the company, which was recognized for its contributions towards achieving a Zero Hunger world
The information was contained in a statement by Constance Ikokwu, the Strategic Communications Adviser to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, on Friday in Lagos
Osinbajo spoke on Wednesday in Davos where he is leading the Nigerian delegation to the yearly World Economic Forum
The CEO of UBA, Kennedy Uzoka, leads a senior executive team at one of the most important events on the global economic calendar
Jinping likened protectionism to “locking oneself in a dark room” to protect from danger, but at the same time depriving the room of “light and air”
Dangote, who also spoke about his efforts at contributing to lightening up Africa starting from Nigeria, was one of the panelists at a discussion on closing the power gap in Africa
Saraki, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, stressed the importance of responsive leadership
He said the funds were in the form of Foreign Direct Investments as well as private and public investments across African countries, which would continue to yield results in the next years
This generated contrasting reactions from pundits as to why virtually the whole nation’s capital should be ‘shut down’ in order to accommodate just about 1,000 delegates drawn from 70 or so countries
The Federal Government on April 30 after the Federal Executive Council meeting directed that all government offices be shut from May 7 to 9 to ensure free flow of traffic during the World Economic Forum
The News Agency of Nigeria correspondents who monitored the situation report that some roads hitherto adjudged to be very busy, witnessed light vehicular movements
He said it was unfortunate that Nigeria was currently having this security challenge, adding that it was not peculiar to the country
FAAN said normal flight operations will continue to take place at all airports, as scheduled, throughout the period of the forum
In addition to that, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, announced the cordon of Abuja and the satellite towns by security agents beginning from Monday
Elsie Kanza, Director, Head of Africa, disclosed this at a pre-event briefing on the WEF on Monday in Abuja
He explained that the hosting of the forum by Nigeria would help the country in attracting additional investment as well as address the challenges of infrastructure development
“I think that by the time we hear some of the security measures that the President is going to announce, we will see that we will calm the nerves of those who are proposing to come
The President announced the decision during a marathon emergency national security meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja