The
Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, is leading a
delegation of government officials to the World Economic Forum on Africa
(WEFA), holding in Capa Town, South Africa.
Focus at the
forum will be on infrastructure development, financing for the region,
economic growth, entrepreneurship, safeguarding Africa’s democratic
dividend, Africa’s mobile technology, data revolution and designing of
smarter cities among others, a programme on the WEFA website showed.
The forum will also discuss how best to tackle the issues facing the continent.
Professor Osinbajo is expected to give a talk on issues related to youth employment and job creation.
The
three-day forum will have in attendance about 1,250 persons made up of
leaders, government officials, notable public and private sector
players, people from the academia and civil society groups.
Another big issue that the forum would give maximum attention is terrorism.
Conversation
will start on Wednesday, June 3 and the forum would try to come up with
practical ways of combating the different challenges facing the
continent.
Agriculture is another sector that most African
countries have not fully explored and it will form part of the talks at
various meetings.
The immediate past Minister of Finance in
Nigeria, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and Mr. Uche Orji of the Nigeria
Sovereign Investment Authority are also attending the forum.
It
is hoped that at the end of the three-day meeting, some realistic ideas
and practical solutions to Africa’s numerous challenges would be
evolved.
Africa has become a hotbed for investment, as it has
continued to record good growth potential despite the challenges facing
some of its economies.
Credit: Channels
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