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LAGOS,
Nigeria, March 3, 2016/ -- All is set for this year’s edition of The
Economist Event’s Nigeria Summit (www.NigeriaSummit.Economist.com). Philip
Walker, Regional Manager of The Economist Intelligence Unit,
Miguel Melo Azevedo, Head of Investment Banking, Africa, Citi
Group among others will, on Monday March 7 and Tuesday March 8, 2016, join
eminent Nigerian businessmen and top government officials—from around the
world—to review Nigeria’s current economic situation and provide an overview
of the global macro-economic picture, talking through the growth prospects
for Nigeria and the region.
This will be taking place at the 11th Annual Nigeria Summit being organised
by the events’ arm of the foremost international socio economic news
magazine, The Economist. The 2-day summit, themed The
Dawn of A New Day, is scheduled to take place at the highbrow
Intercontinental Hotel, Lagos.
The event will feature exhibitions, experts’ submissions, panel discussions
around the opportunities (http://www.APO.af/T7e4Fd) and
challenges that lie at the point where technology, infrastructural
development, political transparency and global partnerships meet.
The forum will bring key government ministry officials, industry and business
leaders as well as representatives of the Nigerian civil society; together
with international investors, economists and academics to discuss and debate
Nigeria’s economic direction.
The summit will also examine and review the socio economic challenges that
Nigeria is facing in view of her first democratic power transfer and the
implication of the global macro-economic forces as being shaped by the
ridiculously low global oil prices which is the mainstay of the Nigerian
economy.
The guest line up and speaker list includes: Prof. Yemi Osinbajo,
Vice-President, Federal Republic of Nigeria; Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President
and Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Group; Danladi Verheijen, Chief
Executive Officer and Managing Director, Verod; Herbert Wigwe, Chief
Executive Officer, Access Bank, Nigeria; Okechukwu Enelamah, Minister of
Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria, Jonathan Rosenthal, Africa Editor,
The Economist.
Other speakers and panelists are Alhaji Kashim Shettina, Governor, Borno
State, Nigeria; Franklin Cudjoe, Founding President and Chief Execuive
Officer, IMANI; Philip Lindop, Head of Africa Investment
Banking, Barclays Africa Group, Fola Laoye, Chairman, Hygeia Group.
The list also includes: Alhaji Umaru Tanko Al Makura, Governor, Nasarawa
State, Nigeria; Chief Willie Obiano, Governor, Anambra State, Nigeria, Issam
Darwish, Executive Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, IHS Towers;
Adebola Williams, Co-Founder, RED among others are also billed to speak at
the summit.
Now in its 11th year, the Nigeria Summit is part of the
Economist’s successful high-growth markets series that has become one of the
leading events in Africa where business, government and ideas people meet.
Chaired by a senior Editor from The Economist, the summit will
explore the economic and social progress made to date and take an in-depth
look at what the future will hold for Africa’s biggest economy
“This year’s Nigeria Summit will bring together over 350 participants drawn
from different walks of life including Nigeria’s public and private sectors,
international business players and investors for a discussion on how Nigeria
can turn its economic growth into social and political prosperity,” Daniel Franklin,
Executive Director of The Economist disclosed.
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