The second edition of the Africa Business Conference (ABC), tagged ‘African Lions Arising: Driving Private Sector Growth through Enhanced Intra-Africa Trade’ will hold at Lagos Business School, May 30, 2014.
The conference, organised by the school’s Africa Business Club, holds more promise for prospective participants than the maiden edition last year. It seeks to bridge the gap between potential and contemporary business leaders so as to ensure sustainable prosperity on the continent.
Quoting Mo Ibrahim, a Sudanese-born business tycoon: “The problems of Africa lie with Africa, and yes, so does the solution.” Consequently, the second edition of the conference is also focused on promoting credible and sustainable partnerships between African businesses and their foreign counterparts.
The event will be graced by business leaders, industry experts and regulators across Africa, such as Eleni Gabre-Madhin (CEO Eleni LLC), Mark Turrell (WEF – World Economic Forum, Young Global Leader), Donald Kaberuka (AfDB – African Development Bank Group, President), Jonathan
Richardson (Australian High Commission), Ladi Delano (Bakrie Delano Africa – BDA), Stephen Karingi (Director, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa – UNECA), Chinedu Nebo (minister of power), among others.
The organisers say, it will be a rare opportunity for participants to gain key insights from and engage with prominent business leaders, senior public sector representatives, investors and the academia
shaping the Africa of today and tomorrow.
