Participating in a series of ministerial discussions during the just concluded World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meetings in Davos, Switzerland, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Roberto Azevêdo reviewed the challenges and opportunities facing global trade today, and stressed that the trading system must evolve if it is to remain relevant. The meetings […]
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The founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Mr. Tony Elumelu, has described entrepreneurship as a vital tool for eradicating poverty in Africa. More importantly, he stressed that entrepreneurship would get youths in the continent busy and keep them out of social vices as well as create employment opportunities in the continent. Elumelu, who is […]
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The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Oscar Onyema has called on African businesses to embrace higher governance standards to facilitate the inflow of funds needed to position the continent to leverage gains of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Onyema made the call at the ongoing 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos […]
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Prominent African business and healthcare sector leader Dr Awele Elumelu and wife of the Founder Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony Elumelu, has been appointment as a Gavi Champion for Immunisation in Africa. “Childhood immunisation is a critical intervention and I am honoured to play a role in this important programme, targeting almost 10 million African children, […]
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The founder of the World Economic Forum says he hopes President Donald Trump’s planned visit to Davos this week will “provide him even better with a global perspective,” and says critics of the U.S. leader should hear him out. Klaus Schwab couldn’t confirm whether Trump will actually attend the WEF event in the Alpine snows […]
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Switzerland is the world’s most competitive economy for a ninth straight year, the Geneva-based World Economic Forum’s annual rankings showed on Wednesday. Following is a table showing the top 30 countries, according to the World Economic Forum. 1 Switzerland 2 United States 3 Singapore 4 Netherlands 5 Germany 6 Hong Kong 7 Sweden 8 United […]
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Norway’s Foreign Minister Børge Brende has resigned from his position to become president of the World Economic Forum, he told a news conference on Friday Brende will keep his position until mid-October. Before becoming foreign minister in 2013, he was the WEF’s managing director in 2008-2009 and 2011-2013. Prime Minister Erna Solberg won re-election on […]
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………Africa’s agenda must change to prioritize jobs and power, Elumelu cautions “Embrace legacy, you are not here forever,” Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, CON, Chairman of Heirs Holdings, and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, urged policymakers as he represented the African private sector at the opening session of the 2017 World Economic Forum on Africa […]
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