Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, is leading a delegation of government officials to the World Economic Forum on Africa (WEFA), holding in Cape Town, South Africa on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
The focus of the forum will be multifaceted with infrastructure development, financing for the region, economic growth, entrepreneurship, safeguarding Africa’s democratic dividends, Africa’s mobile technology, data revolution and designing of smarter cities among others being addressed.
Professor Osinbajo is expected to give a talk on issues related to youth employment and job creation.
The three-day forum is expected to have in attendance about 1,250 persons made up of leaders, government officials, notable public and private sector players, scholars and civil society groups.
Another major issue that the forum will address is terrorism 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 economically 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 desired that the meeting would result in some concrete ideas and practical solutions to Africa’s numerous challenges.
