World Economic Forum Davos

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The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

The Africa-EU Strategic Partnership is the formal channel through which the European Union and the African continent work together. It is based on the Joint Africa-Europe Strategy adopted by Heads of State and Government at the second EU-Africa Summit in 2007.

“Africa does not need your sympathy or overseas development assistance,” said President John Dramani Mahama during the general debate. “Africa needs a fair chance to trade with the rest of the world and amongst ourselves. The progress towards the creation of a Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) is commendable and must be fast tracked.”

Nigeria's policy planners should adopt a holistic approach to development and tackle the problems associated with a large and rising population.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed yesterday that the federal government and private sector will collaborate in creating Special Economic Zones (SEZ). This, he said, will start first with the Textile and Garment industry, with a view to spurring the nation’s economic development. 

If Africa’s economies are to take off, Africans will have to start making a lot more things. They may well do so.

Africa Rising is a non-profit organisation founded by Ndaba and Kweku Mandela that contributes to the development of the African continent.

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President Bukola Saraki calls for a strategy to engage Nigeria's growing labor force.

Born in Nigeria’s southern economic hub of Lagos, Osinbajo comes from a legal background. The vice-president is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria—an honorific title equivalent to the Queen’s Counsel in the U.K.—and formerly worked within the department of justice in the Lagos state government, one of Nigeria’s largest states by population, including as the state’s Attorney General.