Top Nigerian business leaders will participate in the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA)’s US-Africa Business Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on February 1-4, 2016.
In a statement signed by Mr Ridwan Sorunke for CCA, he said, “The Summit will bring together more than 1,000 private sector and government representatives, including heads of state, from all parts of Africa, the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. This year’s Summit will feature insightful plenary sessions, sector-focused panels, country-specific forums, peer-to-peer roundtables, site visits, exhibitions and networking opportunities.”
He said confirmed speakers for the summit include, Peter Amangbo, CEO of Zenith Bank, Austin Avuru, CEO of Seplat Petroleum and Ndidi Nwuneli, Founder and CEO, AACE Foods. CCA, the premier American organization devoted to U.S.-Africa business relations, will hold its 10th Biennial U.S.-Africa Business Summit for the first time in Africa, since 2007 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis.
He stated that President Muhammadu Buhari, along with several members of the Federal Executive Cabinet, have been invited to attend the summit.
‘’The Summit, which will be attended by other African heads of state including the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalgn and Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and senior government representatives from across Africa, will immediately follow the African Union’s Annual Heads of State Summit in Addis Ababa.
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