Tag: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
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Shettima departs for World Economic Forum in Switzerland
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Sunday departed Abuja to attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Shettima will join other political and business leaders from across the world for the
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Organisers announce postponement of 2021 World Economic Forum
Organisers of the annual World Economic Forum summit of country leaders and corporate chiefs will not go ahead with the event in January in Davos, Switzerland, citing COVID-19 concerns. The forum’s spokesman, Adrian Monck, said on Wednesday, that the decision was not taken easily, since the need for global leaders to come together to design…
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Buhari leaves Nigeria for World Economic Forum in Jordan, Investment Summit in Dubai
President Muhammadu Buhari departed Abuja Thursday for Amman to participate in the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa holding at the Dead Sea, Jordan. The president is participating at the event on the invitation the King of Jordan, Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein. Buhari will deliver an address at the opening of…
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Facebook fighting hard to earn back trust
Facebook’s operations chief Sheryl Sandberg said on Wednesday that the world’s largest social network needed to win back public trust after facing scandals for violating its users’ privacy. The social media platform is investing billions of dollars a year to improve the security of its network, Sandberg said at the World Economic Forum in Davos,…
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Africa doesn’t need charity, it needs good leadership – Sam Adeyemi
Sam Adeyemi There is an ongoing discussion on the effectiveness of foreign aid in helping the economic development of Africa. One thing is obvious: the results are not exactly what Africa’s development partners have expected, and the reasons are not far-fetched. Dambisa Moyo, global economist and author, contends in her book Dead Aid that while…
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Osinbajo leads Nigeria’s delegation to World Economic Forum
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday left Abuja for Davou, Switzerland, to participate in this year’s World Economic Forum holding this week in Davos. Vice-President’s Senior Special Assistant, Mr Laolu Akande said in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja that Osinbajo was leading Nigeria’s delegation to the forum. According to him, in the Nigerian delegation are…
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Meet the Global Shaper representing Nigeria at World Economic Forum 2017
The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters is the foremost creative force for engaging the world’s top leaders in collaborative activities to shape the global, regional and industry agendas at the beginning of each year. For over four decades, the World Economic Forum’s mission – improving the state of the world – has driven…