No fewer than 10 heads of state and 900 delegates have registered to
participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa beginning in
Abuja on May 7, an official said.
The Media Coordinator of the forum, Dr Ogho Okiti, made this known in
an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, saying the
affected persons had confirmed their participation.
The forum, which has “Forging Inclusive Growth, Creating Jobs” as its theme, will last three days.
Okiti said that the participants would come from 70 countries, including 30 in Africa.
He said that the countries whose presidents had confirmed
participation were Algeria, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia,
Mali and Nigeria.
Others are Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania and Togo.
He said that a former British Prime Minister, Mr Gordon Brown, and a
former President of Brazil, Lula da
Silva, would also attend the forum.
Okiti said that over 50 top chief executive officers of big global
firms would participate in the forum and described the number as
“unprecedented.”
“It is the first time the summit will hold in West Africa and it is an
unprecedented opportunity for both cultural and economic diplomacy for
Nigeria and the region.
“The summit is also holding in the year that Nigeria marks its
centenary and coincides with the celebration of its being the largest
economy in Africa,” he said.
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