By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate
Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Despite security challenges, the World Economic Forum (WEF) will today (Wednesday) begin in Abuja Nigeria as about 13 heads of state and over 1,000 delegates from 70 countries are expected to participate.
According to Elsie Kanza, director and head of Africa WEF listed some of the heads of state that would be participating as Republic of Benin, China, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Rwanda, Tunisia, Algeria, Kenya, Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Niger and the U.S.
According to her, Nigeria as the largest economy in Africa has a great role to play in the region to ensure positive economic growth.
Kanza affirmed that Africa by 2040 would have larger work force than China, noting that the major focus of the forum would be on how best to ensure that Africa with its positive growth rate could be inclusive.
“This will be the largest meeting held in Africa in the last 24 years. There is a need to have a conversation on what needs to change. Nigeria as a large economy has a role to play in the economic revolution of Africa,” she said.