UNGA: Tinubu to address International Trade Show for Africa
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will tomorrow address the Africa International Trade Exhibition program, during the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. This was announced in a statement released by Tunde MacAlabi, Chairman of the Organising Committee for the Business, Trade and Investment Summit Component of the exhibition programme. The theme for this […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will tomorrow address the Africa International Trade Exhibition program, during the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
This was announced in a statement released by Tunde MacAlabi, Chairman of the Organising Committee for the Business, Trade and Investment Summit Component of the exhibition programme.
The theme for this conference will be “The Imperative of Global Trade for African SMEs as a Game Changer for the Future Prosperity of the Continent.”
He clarified that the conference would be held on September 21 at the famous Hilton Hotel in Midtown, Manhattan, New York, which is located at 1335 Avenue of the Americas.
He said that Tinubu would be joined by Khuraira Musa, the Chief Executive Officer of K-Pro Consulting of New York and President of the Arewa Development Support Initiative (ADSI), an NGO, for empowering youths and women in Northern Nigeria.
According to him, Ms Musa, a serial entrepreneur and author of the ‘Audacity of an African Child’, an autobiography that chronicles the struggles of her disadvantaged childhood, will co-anchor the session.
MacAlabi, the Chief Executive Officer of T-BYK Ventures, will be also joined by Prof. Tai Balofin, President of Nigerian Progressive Professionals.
“During the programme, President Tinubu, who will serve as the Special Guest of Honour, is expected to deliver a goodwill message to a distinguished gathering of North American and key figures from the private sector. ”
“The Africa International Trade Exhibition (A.I.T.E) programme is designed as a complementary private sector initiative to the US-Africa Leaders annual summit.
” It aims to foster closer socio-economic ties between the United States and Africa through enhanced commercial engagement.
“The yearly summit between US-Africa Leaders and the corporate sector is supplemented by the Africa International Trade Exhibition (A.I.T.E) programme.
“Through increased commercial involvement, it seeks to promote stronger socioeconomic linkages between the United States and Africa,’’ he said.
He added that the gathering would serve as an essential forum for ideas, alliances, and plans that would advance the economic progress and prosperity of Nigeria and its allies.