Amina Mohammed And New York Mayor Trumpet Says That Global Business Is Africa’s Next Big Thing
Amina Mohammed And New York Mayor Trumpet Says That Global Business Is Africa’s Next Big Thing
This is our time to build Africa the way we know Africa can be. I am so proud to be in this room with you. Now, let’s use this moment to finally make the connection. The cradle of civilization is undeniable with all the mighty African people.
As the United Nations General Assembly High-Level week proceeded last week, the idea of Africa as the next business frontier of the world resounded with glaring ardour.
The Global Compact, a UN agency had started a Global Africa Business Initiative GABI, as “the premier private sector-led global platform that galvanizes African and global leaders to amplify Africa’s unstoppable business, trade, and investment opportunities.
Even the very fact that New York where all of the world’s attention is turned to about this time every year is led by an African American is symbolic.
And that the United Nations which is the host has a Deputy Secretary-General who is an African woman is also especially significant
Unstoppable Africa is a product of the UN Global Compact’s Global Africa Business Initiative which was launched last year by the Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Ms. Amina Jane Mohammed, a former federal minister in Nigeria.
This year GABI had two days of high energy conversations on Unstoppable Africa which peaked with a high-powered dinner, steps away from the UN headquarters by New York Mayor, African American Eric Adams and UN’s Amina
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