Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja to represent Nigeria at the 2025 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) scheduled to hold in Davos, Switzerland.

Stanley Nkwocha, senior special assistant to the president on media and communications Office of the Vice-President, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

Mr Nkwocha explained that the Vice-President would join world leaders, top business executives and representatives of development partners at the meeting.

According to him, Mr Shettima and world leaders would discuss the state of the world economy with the view to improving its conditions.

He added that while in Davos, the vice-president would hold bilateral meetings with other leaders as well as participate in workshops and forums slated for the annual gathering.

He said that during the meeting, Mr Shettima would attend a workshop entitled, “Roadmap to Co-create Investment Opportunities for Africa’s Frontier Markets.”

According to him, the workshop will be organised by the African Development Bank in collaboration with the World Economic Forum to boost the flow of capital into Africa’s frontier markets.

He further stated that the workshop, which is slated for the Congress Centre in Jakobshorn, would scale solutions that build a prosperous, inclusive and resilient continent.

” Top on the agenda will be an announcement of the Humanitarian and Resilience Investing (HRI) Roadmap for Africa, in partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB).

” It will foster partnerships between public and private sector leaders interested in mobilising investment in Africa’s frontier markets, among others,” he said.

Mr Nkwocha said that the vice-president would attend a dinner for Heads of State, government and international organisations.

He also said that Shettima would attend the Annual Meeting  and 2025 Crystal Awardees of the International Business Council and Strategic Partners, slated for Kurpark Village, Eiger.

He added that the vice-president would also co-chair a forum on, “Turning Digital Trade into a Catalyst for Growth in Africa”, slated for the Pischa Congress Centre.

According to him, the session would  provide a dynamic platform for forward-thinking dialogue on digital trade.

He added that the session would look at the crucial role of the private sector in advancing the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Digital Trade Protocol adopted by the African Union (AU) Heads of state/government in January 2024.

Mr Nkwocha said that Mr Shettima would attend, as a panelist, a stakeholder dialogue entitled, “Global Risks 2025.”

He said that the vice-president would be accompanied by top government officials including minister of industry, trade and investment, Jumoke Oduwole, and executive secretary of Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Aisha Rimi.

He said that the vice-president will return to Abuja at the end of his engagements in Davos. 

(NAN)