10 Things you didn’t know about World Economic Forum (Part I)

The 26th annual World Economic Forum on Africa take place at Kigali the Rwandan capital.The theme of the 2016 meeting is "CONNECTING AFRICA’S RESOURCES THROUGH DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION". Among the speakers we have:Louise Mushikiwabo,Rwandan Minister of foreign affairs, His Excellent Paul Kagame : President of Rwanda;Howard Buffet: American businessman; Tony Blair: Former British Prime Minister.
The World Economic Forum for Africa comes to Kigali,Rwanda,May 11-13.2016

The World Economic Forum founded 45 years ago, and best known for its annual winter meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland, the World Economic Forum as grown into the foremost international institution for public-private dialogue.

The annual Forum brings together some 2,500 top business leaders, international political leaders, intellectuals, and journalists to discuss the most pressing issues facing the world.

The organisation also convenes some six to eight regional meetings each year around the world, with Kigali hosting this year’s WEF Africa series.

Here are ten things worth knowing about WEF, taken from the organisation’s latest annual report:

1. The World Economic Forum was founded as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971 by Klaus Schwab, Professor of Business Policy at University of Geneva. He is globally recognised for his initiatives in integrating entrepreneurship with the broader public interest.

2. The Forum engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

3. WEF is actively engaged in Africa with governments of 20 countries, more than 60 companies from the continent, over 100 Young Global Leaders and 80 Global Shaper Hubs.

4. The 2015 World Economic Forum on Africa, held on 3-5 June in Cape Town, South Africa, marked the 25th year of WEF’s involvement with Africa. Under the theme Then and Now, Reimagining Africa’s Future, the meeting welcomed over 1,000 participants from almost 80 countries and 53 meeting supporters.

5. At last year’s meeting, WEF’s Strategic Infrastructure initiative identified 23 infrastructure implementation projects in Africa, which require the public and the private sectors working together to answer the continent’s needs. The projects are at various stages of implementation.

6. The Grow Africa Partnership, founded at WEF Africa meeting four years ago, is now benefiting 8 million smallholder farmers and creating 58,000 jobs. Over 200 companies within the Grow Africa Partnership have together committed $10 billion in investment to agriculture in 12 African countries.

WEF, through its Centre for the Global Agenda, works to address several of the world’s most pressing global issues through the acceleration of progress on new or expanded public-private cooperation.

Some examples of the Centre’s impact—


Source :World Economic Forum
http://www.mgafrica.com

posted on: Thursday May 19, 2016 by Maurice Nshuti

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