Laureates at a past Africa CEO forum. PHOTO | AFP
The 8th edition of the Africa CEO Forum has been postponed
indefinitely in light of the Covid-19 coronavirus spread around the
world.
The forum, scheduled to be held March 8-10 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, has been deferred to a date to be announced later.
“We
regret to inform you that in light of the circumstances around the
Covid-19 coronavirus, the Africa CEO Forum has been postponed to a later
date, which will be announced shortly. We would also like to apologise
to all our delegates and speakers, who will have been inconvenienced by
this difficult decision,” reads a notice to participants.
About
1,800 delegates from around the continent, mainly business and
political leaders, were expected to discuss issues affecting the
continent in the event organised by Paris-based Jeune Afrique Media
Group.
Top on the agenda being the
role of African capitalism in the age of digital disruption; Africa’s
successful economic integration and Ecowas’s move towards a single
market and currency.
Five presidents;
Alassane Ouattara (Côte d’Ivoire), Paul Kagame (Rwanda), Macky Sall
(Senegal), Mahamadou Issoufou (Niger)and Filipe Nyusi (Mozambique), as
well as Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo were expected.
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