Business
Lagos Business School to host Africa Business Conference
The LBS Africa Business Conference will set the pace in creating a prosperous future for the continent. The Conference will also be a rare opportunity for participants to gain key insights from, and engage with prominent Business Leaders, Senior Public Sector Representatives, Investors and the Academia who are shaping Africa.
The LBS Africa Business Conference is organized by the MBA students of Lagos Business School in Nigeria. It is the first student-run event focused on business in Africa. This maiden edition of the Conference will hold on the 31st of May 2013, at the Lagos Business School campus.
The LBS Africa Business Conference will bring together over 15 business and community leaders, in addition to over 400 participants across all sectors of the economy across the continent (business leaders, financiers, SME owners and regulators). Speakers already confirmed include:
– Aliko Dangote (CEO and Founder, Dangote Group)
– Tony Elumelu (Chairman, Heirs Holdings)
– Omobola Johnson (Minister for Communication Technology, Nigeria)
– Akinwunmi Adesina (Minister for Agriculture, Nigeria)
– Andrew Alli (CEO, Africa Finance Corporation)
– Lazarus Angbazo (CEO, General Electric- East, West & Central Africa)
– Emmanuel Onyeje (GM, Anglophone West Africa, Microsoft)
– Eyo Ekpo (Commissioner, Market Competition & Rates, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission)
– Tunde Reis (Director, First World Communities)
– Jeje Olatunbosun (Commissioner for Housing, Lagos State Government)
– Adeniyi Adeleye (Head Real Estate Investment, Stanbic Bank)
– Anton Wagenaar (GM, Shoprite Nigeria)
– David Ladipo (CEO, Azura Power)
– Eghosa Omogui, (CEO EchoVC)
