Nigerian International Economic Partnership Forum Breakfast Meet & Greet

On the sidelines of the UNGA, CCA hosted the breakfast session for the Nigerian International Economic Partnership Forum in partnership with the Nigerian Investment promotion council on September 22, 2022. The Forum was attended by members of the Corporate Council on Africa and various key stakeholders in the public and private sectors, including AFDB, Afrexim, and more. Florie Liser, in her remarks, spoke about CCA’s long history of hosting key stakeholders from the public and private sectors. Nigeria remains a priority country in line with CCA’s mandate to drive trade and investment between the United States and Nigeria. She also spoke about CCA’s Energy and Health working groups and the CCA’s willingness to help support Nigeria’s health security and energy transition plans. She advised the key stakeholders from the Nigerian public sector to scale up efforts around the AfCFTA as an opportunity to mitigate the effects of the global tailwinds. Through the remarks of the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the Nigerian government thanked CCA for being a long-time partner.