Sanwo-olu, Akinbolagbe & others shines at the Africa Business Convention 2022 -By Anthony Igbede

The African Business Convention is a premier business convening for business leaders, governments, policy makers, investors, and entrepreneurs across Africa and beyond.

ABC presents a unique platform for: insightful debates around the prevailing challenges confronting businesses in the continent; the exploration of emerging opportunities; It also keeps abreast with global industry trends and developments; Showcasing worthy ideas and projects for matching investments and; trade promotion within Africa and with the rest of the world.

The Africa Business Convention 2022 was a melting pot for Africa’s biggest deal makers, investors, business shapers and governments.

In October of 2021, BusinessDay Media Limited, producer of BusinessDay (Nigeria), West Africa’s leading provider of business intelligence and information on diversified media platforms including online, mobile, and print, announced its plans to host the Africa Business Convention – Africa’s biggest business conference and investment expo.

The second edition of the convention themed ‘Africa recovery’ held as a hybrid event on the 1st and 2nd of February 2022 at Eko Hotel & suites Lagos, Nigeria, and via Zoom.

Top African government and business leaders as well as high-level networking on the African continent discussed emerging concerns in Africa and proffered solutions that could address challenges in the business environment across Africa.

“Following the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic since it hit the continent in early 2020, there is no better time to discuss Africa’s recovery than now,” Ogho Okiti, Managing Director, BusinessDay (Nigeria) said Inna chat with newsmen at the commencement of the event.

Discussions from the conference served as an avenue to promote trade relationships within and outside Africa, review crucial policies and highlight agendas to achieve economic prosperity, explore emerging opportunities, be updated with global industry trends and developments, etc.

In addition, High-level networking sessions were built into the Convention program to facilitate investment meetings, relationship building, lead generation, idea pitching, deal-making,