No fewer than 10 heads of state and 900 delegates have registered to
participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa beginning in
Abuja on May 7, an official said.
The Media Coordinator of the forum, Dr Ogho Okiti, made this known in
an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, saying the
affected persons had confirmed their participation.
The forum, which has “Forging Inclusive Growth, Creating Jobs” as its theme, will last three days.
Okiti said that the participants would come from 70 countries, including 30 in Africa.
He said that the countries whose presidents had confirmed
participation were Algeria, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia,
Mali and Nigeria.