The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Mr Oscar Onyema is among top executives that will be speaking at the ongoing Annual World Economic Forum Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. He will be speaking in an exclusive session on Thursday January 21, 2016.
According to a statements signed by the Head of Corporate Communication of the NSE, Olumide Orojimi, the session titled, Regions in Transformation: Sub-Saharan Africa will bring together experts to explore and discuss what shifts and uncertainties are shaping the business market in Sub-Saharan Africa.
With the fears of tighter U.S. credit and a rising U.S. dollar, and coming alongside a secular slowdown of China economy and an implosion of the related commodity ‘supercycle’, there is need for African business and economic leaders to explore ways to respond to these macro-economic issues.
Other speakers at this session include, Justin Lin, Professor, Peking University; Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); Lesetja Kganyago, Governor, South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and Benno Ndulu, Governor, Bank of Tanzania.
The World Economic Forum is the foremost global gathering of world leaders from Government, Business, Academia, Civil Society and the Media. At the beginning of each year, world economic leaders come together to shape the global, regional and industry agendas.