By Dipo Olowookere
On Monday, June 25, 2018, former Governor of Cross Rivers State, Mr Donald Duke, addressed delegates at the African Trade and Investment Global Summit (ATIGS) at the United States of America (USA).
Mr Duke joined other global thought leaders within the public and private sectors to address issues bothering on foreign-direct investments and emerging markets between Africa and the rest of the world.
ATIGS 2018 is expected to witness the gathering of top government delegations, high profile African business leaders, project developers and international investors from more than 70 countries worldwide.
Mr Donald Duke was flanked during this powerful summit by notable international and continental heavyweights such as Dr Ricardo Daniel Veigas de Abreu, who is the Secretary of Economic Affairs of the President of the republic of Angola, and Alexander Gazis, the Acting Deputy Director for Economic Affairs and Sr. Trade and Investment Officer, Office of Economic and Regional Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs – U.S. Department of State.
At the summit, Nigeria’s Minister of Industry Trade and Investment, Mr Okechukwu Enelamah, was also pencilled down as a keynote speaker.
ATIGS is a prestigious biannual event aimed at promoting and facilitating foreign direct trade between Americas, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, and UAE with Africa with a view to endearing foreign and direct investments in Africa, and to provide a platform for businesses to expand into new markets.
This year’s event at the World Trade Center in Washington DC, is themed ‘Driving Trade, Unleashing Investment and Enhancing Economic Development: The Gateway to African Markets.’
