L-R: Senior Special Assistance to the Lagos State Governor, Ministry of Commerce, Cooperatives, Trades and Investment, Hauwa Adeeyo; United Nations Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohammed Malick Fall, Chief Executive Officer, Sterling One Foundation, Olapeju Ibekwe and Managing Director/CEO, Sterling Bank Limited, Abubakar Suleiman at a press conference on the Africa Social Impact Summit 2024 in Lagos... on Tuesday.
The official press conference for the Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS 3.0) 2024, hosted by the Sterling One Foundation and the United Nations Nigeria, was held on Tuesday, July 9th, at the Lagos Oriental Hotel.
Present
at the press conference were Olapeju Ibekwe, CEO, Sterling One
Foundation; Mohammed M. Malick Fall, Resident and Humanitarian
Coordinator, United Nations in Nigeria and Abubakar Suleiman, MD/CEO,
Sterling Bank.
Others are Odunayo Sanya, Executive Director, MTN
Foundation; Hauwa Adeeyo, Senior Special Assistant to the Lagos State
Governor on Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Investments, and Dr.
Mories Atoki, CEO, ABC Health, among other key stakeholders and
partners.
ASIS, which started in 2022, has grown into a
significant platform for driving social impact across Africa. The summit
aims to bring together various stakeholders from the public sector,
private sector, and development ecosystem to create effective
partnerships and advocate for impactful policies.
In her opening
remarks, Olapeju Ibekwe, CEO, Sterling One Foundation, stated, "The
Africa Social Impact Summit has three major goals: to galvanize
effective partnerships across the public sector, private sector, and the
development ecosystem; to advocate for policies that will attract
investments in major development sectors; and to ensure impactful
investments in those sectors. We are pleased to announce that over 40%
of last year's participants have received various levels of investment.
"One
significant example is the MTN Foundation's investment of over 3
billion Naira to support primary healthcare centers across the country
in partnership with the Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria. This
year, we will host an investors roundtable on July 24th at the Eko
Convention Centre as a pre-event engagement before the summit on July
25th and 26th.
"We invite stakeholders, including entrepreneurs,
innovators, investors, and representatives from the private and public
sectors, to join us in reimagining progress and designing a new
blueprint for sustainable growth in Africa."
Mr Suleiman,MD Sterling Bank Chatting with guests on the platform The
United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria,
Assistant Secretary - General Mohammed highlighted the urgency of the
summit's goals, saying, "We have discovered that we are behind on
several indicators, and this comes at a time of numerous global
challenges, including economic downturns.
"With
only six years left to achieve the 2030 SDG targets, it is time to
double our efforts. This gathering is crucial for galvanizing
partnerships, as the SDGs are designed in such a way that no single
sector or entity can meet these goals alone. The theme of this year’s
summit, 'Reimagining Progress: A New Blueprint for Sustainable Growth in
Africa,' resonates deeply with the UN, prompting us to support and
partner with the Sterling One Foundation in co-convening ASIS 2024."
Abubakar
Sulieman, MD/CEO of Sterling Bank and member of the Board of Trustees
for Sterling One Foundation, expressed confidence in the summit's
collaborative potential, stating, "As I walked into this room, I
realized that our collective effort can achieve our goals. The
institutions represented here demonstrate that we are well on our way to
success.
"At Sterling Bank, we have always believed in using
our trusted position to solve problems by galvanizing partnerships. In
the social impact scene, we are many but often weak due to being
distributed and disconnected. Size matters, and the beauty of what we do
at Sterling One Foundation is our willingness to partner, co-convening
with the United Nations."
The Africa Social Impact Summit 2024 is
crucial for sustainable growth across the continent. It aims to address
pressing issues through innovative solutions and strategic
partnerships. This year's theme, "Reimagining Progress: A New Blueprint
for Sustainable Growth in Africa,"
underscores the need
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