2010 - Engagements

Nov 11th '10
Speaker and Facilitator – Abuja Investment Summit

Oct 13th '10
Facilitator, World Bank – PIA Workshop on Authorised Economic Operators(AEO), Accra, Ghana

Sept 28 '10
Facilitator, ECOWAS Business Forum, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire

Sep 15 '10
Keynote Speaker, Okerete Trans-National Market Workshop, Oyo State , Nigeria

Jun 17, '10
Sessional Chair, Microsoft ICT Best Practice Summit, Burkina Faso

Jun 15, '10
Keynote Speaker, Canadian(CIDA) Sustainable Development Initiatives Workshop, Calabar

Jun 7/8, '10
Chair & Speaker, G8 Africa Infrastructure Conference, Accra,"Spatial Development Strategy"

June 3' 10
Resource Person, Nigeri-Delta Conference, London

Jun ½ '10
Resource Person, Microsoft ICAPS Summit, Brussels

May 28 '10
Resource Person, Africa Development Bank AGM/ABR Workshop

May 26 ;10
Keynote Speaker, Swedish Parliament, Sweden

May 25 '10
Keynote Speaker, African Ambassadors Conference : Africa Day: ICT for Development

May 11/13 '10
Speaker, UNECA High Level Workshop, Accra "Private Sector Perspective on Trade Facilitation and Regional Integration of ECOWAS"

May ECOWAS Mission: Represented ECOWAS President/Keynote Speaker at Cape Verde SME Summit

Apr 20, '10
Speaker, Donor Round Table, FMC&I, Abuja, Nigeria

Mar 22/26
Resource Person, ECOWAS Business Conference, Abidjan

Mar 8/10 '10
Resource Person, Africa Union Head of States Summit on Agribusiness

Mar 3,4, "10
Resource Person, Joining Up Africa Conference, London

Nov 2009
Co-alition for Dialogu for Africa - CoDA (AfDB/UNECA/AU).-Global Financial Crisis- Chair of the technical presentation and discussant. At Tunis.

Feb 25 '10
Resource Person, IFAD Workshop, Rome

Feb11-12 '10
Speaker, UNIDO High Level bilateral Workshop with ABR

Jan 27-28 '10
Resource Person, Aid for Trade Summit, ECOWAS, Abuja

2009 - Engagements

Oct 2009

ECOWAS Consultant developing "The Strategic Framework for ECOWAS Enterprise Development and Promotion"

Sept 2009

3rd EU-Africa Business Summit, Nairobi (Co-Chair, Trade& Regional Integration Working Group)

Sept 2009

Speaker, International Telecom Development Summit, Abuja,Nigeria. Topic "Business Security & Investment Melt-down in Nigeria: The need for a National Framework for Security, Policing and e-Governance"

Sept 2009

Nigerian Export Promotion Council Conference on Promoting Non-Oil Export from Nigeria. Speaker – Practical Approach Towards the Presentation of Quality Products to the EU Market

July 2009

UN Mission:- Experts Mission on Promoting Agri-business and Agro processing development in Africa. Lead Speaker on Regional Value Chain. Title-"Strategic and Local Partnerships in addressing Agri-business and food security challenges- Nigeria's muscular response"

June 2009

G8 Africa Infrastructure Conference, London, Speaker and Sessional Chair.

June 2009 UN – AU Private Sector Convening on Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme(Africa Agric Ministers) Resource Person

June 2009

Organised ECOWAS Trade & Investment Conference in Brussels (Speaker)

May 2009

Nigerian Development & Finance Conference (keynote Speaker)

May 2009

Nigeria Vice Presidential Investment Promotion Conference in Finland (Speaker)

April 2009

UNIDO Mission to Nigeria with Microsoft on the establishment of a network of

Business Information and Support Centres in Nigeira and Africa

April 2009

Preparatory Workshop in UNIDO HQ, Vienna for UN Mission to Africa

Mar 2009

World Africa Business Congress held in Addis Ababa(Speaker)

2008 - Engagements

Nov 2008

Africa Investment Opportunities. Spoke on "Agro-Export Development Strategies for Africa" . Prince George County, Maryland, USA

Nov 2008

Africa Business Round Table Conference, Washington, USA. Spoke on "Africa Economic Leadership and Development Challenges"

Oct 2008

Nigeria Indepence Conference, London. Spoke on Nigeria 7-point Agenda

July 2008

G8 Africa Business Forum(Whitehall London). Presented Africa Economic Community Trade Facilitation involving Equatorial Super Transit Corridor with integrated infrastrucuture estimated at US$20b

June 2008

Presented to, and got approval from Nigeria National Executive Council an integrated network of Export Conditioning and Processing Centres to cost =N=24b per year and =N=72b in total (US$600m) for 3 yrs

June 2008

EC/EU-Africa Business Forum/Stakeholders, Brussels. Presented the Super Transit Corridor & Strategic Trade Hubs (Dakar, Lagos & Mombasa)

May 2008

BizClim Workshop, Brussels. Presented ECOWAS 8-point Trade Facilitation programme and progress on ECOWAS Transport Corridor

April 2008

Organised Kick-off Workshop in Abuja funded by EU on ECOWAS Trade Facilitation and NTB Suppression

2007 - Engagements

Dec 2007

Represented ABR/NEPAD Business Group at Lisbon Summit preparatory meeting for AU/EU Heads of Govt.

Nov 2007

Africa Ambassadors Conference held in London. Organised and participated.

Nov 2007

ITC/WTO Debate in Geneva. Represented Africa/NEPAD and defended Africa's bilateral, regional and multi-lateral negotiating positions, notwithstanding our configuration problems and the fact of our past exclusions.

Nov '2007

Organised 3rd Africa World Business Congress in Arusha Tanzania

Oct 2007

Represented ABR/NEPAD BG in the 4 man review of the UNDP Strategic Plan for Africa 2008-2011 in Nairobi, Kenya to press for closer programme alignment, private sector development and capacity development for regional integration.

Sept 2007

Designed and secured EU funding for Deepining ECOWAS Regional Economic Integration and suppressing Non Tariff Barriers along the Transit Corridor

Aug 2007

Led DONORS Africa Consultative Conference & 50 Coys sponsored by EU.

June 2007

EU-CHINA-AFRICA Trilateral Business Summit, Brussels. Represented ABR/ NEPAD in this tri-lateral business summit .o persuade China on regional integration, private sector development and social inclusion issues.

June 2007

EU-AFRICA BUSINESS SUMMIT, Ghana. Co-Chaired the Trade Working Group and made strong recommendations on the EPA Agreement

May 2007

AfDB AGM Shangai, China. Represented ABR/NEPAD BG at the AGM of AfDB