Shettima away to Texas for US-Africa Business Summit

Shettima away to Texas for US-Africa Business Summit

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has travelled out to Texas, United States, for the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit.

The 16th US-Africa Business Summit is scheduled for May 6-9, 2024, in Dallas, Texas, a landmark event with the theme ‘US-Africa Business: Partnering for Sustainable Success’.

A statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, the Vice President would join other political and business leaders from Africa, the US, and beyond for high-level dialogues, networking sessions and plenaries.

Other African leaders expected at the summit are Presidents Joseph Boakai of Liberia, Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi, Joao Lourenço of Angola, Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana, José Maria Neves of Cabo Verde, and Deputy Prime Minister Nthomeng Majara of Lesotho.

Shettima is expected to speak at various sessions, including the Roundtable on African Infrastructure Investment and a plenary session on Navigating Africa’s Energy Future.

He is also scheduled to speak on a high-level panel on agribusiness, focusing on transiting “from food insecurity to thriving agribusinesses”.

He will chair a session promoting the ‘Invest in Nigeria’ initiative and attend other meetings and engagements on the sidelines of the summit.

Shettima, who is expected to return to Nigeria at the end of his engagements, travelled at a time President Bola Tinubu is also out of the country since April 23.