Congratulations to Makhtar Diop on your historic appointment as the first African Managing Director & Exec. VP of the IFC. Your invaluable wealth of experience will be crucial in driving economic recovery in Africa and the world especially through private sector engagement.
Congratulations to Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first African and female DG @WTO. We are proud of your historic emergence and confident in your ability to rebuild the World Trade Organisation and enhance global trade and economic development.
In these challenging times @WTO needs the renowned skills and tested experience of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala @NOIweala to lead the organisation through identified obstacles and strengthen its position as the prime facilitator of international trade.(1/2)
Today we celebrate a polio-free Africa, the result of decades of vaccination, hard work, collaboration. Tomorrow we get back to work, to ensure wild polio does not come back. Together, we all can #EndPolio globally.
We are committed to mobilizing resources both within the private sector and other sectors to help eliminate malaria and address the current COVID-19 pandemic. I call on private sector, donors, public sector, NGOs and others to redouble their commitments in eliminating malaria.
It is easy to forget what a huge threat malaria remains for all of us in the face of public health crisis posed by Covid-19. We must not forget and allow the giant strides we have made in reducing the scourge of malaria in our nation slide.
We are committed to mobilizing resources both within the private sector and other sectors to help eliminate malaria & address the current COVID-19 pandemic. I call on the private sector, donors, public sector, NGOs & others to redouble their commitments in eliminating malaria.
It is always better to show what we do rather than talk about what we're going to do. We have over 50 member org. & our goals are to:
* Increase our testing capacity
* Support treatment capacity through isolation centers
* Provide food relief to lowest 5% of the population
It is with a heavy heart that I received the news of the passing of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, a brother and true patriot. The Nation has lost a brilliant, illustrious and quintessential technocrat..
CACOVID(Coalition Against COVID-19) is an initiative that I am leading with other private sector leaders&our common goal is to support ongoing Government initiatives with our resources in the fight against Covid-19. We are in this together & I am optimistic we will overcome.(2/2)
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted modern society, affecting our collective health and well-being. As a global citizen and business leader, I took the COVID-19 test and the result came back NEGATIVE. (1/2)
Nigeria has one of the largest domestic markets with a population of over 200million people. We need to drive sustainable and inclusive growth through industrialization, economic diversification and import substitution, creating jobs and driving economic prosperity.
Our employees are our greatest asset, and I am delighted to honor the commitment, dedication and loyalty of our long standing colleagues who daily uphold our principles, demonstrate our vision, and sustain our success as an organisation. Thank you
#DangoteLongServiceAward
@BillGates Thank you @BillGates, It gives me great joy to work with you and Melinda and the great people behind @gatesfoundation in improving health of Africans. Thank you for the support, friendship and always putting your resources where your heart is.
My condolences to the families of the children and teachers who lost their lives in the tragic Paynesville fire incident. We mourn with the President and the good people of Liberia in this difficult time.
It is time for Africans to put Africa at the center of its own development, by harnessing our entrepreneurial and intellectual skills. Let us collectively shun hate and reprisal attacks. (2/2)
Our aspirations for a shared and sustainable prosperity can only be achieved when we live in peace and unity, shunning hate and any form of violent attack on African brotherhood...(1/2)