Now is the time for the world to rally behind women in business
The covid-19 pandemic is ravaging the world indiscriminately, but a combination of health and economic factors means the pandemic presents a particular set of challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa. SMEs already face challenges in accessing finance and will undoubtedly face unprecedented challenges due to covid-19. Women-led SMEs are the worst affected because they tend to be […]
The Exchange: COVID-19 & Beyond Episode 1: Spotlight on the Corona Virus
This is the first episode where Paul Olele of Corporate Council on Africa, Toyin Adegbite-Moore of African Venture Philantropy Alliance and Margaret Olele of the American Business Council talk about COVID-19 (popularly known as Corona virus) and its effect to the Nigerian Society and also share what the private and public sector are doing to […]
The Exchange: COVID-19 & Beyond Episode 2: COVID-19 Insights from Private Sector and Media
In this episode John Shidiak Business Development Director of Bristol Scientific,(a key partner to the Nigeria Communicable Disease Centre, assisting the Government with testing facilities and best practices)and Hajiya Halima Ben Umar, Executive Director and Founder Women in Media Initiative Kano State, share insights on the the current situation of the COVID-19 Virus in Nigeria […]
The Exchange: COVID-19 & Beyond Episode 3: Harnessing Investment for Healthcare.
Our guest, Fola Laoye of Health Markets Africa discusses with the Co-hosts on how to attract investors into the healthcare sector, Universal health coverage and the need to have more COVID-19 tests done.
The Exchange: COVID-19 & Beyond Episode 4: The Youth Perspective
Here our guests Terry Akagha, a Nigerian based in the Uk, Hadeeqa Guli Raza from Pakistan, Charles Aborisade and Nadia Colbert from the United States of America share their stories and perspectives of the pandemic – how they are shaping their societies and what they see changing globally post COVID-19. This is produced by Paul […]
The Exchange: COVID – 19 & Beyond Episode 5: The Future Of E-commerce Post AfCFTA Implementation
In this episode, Juliet Anammah the Chairwoman, Nigeria & Head of Institutional Affairs, Jumia Group, a Pan African E-commerce platform operating in 11 countries in Africa shares insights on the future of e-commerce in Africa and the opportunities it portends from the AfCFTA -an African Intra trade platform to improve trade within Africa.This episode is […]
The role of Mechanization as a key driver for economic diversification Post COVID-19
In this 6th episode, Ibrahim Mohammed, General Manager Machines at Mantrac Nigeria shares how mechanization has changed over the years, how they have adjusted to the to the new tools (AI, IoT), and how mechanization will drive economic growth. Guest Co-Host, Vince Onyejeli, the West African Lead Director on Infrastructure at KPMG, a multinational […]
Synergistic Response COVID 19 Impact Consortium
In this episode, a consortium made up of 4 impact investors share their goals for the Covid-19 impact consortium. It is intended to establish a coordinated mechanism for a rapid response in crisis management, and strengthen the capacity of impact enterprises, Nigerian impact investors, philanthropy and others in emergency management. The guests include, Innocent Chukwuma […]
International Community Support To Fight COVID-19
Fighting COVID-19 In Lagos
