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Browsing: CEO Dialogue Forum
The CEO Dialogue Forum which hosted more than 500 CEOs from Africa and beyond met virtually to discuss issues affecting Africa’s growth.
Strathmore University Business School partnered with Shared Value Initiative Africa to host the first session of the CEO Dialogue on 6 August 2020, themed ‘The Future of Work and the Impact of the Digital Economy on Africa’s Growth.’
Persistent gaps in education, health and skills have tampered the many opportunities in Africa leading to the continent to only reach forty percent of its estimated potential according to the World Bank. In addition, conflict, food insecurity, population growth and the disruptive forces of climate change threaten to curtail or even reverse the progress made over the past decades.
The discussion was spearheaded by a team of expert panelists drawn from different sectors such as Vincent Ogutu, Vice-Chancellor Designate Strathmore University, Cezanne Maherali, Head of Policy, Uber-sub-Saharan Africa, Alan Stoga, …