Africa Business Leaders Coalition Round Table in Lagos Tackles Climate Action and Sustainable Growth

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Africa Business Leaders Coalition
29 July 2022
UN Global Compact (New York)
press release

Lagos — Africa Business Leaders Coalition round table is part of a CEO-led initiative emanating from the UN Global Compact Africa Strategy

Business leaders from across Nigeria gathered today in Lagos as part of the UN Global Compact Africa Business Leaders Coalition (ABLC) to discuss how to advance Africa’s sustainable growth, prosperity and development.

The ABLC is a CEO-led initiative emanating from the UN Global Compact Africa Strategy 2021–2023 and is committed to bringing measurable impact to the continent’s most pressing issues. It works closely with the UN Global Compact Hub in Abuja and 10 Global Compact Local Networks operating across Africa. Members of the ABLC commit to upholding the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact and becoming a UN Global Compact participant within six months of joining.

Ahead of COP27 to be held in Egypt in November 2022, the ABLC will focus its efforts on sustainable development and ambitious climate action by bringing the perspectives of dozens of leading African CEOs and Board Chairs into the global conversation.

During today’s roundtable in Lagos, participants discussed possible content for the ABLC Climate Statement to be presented at COP27. ABLC members will be invited to sign the statement with credible climate commitments and actions.

Business leaders participating in the roundtable included:
- Kola Adesina, CEO, Sahara Group
- Juliet Anammah, CEO, Jumia
- Michael Oyeyiola, Head of Global Corporates, Ecobank
- Omobolanle Victor-Laniyan, Head of Sustainability, Access Bank
- Amaechi Michael Okobi, Group Head for Corporate Communication, Access Bank
- Victor Willie, Chief of Staff, Access Bank
- Leonard Kange, General Manager for Large Enterprises, Bank of Industry
- Bolaji Balogun, CEO, Chapel Hill Denham
- Timi George, Head Financial Institutions, First Bank of Nigeria

Notes to Editors

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