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· UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed will address African Business, Government and civil society leaders on December 3, 2020 at a virtual event to discuss progress on the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa
· This will be organized by Global Compact Local Networks in South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Tanzania, Morocco, and the Indian Ocean and Mauritius Regional Network
· Importantly, the event marks the 20th anniversary of the UN Global Compact, which was founded by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed will address African Business, Government and civil society leaders on December 3, 2020 at a virtual event to discuss progress on the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa. This will be organized by Global Compact Local Networks in South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Nigeria, Tanzania, Morocco, and the Indian Ocean and Mauritius Regional Network.
The event is titled “Uniting Business for the Africa We Want: Decade of Action and Opportunities. It is expected to attract dozens of journalists and more than 3,000 attendees, mainly from the private
sector.
The event will feature top African executives, other influential people and policy makers. They include Celestin Mukeba, CEO, Equity Bank Congo (DRC); Phyllis Wakiaga, CEO, Kenya Association of Manufacturers (Kenya); Siddarth Ramaswamy, Vice President (Supply Chain), Unilever West Africa; Jane Karuku, CEO, EABL (Kenya); H.E. Hanna Tetteh, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the African Union, Brahim Benjelloun, Executive Director, Bank of Africa Group BMCE (Morocco), Prosper Burnson, Executive Director, Green Carbon (Ghana), Richard Rushton, CEO, Distell (South Africa), Samuel Kimeu, Member of the Board, Africa Union Advisory Board Against Corruption; Bernard Muselet, CEO, Credit du Maroc (Morocco), Sanda Ojiambo, CEO and Executive Director, UN Global Compact etc.
Importantly, the event marks the 20th anniversary of the UN Global Compact, which was founded by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Sessions will discuss many of the key issues African countries are confronting in their drive toward achieving progress in sustainable development in the coming years with special focus on the impact of COVID-19.
