1 April 2023 | Heirs Place, Lagos, Nigeria
The Group Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Heirs Holdings, the leading Pan-African investor, Tony O. Elumelu, CFR, will be traveling to Zambia at the invitation of United States Vice President, Kamala Harris.
Mr. Elumelu will join other global leaders at the inaugural meeting of the Steering Committee of the United States Government’s initiative “Gender Inclusion in the Digital Economy” taking place on Saturday,
April 1, 2023, in Lusaka, Zambia.
Elumelu’s attendance is a testament to his unwavering commitment to transforming Africa through a dynamic private-public sector approach. He championed this approach at the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit hosted by President Biden in Washington D.C. in December 2022.
He spoke with credibility, built on the impact record of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, his business successes, and his commitment to Africapitalism, which demonstrates how Africa can be transformed.
Elumelu welcomed the increased engagement of the US administration with Africa and stressed that the partnership should be based on equity and mutual respect. As one of Africa’s leading entrepreneurs, Elumelu sees common values between the entrepreneurially driven US economy and the opportunities in Africa, especially in creating an enabling environment to support Africa’s highly entrepreneurial youth.
He is an ardent advocate of Africapitalism, his belief that Africa’s economic renaissance will be catalysed by the collaboration between public and private sectors, and that the private
sector must create social good, as well as economic wealth.
| Africapitalism
Africapitalism is the economic philosophy developed by Heirs Holdings Chairman, Tony O. Elumelu, CFR, and is predicated on the belief that Africa’s private sector can and must play a leading role in the continent’s development. It is a call-to-action for businesses to make decisions that will increase economic and social wealth and promote development in the communities and nations in which they operate.