Gateway CEO, V Shankar, moderated the “Leapfrogging the World: Innovation and Sustainability in Africa” panel held during the 2021 Africa Singapore Business Forum on August 23.
The conversation among Shankar, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore’s Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies, and Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group covered the global recession and disruption in African markets that Covid-19 had caused, as well as the numerous investment opportunities on the continent. “You cannot ignore African markets…Africa is open to investors,” Adesina said, stressing that “the challenges are the opportunities.”
Read more here, and watch the full interview on YouTube here.
