President bio and Tony Elumelu rally West African private sector to turn regional potential into investment, industry and jobs
Ahead of the inaugural West Africa Integration and Investment Summit, Co-chairs Sierra Leone’s President Bio and Elumelu, convene investors and financial institutions to accelerate capital mobilisation and regional integration The President of Sierra Leone and immediate past Chair of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, His Excellency Julius Maada Bio, and leading […] The post…
Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio and Tony Elumelu, a prominent African investor, have urged West Africa's private sector to transition from the potential of regional integration to its realization. They aim to transform the region's vast economic potential into shared prosperity by mobilizing capital, building competitive industries, and creating jobs.
The two leaders hosted the inaugural physical meeting of the WAIIS Private Sector Advisory Board in Lagos, focusing on four strategic areas: energy trade and industrialization, strategic minerals, agribusiness, and digital transformation. President Bio envisions a regional market of over 400 million people, encouraging businesses from within West Africa and beyond to deepen trade, investment, and economic cooperation.
Elumelu, a strong advocate of Africapitalism, emphasized the critical role of the African private sector in driving the continent's economic transformation through long-term investments in key sectors. The two leaders stressed that private sector ambition must be matched by decisive government action, providing policy certainty, regulatory efficiency, and security to attract long-term investments.
The West Africa Integration and Investment Summit (WAIIS) is scheduled for November 17-18, 2026, at the Julius Maada Bio International Conference Centre in Lungi, Sierra Leone.
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