Adebola Williams

Joins Chelsea Clinton, Masiyiwa, Shankar, Others At NEXUS Global Summit In New York

LEADING media entrepreneur and RED | For Africa Chief Executive Officer ( CEO), Adebola Williams will feature as plenary speaker at the 2022 NEXUS Global Summit, alongside other industry leaders, including Chelsea Clinton, Vice- Chair of the Clinton Foundation; Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Global Humanitarian & Peace Envoy; and Elizabeth Tanya Masiyiwa, Executive Director of Delta Philanthropies.

Set to take place at CONVENE ( 225 Liberty St.) in New York City, the event, which started on Thursday, June 23, continues today, with the aim of tackling pressing issues facing the world today, from refugee response to climate resilience and NFTS.

“I am thankful to the NEXUS team for this great honour. I am eager to share my expertise in the promotion of civic participation of youths in politics. I hope to also engage with them on ways to align themselves with real solutions for inclusive enterprise and active citizenship,” Williams said.

Other speakers at this year’s summit include Melissa Grady Dias, Global CMO of Cadillac; acclaimed functional medicine expert, Dr. Mark Hyman; Tariq ’ Black Thought’ Trotter, Co- Founder & Lead Emcee of The Roots; Paul van Zyl, Co- Founder & Chief Creative Officer of The Conduit; Dominic Kalms, Co

Founder & CEO of B Generous; Aza Raskin, Co- Founder of The Center for Humane Technology & Earth Species Project, and Monica Singh, Founder & President of the Mahendra Singh Foundation.

The NEXUS Global Summit is an exclusive gathering of the largest network of significant young philanthropists, social entrepreneurs and impact investors globally to bring about our generation’s most promising global solutions.