Nigerien President, Jonathan, Sirleaf for ABA-AFCFTA Roundtable

Etiam Innovation Systems in partnership with the African Bar Association (AFBA) will be hosting a section on trade, investment and business immigration, the Managing Director of the company, Mark Nduka-Eze has said.

Nduka-Eze has also said President of Niger Republic, Mohamed Bazoum will declare the conference open while former

Nigerian, Liberian and Sierra Leonean Presidents, Goodluck Jonathan, Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf and Ernest Koroma will be in attendance.

He disclosed this in a statement at the weekend, noting that the panel discussion, a breakout session of the 2021 African Bar Conference, will be held on October 5 at the Mahatma Gandhi International Conference Centre, Niamey, Republic of Niger.

Nduka-Eze said the roundtable, with the theme‘ The Roadmap to African Competitiveness: Exploring Business Immigration, AfCFTA, Trade and New Frontiers’, was aimed at addressing the impediments and opportunities in trade and commerce across Africa and how territories can join forces to harness new frontiers through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

“It will also highlight the opportunities in business immigration in Europe, America, Australia and Asia and how private sectors can benefit from it to scale up their businesses and give it an international reach.”

Topics to be discussed include: ‘Business Immigration and Opportunities in Trade and New Frontiers, AFCFTA and the Agenda 2061- The Africa we Want, Opportunities in Entertainment in Africa, ICT Innovation, and Safe Smart City Projects.