Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja to represent Nigeria at the 2025 World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
According to a statement by Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications (Office of the Vice President), Shettima will join global leaders, top business executives, and development partners to discuss strategies for improving the state of the world economy.
During his time in Davos, the Vice President is scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with other leaders and participate in various workshops and forums.
One key engagement will be his attendance at a workshop titled “Roadmap to Co-create Investment Opportunities for Africa’s Frontier Markets.” Organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, the session aims to enhance capital flows into Africa’s frontier markets to support inclusive and resilient growth across the continent. The event will take place at the Congress Centre in Jakobshorn.
The agenda includes the announcement of the Humanitarian and Resilience Investing (HRI) Roadmap for Africa, developed in partnership with the AfDB. The roadmap seeks to foster collaborations between public and private sector leaders to mobilize investments in Africa’s frontier markets.
Additionally, Vice President Shettima will attend a dinner event for heads of state, government officials, leaders of international organizations, and the recipients of the 2025 Annual Meeting Crystal Awards, as well as members of the International Business Council and Strategic Partners. This dinner will be held at Kurpark Village, Eiger.
Shettima will also co-chair a forum on “Turning Digital Trade into a Catalyst for Growth in Africa” slated for the Pischa Congress Centre.
The meeting will provide a dynamic platform for forward-thinking dialogue on digital trade and the crucial role of the private sector in advancing the implementation of the AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol adopted by the AU heads of state/government in January 2024.
He will also participate as a panelist, a Stakeholder Dialogue entitled, “Global Risks 2025”. The Global Risks Report highlights an increasingly volatile global landscape, marked by accelerating geopolitical, technological and environmental challenges. The event is slated for the Aspen 2 Congress Centre in Davos.
The Vice president who will be accompanied by top government functionaries including Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, and Aisha Remi, Executive Secretary of Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC)
He will return to Abuja at the end of his engagements in Davos.