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President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Kigali ahead of the 13th edition of the Africa CEO Forum, where he is expected to present Nigeria’s economic reform agenda and engage global business leaders on regional economic cooperation.
According to a statement posted on the official X handle of presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga on Wednesday, the President arrived in Rwanda ahead of the summit scheduled to begin on Thursday.
Tinubu was received at the Presidential Wing of the Kigali International Airport by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu, and Rwanda’s Minister of Defence, Juvenal Marizamunda.
Other senior officials present to receive the President included the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Jumoke Oduwole; the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Mohammed Mohammed; the Nigerian Chargé d’Affaires in Rwanda, Ibrahim Zanna; and the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare.
The statement said the Africa CEO Forum, founded in 2012 by Jeune Afrique Media and co-hosted by the International Finance Corporation, “has become the largest annual gathering of African private sector leaders, investors, and policymakers.”
According to the statement, the forum “focuses on accelerating economic transformation through shared scale, regional integration, and increased cross-border investment.”
This year’s theme is titled, “The Scale Imperative: Why Africa Must Embrace Shared Ownership.”
Onanuga stated that President Tinubu “will speak on ‘Holding the Line: Nigeria’s Reform Bet in a Fractured World,’ highlighting the gains of sustaining Nigeria’s bold reforms, among other topics.”
The presidential spokesman added that Tinubu “will also hold high-level bilateral meetings with top global and African business leaders while reaffirming Nigeria’s leadership role in shaping the continent’s future.”
According to the statement, “President Tinubu will use the occasion of the summit to reaffirm Nigeria’s commitment to advancing African unity, deepening regional economic cooperation, and fostering strategic partnerships to accelerate private sector-driven sustainable development across the continent.”
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