Olu na Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, tare da matar sa, Olori Atuwatse III, a ƙarƙashin inuwar ƙungiyar su ta ba da agaji, Elevate Africa, sun gudanar da taron farko na Elevate Africa Global Convening, mai taken ‘The Africa We See’ a ranakun 10 da 11, Oktoba 2024 a Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
Wani bangare na taron sun hada jawabai, tarurrukan kungiya, tarurrukan ɗakunan karfi, da tattaunawar shugabanci mai dabara, wanda masu magana da baƙi da aka gayyata daga ko’ina cikin Afrika da waje suka gabatar.
A ranar farko, Olori Atuwatse ta magana game da canza labarin Afrika. Ta ce, “Tsawon lokaci, duniya ta tsara ra’ayinta game da Afrika ta hanyar kallon hankali, tana manta da gaskiyar ta.” Ta ci gaba da cewa, “Ta hanyar dandamali daban-daban, mun nemi inyata labarin asali na Afirka.”
<p=Wani babban abin da ya faru a taron shi ne halin mawakin pop, Davido. Mawakin ya kuma raba labarin sa game da Afrika da yadda yake kokarin canza ra’ayoyin mutane game da kontinent, musamman a masana’antar kiɗa. Ya bayyana cewa yadda ake gani da Afirka ta canza, inda ƙasashen waje suka fara ganin ƙimar da Afrika ta mallaka. A koda yake, in ya gayyaci ƙwararrun sa ko abokan sa daga waje zuwa Nijeriya, suna mamaki da yadda ƙasar ta ci gaba.
Kamar haka, matar Vice President, Nana Shettima, ta magana game da mahimmancin da matasa ke takawa a ci gaban kontinent. Ta kuma magana game da madadin gwamnati da karfafawa matasa a ƙasar. Haka kuma ta himmatu matasa su ci gaba da aikin yi. Akwai tarurrukan kungiya masu jan hankali daga masu magana na daraja kamar MD/CEO na Rokel Commercial Bank, Sierra Leone, Walton Gilpin; Vice-Chairman, Chandler Foundation, Singapore, Tim Hanstad; Lord Mayor of Entebbe Municipality, The Republic of Uganda, Fabrice Rulinda; One’s Executive Director for Africa, Serah Makka; CEO of Optiva Capital Partners, Jane Kimemia; VP, Foundation and Government Partnerships at United Way of Greater Atlanta, Juanita Sheppard; da CEO of the 6th Region Global Chamber of Commerce, Melida Harris-Barrow.
Davido da mawakiya Teni Apata sun rama masu taron da wasan kiɗa, mawakiyar marubuciya Maryam Bukar-Hassan, aka Alhanislam, ta gabatar da wasu daga waƙoƙinta. Wasu masu magana sun hada Gwamnan Jihar Legas, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu; CEO of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina; First Lady of Kwara State, Olufolake Abdulrazaq; tsohuwar shugabar Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim; Vice President of the Senate, Ivory Coast, Chantal Fanny; Founder/CEO of Gemstone Group, Fela Durotoye; tsohuwar mataimakiyar shugaban Liberia, Jewel Taylor; MD of Paralex Bank, Femi Bakre; Managing Partner, Borderless Trade Network, Olori Boye-Ajayi; Founder of IMMERSE Coaching Company, Debola Deji-Kurunmi; da jarumar fim, Hilda Dokubo; da sauran su.
