Internationally-recognised banker, billionaire businessman, investor and philanthropist, Tony Elumelu, has emerged a Co-Chair of Business20 – B20 India Action Council.
The globally-respected B20 India Action Council on African Economic Integration is the business side of G20.
It is chaired by the founder & chairman of Bharti Enterprises, Sunil Bharti Mittal.
Other co-chairs of the forum include:
Cas Coovadia
CEO, Business Unity, South Africa
Mauro Bellini
Chairman of Board of Directors, Marcopolo SA, Brazil
Birju Pradipkumar Patel
Joint CEO, ETG World, South Africa
Pratik Agarwal
Managing Director, Sterlite Power, India
Sudarshan Venu
Managing Director, TVS Motor Company, India
Valentina Mintah
Founder, West Blue Consulting, Ghana
Rebecca Enonchong
CEO, AppsTech & Chair, Afrilabs, Cameroon
Patricia Nzolantima
Founder, Bizzoly Holding, Democratic Republic of Congo
Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu
Founder & CEO, SoleRebels, Ethiopia.
To make their voices known and heard in business circle worldwide, African economies have embarked upon an ambitious journey of continent-wise economic integration.
It is generally believed this agenda will provide a wide range of meaningful benefits to all nations on the continent and beyond.
It is also expected to aid business participation in Africa, and international cooperation in this area will foster an enabling environment for its overall inclusive growth.
Economic, financial and business experts believe The B20 must come together to offer extensive support to make this process a success and work towards an African economic development.
Elumelu is the Founder and Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Chairman of Nigeria’s largest quoted conglomerate, Transcorp.
He is also the Founder and Chairman of Heirs Oil & Gas, an upstream oil and gas company, whose assets include Nigerian oil block OML17.
