The Chairman, United Bank for Africa Plc, Tony Elumelu, has said the coronavirus pandemic currently ravaging the world presents an opportunity to reset the African continent so that Africans can be em
powered to become more productive and self-reliant.
During the session titled, ‘Resilient world: An African call for a new world order’, Elumelu stated, “I see this pandemic as an opportunity to reset Africa.” He said, “I feel that as we engage the rest of the world in providing relief, we need to look for a more fundamental solution to Africa’s challenges.
Elumelu added, “The truth is that we have resources to help mobilise people. As the founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, we committed to endow $100m to support young African entrepreneurs and we have been seeing the positive results this has yielded so far.
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