President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has been appointed
to co-chair 2014 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos-Kloster,
Switzerland.
The Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, Prof.
Klaus Schwab in his invitation letter to the business mogul, said Aliko
Dangote's participation as co-chair will contribute significantly to the
substance and relevance of exchanges between global leaders from government,
business, academia, civil society, and the media at the forum.
The
theme for the 2014 annual forum scheduled to hold from January 22, 2014 to
January 25, 2014 is "The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society,
Politics, and Business" and it aims to "develop insights, initiatives
and actions necessary to respond to current and emerging global
challenges."
In
a same vein, Aliko Dangote was recently appointed to the steering committee of
the United Nation Global Education First Initiative, a five-year global
advocacy initiative, sponsored by Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban
Ki-moon, to make a sustainable impact on lives of #children and youth through
education and push to achieve internationally-agreed education goals set for
2015.
In
the Secretary-General's own words, "when we put Education First, we can
reduce poverty and hunger, end wasted potential – and look forward to stronger
and better societies for all."
The three priorities of
Education First are: putting every child into school; improving the quality of
learning and fostering global citizenship.
