Tinubu, African bankers, top Investment gurus to storm Awka for Anambra Investment Summit 2024

By Victor Iheomamere, Awka

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will lead crop of eminent national and global investors, financial experts, industrialists, tourism adventurists and high profile business moguls for the second Anambra Investment Summit 2024 (ANINVEST 2024).

The event, which has it's theme "Changing Gears: Accelerating Anambra Economic Transformation", will hold at the International Convention Center (ICC) Awka on Thursday 14th November 2024.

Activities lined up by the State government in association with key business, industrialists, development and investment partners to explore and exploit the huge investment opportunities in various sectors and potentials packaged for the Summit.

Also, a number of renown investors, financial and business experts, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) experts, solid minerals, oil and gas magnates; tourism gurus, industrialists and professional bodies including the small and medium scale business ventures are to converge on Awka the state capital.

They are to brainstorm on ways to tap the huge natural resources and human endowments as well as development index of the state to help leapfrog the state to becoming a beacon of hope for national and global business and investment destination.

Among the speakers at the epoch making event are President Tinubu and other top officials of the federal government including President of AFREXIM Bank, Country director of the African Development Bank, corporate institutions and professionals on investment, strategic development and industrialists.

Briefing newsmen in Awka, the Managing Director of the Anambra State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency (ANSIPPA) Hon. Mark Okoye, flanked by the state Commissioner for Industry Mr. Christian Udechukwu and his Information counterpart, Dr. Law Mefor, said the historic event is in line with the vision and agenda of Governor Charles Soludo to make the state the preferred investment and business destination where residents can work, enjoy and relax.

He noted that to achieve the Solution agenda, a number of pillars had been set within the past 31 months the governor has been on the saddle as governor.

According to Mr Okoye, the administration has embarked on massive infrastructural development particularly construction of targeted 400 kilometers of road networks, human capital development through the 1youth 2skills programme, improved health sector, building new cities, reclamation processes, ease of doing businesses and other productive ventures.

Other areas include approved free education policy at all levels of primary and secondary schools to build a new tomorrow for the state, creation of an enabling environment by putting in place adequate security strategies for guaranteed peaceful coexistence, businesses development and for industries to thrive.

Already, Anambra State parades over 62 major markets across its 179 communities in the 21 local government areas of the three Senatorial districts, with huge investment potentials, land mass for industries and companies, water, minerals, large quantity of gas and crude oil.

Recall that the 1st edition of the Anambra Investment Summit was held on 7th September 2023 in the state.

Mr Okoye said the summit would further boost the strong desire of the state towards partnering investors, building a viable and sustainable power supply to enhance its business, investment and industrial potentials so as to put a stop to frequent power outages due to still troubling collapse of the national grid.

He stated that the summit would afford Governor Soludo the ample opportunity to showcase what he has done within the over three years in office and to open the window to people of Anambra State in diaspora, investors, development partners and the state's Investment Development Corporation as well à other areas of interests.

"The summit aims at giving report on all that were signed on agreements during the last summit in 2023.

"It was the governor's view that we come after one year to give an account of our stewardship and also give a report of where all the projects we conceptualized and executed are since that time and now.

The ANSIPPA boss noted that, "the governor has a very systematic and studies ways to developing investment opportunities and ensuring that Anambra achieves the proposal of becoming the hub for industrialization, investment and innovation."

Among the projects to be showcased at the summit are the real master plan of the state, Awka Mega City plan, plan of new City at the bank of River Niger, the Five Star Hotel, the Solution Innovation District and Anambra Investment Development Corporation as well as other things the government has embarked upon that can stand the test of time.

The summit will equally feature speech by African Export-Import Bank; project introduction on understanding the Anambra mixed use industrial City, Signing of agreements and projects discussions on meeting Anambra Energy Needs and exhibition tour; amongst several others.###