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Tony O. Elumelu, Chairman of Heirs Holdings and founder of the Tony
Elumelu Foundation, will discuss how to scale clean-energy investment to meet
developing-country needs on a panel at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos,
Switzerland, on Friday, 22 January 2016.
Mr. Elumelu will frame his remarks and calls to action in the context of
Africapitalism, the economic philosophy that embodies the private sector’s
commitment to the economic transformation of Africa through long-term
investments that create both economic prosperity and social wealth.
In the panel, “Catalysing Clean Power,” Mr. Elumelu will describe the
following areas of focus for the private sector, governments and research
institutions that hope to expand access to and reduce the cost of energy for
developing countries:
· Off-grid
technologies,
· Battery power,
· Clean cooking
methods and
· Environmentally
sustainable power generation.
The “Catalysing Clean Power” panel will also include Akinwumi Ayodeji
Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Takehiko Nakao,
President of the Asian Development Bank (ABD) and Francesco Starace, CEO and
general manager of Enel Group, an Italian manufacturer and distributor of
electricity and gas.
Mr. Elumelu will also discuss how philanthropists can create legacies of
impact in a separate panel, “What Worth is Wealth,” as well as the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Parminder Vir, CEO of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, will also be in
attendance at WEF. Ms. Vir will speak at a reception on business engagement in
the SDGs hosted by the UN Foundation and the Forum of Young Global Leaders
(YGL).
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