Harboursandport.com: Lagos --- Managing Director, Lagos Deep Offshore
Logistics (LADOL), Dr. Amy Jadesimi, has been selected to join the B Team
Africa newly- formed last January. The LADOL MD joined the CEO of Unilever, Mr.
Paul Polman, at a press conference held at the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan,
Ivory Coast on 26th March, 2018 to announce the B Team Africa’s Agenda.
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| Managing Director, Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics (LADOL), Dr. Amy Jadesimi |
Speaking at the forum, Dr.
Jadesimi discussed her vision for sustainable infrastructure development
in West Africa and her goals in working alongside the B Team Africa leadership
members - Bob Collymore, CEO of Safaricom; Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Chair of
GAVI; Dr. Mo Ibrahim, founder and chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation;
Jochen Zeitz, co-founder and executive chair of The B Team and former CEO of
PUMA and Jesse Moore, CEO and co-founder of M-KOPA Solar.
Others are Rita Kavashe, Managing
Director of Isuzu East Africa and Joshua Oigara, Group CEO and Managing
Director of KCB Group, Jadesimi is expected to join other B Team Global Leaders
to drive positive change in Nigeria and the African continent.
As Dr. Jadesimi said, “I’m honoured and
excited to be part of the B Team Africa, working alongside a team of passionate
business leaders to support and drive sustainable business models and new
opportunities for job creation and investment in Africa. For the world to
achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, Africa will have to become an
engine of growth and prosperity.
“Fortunately, as Africans, we have the
human capital and resources to do this ourselves and working with Jesse, Rita
and Joshua on the B Team, we can actively help create an environment where real
private sector companies (large and small) can build new economy businesses
generating millions of jobs across the continent”.
The B Team Africa is a Pan-African
platform to enable committed business and civil society leaders to work
collectively in driving progress and addressing critical issues across the
continent. The B Team Africa leaders are united in influencing and convening
the private and public sector to drive long-term, inclusive, sustainable
economic growth and social development for a prosperous Africa.
To achieve these goals, leaders are
committed to working together and through current B Team initiatives. The B
Team Africa’s ambitious work agenda includes, but is not limited to, open
contracting, supply chain transparency, responsible tax practice, renewable and
clean energy, environmental preservation, unlocking capital for value-addition,
green businesses and social enterprises, job creation, civic rights, gender
equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
An international non-profit
organisation, The B Team, co-founded by Richard Branson and Jochen Zeitz in
2012, established The B Team Africa in 2017 and continues to recruit
Africa-based leaders to accelerate the shift toward a just and sustainable
future for the continent and the world. The B Team’s mission and impact to date
reflect the tremendous power of the private sector to catalyse new business
opportunities and solutions to diverse global challenges.
The B Team Africa is one of a growing
number of regional B Teams established to galvanize regional based leaders to
harness business-driven solutions and create collective impact. In this spirit,
The B Team Africa calls upon other leaders in Africa and partners to join them
to use their collective voice and influence to amplify key issues and drive
progress on timely, critical issues.
They should also lead by example in
their own companies, and engage in B Team initiatives in Africa. They are also
enjoined to collaborate with others to develop and scale systemic solutions
that benefit current and future generations.
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