EU-Nigeria business forum ends with focus on ICT, youths and women

The EU-Nigeria business forum has ended.

The event raised hopes of economic prosperity driven by the private sector, women and youths.

The forum also talked about the prospects of ICT as a critical economic enabler that supports GDP growth across horizontal sectors of the economy.

Participants were encouraged to work to achieve the potentials of ICT tools available to integrate rural farmers into the agricultural value chain and maximize their profit.

The forum had panel discussions that highlighted different economic perspectives.

Some of which are a digital economy and the role of youths in economic transformation through ICT.

The role of youths in developing the economy was also emphasised by participants eager to see youths as the engine of a broad-based economic transformation.