CBN Governor, Dangote, Jim Ovia To Speak At Zenith Bank’s 7th Annual International Trade Seminar On Non-Oil Export

<h4>CBN Governor&comma; Dangote&comma; Jim Ovia To Speak At Zenith Bank&&num;8217&semi;s 7th Annual International Trade Seminar On Non-Oil Export<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>OpenLife Nigeria reports that the 7th Annual Edition of the Zenith Bank International Trade Seminar will be held on Wednesday&comma; July 20&comma; 2022&comma; at the Civic Centre&comma; Victoria Island&comma; Lagos&comma; and virtually by 9&period;00 am&period; The seminar&comma; themed &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Unlocking Opportunities in Nigeria’s Non-Oil Export Business”&comma; is part of Zenith Bank&&num;8217&semi;s efforts to support the Central Bank of Nigeria &lpar;CBN&rpar;initiatives to grow the country&&num;8217&semi;s non-oil export sector&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The seminar will draw participation from trade practitioners&comma; local and foreign exporters&comma;manufacturers&comma; financial institutions&comma; and government agencies&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The forum would provide an opportunity for all participants&comma; including relevant government agencies&comma; to explore ways to unlock the immense opportunities in Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s Non-Oil Export Sector&period; The Export Seminar will feature a welcome address by the Group Managing Director of Zenith Bank Plc&comma; Ebenezer Onyeagwu&comma; while the Keynote Speaker is Aliko Dangote&comma;GCON&comma; President &amp&semi; Chief Executive of Dangote Group&period; Goodwill messages will be delivered by very eminent individuals&comma; including the Founder and Chairman&comma; Zenith BankPlc&comma; Jim Ovia&comma; CON&semi; Governor&comma; Central Bank of Nigeria&comma; Mr&period; Godwin Emefiele&comma; CON&semi;Secretary General&comma; African Continental Free Trade Area &lpar;AfCFTA&rpar;&comma; His Excellency&comma;Wamkele Mene&semi; and President&sol;Chairman&comma; African Export-Import Bank&comma; Prof&period; Benedict Okey Oramah&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;There will be three panel discussions during the seminar&period; The first panel&comma; titled&&num;8221&semi;Unlocking Opportunities in Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s Non-Oil Export Business&colon; Operators&sol;Practitioners&&num;8217&semi;Perspectives&&num;8221&semi;&comma; will focus on the value chain and prospects of the non-oil export sector and has five discussants&comma; including the Managing Director&comma; GACON Ltd&comma; HRM Adaku Chidume Okoro&semi; Managing Director&comma; WACOT&comma; Bibhu Nanda&semi; Group Managing Director&comma;Tulip Cocoa&comma; Johan Van Der Merwe&semi; Managing Director&comma; First Patriot&comma; Santosh Phenany&semi;and Managing Director&comma; Starlink Global &amp&semi; Ideal Ltd&comma; Alhaji Adeyemi M&period; Adeniji&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The second panel&comma; titled &&num;8220&semi;Funding&sol;Logistics&sol;Government Support for the Non-Oil Export Sector&&num;8221&semi;&comma; will explore the availability of long-term funds&comma; insurance &amp&semi; reinsurance&comma; and risk-sharing mechanism for the non-oil export sector&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The panel has five discussants&comma;including the Managing Director&sol;CEO&comma; Bank of Industry&comma; Mr Olukayode Pitan&semi; Director&comma;Development Finance of the Central Bank of Nigeria&comma; Yusuf Philip Yila&semi; ManagingDirector&comma; West Africa Container Terminal&comma; Naved Zafar&semi; Managing Director&comma; NigerianPorts Authority&comma; Mr&period; Mohammed Bello-Koko&semi; and the Comptroller-General&comma; NigeriaCustoms Service&comma; Col&period; Ibrahim Hameed Ali &lpar;Rtd&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The third panel discussion&comma; titled &&num;8220&semi;The ABC of Non-Oil Export&&num;8221&semi;&comma; will focus on the pitfalls inthe non-oil export business&comma; standardisation and grading of primary export products&comma; aswell as the export of services&comma; especially the burgeoning Nigerian creative industry&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The panel also has five discussants&comma; including a well-respected trade expert&comma; Mr Olusegun Awolowo&semi; Founder&sol;CEO&comma; Flutterwave&comma; Agboola Olugbenga&semi; Chairman&sol;CEO&comma; Colossus Investment&comma; Mr Babatola Faseru&semi; President&comma; Manufacturers Association of Nigeria&comma;Segun Ajayi&semi; and Senior Consultant&comma; 3T Impex Trade Centre&comma; Mr Bamidele Ayemibo&period; The seminar will be live on Zoom and YouTube&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To connect on Zoom&comma; simply visitwww&period;zenithbank&sol;exportsem to register&period; After registering&comma; you will receive a confirmationemail&period; You can also watch live on YouTube via the link&colon;https&colon;&sol;&sol;bit&period;ly&sol;ZBTradeSeminarLive&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;