ADF, WEF Young Global Leaders Meet in Lagos to Boost African Investment
Industrial titans, capital market executives, and international delegates gathered at Access Tower in Lagos on Friday, 11 September 2026, for the Finance and Investment anchor of the Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) / World Economic Forum (WE
The Aliko Dangote Foundation and World Economic Forum convened a Lagos session of their Young Global Leaders Africa-Diaspora programme, bringing together industrial executives, capital market figures, and international delegates to focus on finance and investment. The meeting signals continued efforts by African private-sector actors to build cross-border capital networks and diaspora linkages as a channel for industrial-scale investment. Concrete policy or capital commitments from the session were not specified in the available text.
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