World Bank President Ajay Banga will begin a three-day visit
to Nigeria on August 3, 2023.
This is the next step of a global tour that is at the center of a mission
to write a new playbook for the 78-year-old institution.
Banga will focus his time in Nigeria on identifying opportunities to create jobs for young people
and women, addressing energy needs and renewable energy, and further exploring the potential
for digitization.
As part of these efforts, he will visit a World Bank financed mini-grid power plant
that is providing solar energy to an entire community, and a woman-owned business that has
generated more than 1,500 service-sector jobs for young Nigerians.
While in Nigeria, Banga will meet with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim
Shettima.
In addition, the World Bank will convene discussions with representatives from the
private sector and civil society.
Banga is arriving after a two-day visit to Ethiopia and will be joined by his wife Ritu Banga.
The
African visit follows earlier tour stops in Peru, Jamaica, and India.
