Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has urged the private sector to take advantage of enterprise-driven innovations that will create impact ecosystems to foster inclusive growth and recovery.
Sanwo-Olu made the call at the second edition of the Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS) 2023, held on Thursday in Lagos.
The summit with the theme: ‘Global Vision, Local Action: Repositioning the African Development Ecosystem for Sustainable Outcomes’ was organised by Sterling One Foundation.
Others organiser of the summit are the United Nations in Nigeria, the private sector and international development space.
Sanwo-Olu who was represented by his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, explained that the summit sought to reshape Africa’s impact solutions and accelerate the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
He noted that the theme reflected on commitment to driving real change at the grassroots level.
According to him, we must come together with a renewed spirit of collaboration, innovation, and determination to build a prosperous and sustainable Africa for all.
The governor, therefore, called on the private sector with their scales, sustainability and innovations to take the lead in driving change.
“We should seek to build result-oriented global and regional partnerships that will fast-track SDG implementation.