The Nigerian arm of the alumni association of the China-Europe International Business School, CEIBS has said it remains committed to deepening Nigeria’s bilateral relations with emerging Asia economies.
The group also said it is poised to extending opportunities to more Africans as well as creating a blueprint for the rising Asia-Africa relations.
These were the highlights of their annual congress and Induction ceremony which held in Lagos recently, according to a statement.
The CEIBS Africa project was launched in 2008 with a mission to prepare highly competent innovation oriented managers and executives who are capable of leading and growing their organisations in the increasingly dynamic African economic environment. These are leaders who can negotiate the forces of globalisation and international competition for the benefit of their organisations.
In the statement released by the Alumni after the congress, they said; “China in the past decade has experienced tremendous growth with a rapid rise of the middle class and tremendous developments in technology and infrastructure.
“Many emerging economies are looking to growth in China and part of Europe as models for developing their economies, and CEIBS with its in-depth knowledge of China, extensive global reach, and world class faculty is well positioned to equip the business and political leaders that will help create this.”
The annual general meeting and induction ceremony was organized by the CEIBS Nigeria chapter led by Adebayo Sunday Agboola, President, Hector Okposo, FCA, Vice President, and Tega Tonukari, General Secretary.
According to the statement, Mathew Tsamenyi, executive director, CEIBS Africa spoke about some of the new partnerships CEIBS had entered for the growth and development of businesses and economies in Africa as well as some of the strategic changes in its Global Executive MBA and Women Entrepreneurship & Leadership for Africa Programme.
Also speaking at the event, Sunday Adebayo Agboola, president of the CEIBS Nigeria Alumni chapter said, “Today marks the first of many great steps that the Alumni will embark on towards greatness.”
“Together, we are entering another phase and taking the necessary steps towards building a CEIBS Alumni Nigeria chapter that is both progressive with fresh ideas and initiatives as well as responsive to the changing global climate.
“I enjoin us to remain even more committed to our body as we create an enduring legacy to define the status and standard of CEIBS in Nigeria and all over the world,” Agboola said.
