The place is the magnificent Tangla Brussels. The Hall is set; the Panel Fireplace is installed. And the Deal Rooms are ready. Now waiting for the guests some 150 carefully selected captains of industries, trade facilitators, and technocrats to start arriving. For several years I have been on the International Trade space. And for the last couple of years, I’ve fulfilled the role with gusto as Senior Consultant with the Nigeria Belgium Luxembourg Business Forum. This year I will also moderate the Panel Sessions, which are integral parts of the Business Forum, with my sister and friend, Dr Blessing Enakimio.
In many ways, the forthcoming publication of my book Economic Diplomacy of the Diaspora has drawn oxygen from events like the Nigeria Belgium Luxembourg Business Forum. It is in platforms such as this that theory meets practice. Where the abstract ideas of economic diplomacy are tested, stretched, and ultimately transformed into tangible partnerships that impact economies and lives.
As a Senior International Trade Consultant and moderator of this year’s Forum, I find renewed conviction that diplomacy today is no longer confined to embassies or official summits. It lives in the boardrooms where business leaders negotiate shared prosperity, in the classrooms where new knowledge is forged, and in the creative corridors of our Diaspora communities who act as living bridges between nations.
This Business Forum continues to serve as one of Europe’s most vibrant platforms for connecting Nigerian enterprise with Belgian and Luxembourgish innovation. All of it anchored by the 61 year old CBL-ACP Chamber of Commerce. The conversations across our four panels; from healthcare and education to agriculture, infrastructure, and digital transformation; reaffirm that collaboration remains the true currency of progress.
To every partner, participant, and policymaker shaping this dialogue, I say thank you. Each discussion, each handshake, each shared vision contributes a fresh chapter to the broader story of Economic Diplomacy. This is a story that belongs to all of us.
Source: www.collinsnweke.eu
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