The Coca-Cola Company has reiterated its commitment to regional inclusive development of the African continent through its partnership with Sterling One Foundation in holding the Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS).
The ASIS was a two-day hybrid event which held from Wednesday, July 13 to Thursday, July 14, at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja.
The vent was theme ‘rethink, rebuild, recover – accelerating growth for the SDGs.’
Speaking at the event, the Vice President, Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability, Africa, The Coca-Cola Company, Patricia Obozuwa, highlighted the company’s continued focus on creating a better-shared future for the communities that are home to its world-class beverages through an acceleration of on-the-ground impact of its initiatives and interventions, leveraging the collaborative investments from its philanthropic arm, The Coca-Cola Foundation, and from other partners.
Chief Executive Officer, Sterling Bank, Abubakar Suleiman, welcomed the zeal for a new approach to attaining the SDGs in the African continent and expressed optimism that the firework of ideas would translate to action for reducing poverty, which he noted was the main goal of the ASIS.
According to Suleiman, the summit presents a good opportunity for Sterling Bank and other partners to start intensifying efforts in accelerating the growth of startups on the continent who are key in actualizing the SDGs.
