{"id":29399,"date":"2019-01-22T23:32:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T22:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=29399"},"modified":"2019-01-22T23:32:52","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T22:32:52","slug":"2019-choose-france-summit-bella-disu-elumelu-dangote-others-meet-president-macron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2019-choose-france-summit-bella-disu-elumelu-dangote-others-meet-president-macron\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Choose France Summit: Bella Disu, Elumelu, Dangote, Others Meet President Macron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026As Glo signs deal with Nokia Alcatel-Lucent<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yiv7982403968ydp4a55edf9yiv0082370801m_-2117849158370970132yMail_cursorElementTracker_1548168337843\">One hundred and fifty global business leaders including Globacom\u2019s Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Mrs. Bella Disu, Chairman, Heirs Holdings, Mr. Tony Elumelu, Chairman, Dangote Group, Dr. Aliko Dangote and Chairman, Total, Mr. Patrick Jean Pouyanne\u00a0have attended\u00a0the 2019 <b><i>Choose France<\/i><\/b> International Business Summit which took place at the Chateau de Versailles, France, on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The global chief executive officers who met with the French President, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, at a dinner organised to promote France\u2019s attractiveness as a business environment used the Summit to announce major investments and partnerships with French companies.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Disu, who represented Nigeria\u2019s foremost telecommunications company, Globacom, unveiled a deal with Nokia Alcatel-Lucent, a global telecom equipment manufacturing company, to supply, install, and integrate a new Sure Pay Intelligent Network platform that will substantially enhance Globacom subscribers\u2019 experience. She also presented a Purchasing\u00a0 Order (P.O.) to Vocalcom Technology, another French company, to enhance Globacom\u2019s Interactive Voice Response and Contact Center Solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese agreements are geared towards ensuring that Globacom continues to provide first-rate telecommunications services in the countries where we operate,\u201d Mrs. Disu said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Monday, the Globacom EVC attended the inaugural meeting of the France-Nigeria Investment Club, which President Macron launched during his 2018 visit to Nigeria.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Fielding questions in an interview, Mrs. Disu described her engagements with global business leaders in France as impactful, adding that it was an important platform for exploring collaborations and business development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have long chosen France, and we welcome every opportunity to expand our interests and alliances here,\u201d Mrs. Disu added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7982403968ydp4a55edf9yiv0082370801m_-2117849158370970132yiv4749582183MsoNormal\">The Mike Adenuga Group is reputed for its strong connections with France. Globacom and Conoil Producing Limited have had over a decade of strong business relationships with French companies, including Total and Alcatel, which is now Nokia Alcatel-Lucent. The group of companies also powers the principal international French cultural organisation, Alliance Francaise, in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7982403968ydp4a55edf9yiv0082370801m_-2117849158370970132yiv4749582183MsoNormal\">During his state visit to Nigeria last year, the French President commissioned the state-of the-art Mike Adenuga Alliance Francaise Centre,Lagos donated by the Globacom Chairman, Dr. Mike Adenuga, to promote French and Nigerian cultures .<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7982403968ydp4a55edf9yiv0082370801m_-2117849158370970132yiv4749582183MsoNormal\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026As Glo signs deal with Nokia Alcatel-Lucent One hundred and fifty global business leaders including Globacom\u2019s Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Mrs. Bella Disu, Chairman, Heirs Holdings, Mr. Tony Elumelu, Chairman, Dangote Group, Dr. Aliko Dangote and Chairman, Total, Mr. Patrick Jean Pouyanne\u00a0have attended\u00a0the 2019 Choose France International Business Summit which took place at the Chateau &hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":29400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1593,17],"tags":[5141],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-29399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-metro","category-news","tag-france-summit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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