In the video, the Deputy Regional Director of the African office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Richard Munang, speaks on the need to focus climate investment on “African Catalystic Sectors.”

He noted that that Africa loses close to $50 billion annually due to post-harvest loses from inefficiency in the entire agro-value chain. Thus, the need to increase capacity of the continent youthful population to maximize climate and agro-based opportunities.

“We must be intentional with the feeder of the new knowledge. If it’s wrong, then everything will be wrong. How do you tell a mother in a village without access to electricity to hope when you can guide youth to retool their skills to turn waste into fuel, ” Munang argued.

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In this video, Nigerian-born Adewale Adeyemo, who is the United States deputy treasury secretary, expresses the US commitment to strengthening relations with Nigeria and calls for urgent reforms in three aspects which he argues are central to development.

Nigeria needs a stable Naira which, according to him, will create macroeconomic stability that will stimulate both local and foreign investment.

He states that the government needs to articulate a credible fiscal strategy that will provide the resources for critical investment. He also applauds the recent policy to remove subsidies from petroleum products.

Adeyemo also identifies fighting corruption in the business environment. He adds that the perception of corruption by the Nigerian public contributes to the lack of support that the government gets in the pursuit of some of its agenda.

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