The Managing Director of LADOL, Dr. Amy Jadesimi, recently spoke on the In the Balance BBC Radio program alongside the Maltese Minster for the Economy, Investment and Small Businesses (Christian Cardinals), the Chairman of Interswitch Nigeria (Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE), Chairman and Managing Director of Aries Agro Limited, a leading Indian agri-business (Dr. Rahul Mirchandani).

Dr. Amy spoke on the importance of “Equitable trade agreements and associations leading to mutual prosperity.” As she stated “this is necessary to stimulate the quantum leap in economic growth Commonwealth countries need, by creating thriving prosperous economies throughout the Commonwealth we will drive global growth”. Dr. Amy also stressed the importance of “Local private sector in NIGERIA developing infrastructure, facilities and people – in short we need more locations like LADOL to attract investment, support local engineering and manufacturing and therefore enable equitable local supply of Made in NIGERIA goods and trading of finished goods across the Commonwealth.” In her closing remarks the Dr. expressed a wish that “by the next Commonwealth Forum in two years we will have agreed standards for business practices, quality of products and partnerships that are aligned with the SDGs, within the Commonwealth. So that countries and companies that adhere to these standards receive more assistance and support.”

Listen to the full BBC radio podcast below.