LAGOS: The commercial capital of Nigeria, Lagos is set to host a meeting of select 100 Africans who are key players in their countries and in the African continent.  The 100 Africans are selected by Institut Choiseul and ranks who will play a major role in the Africa’s economic development in the near future.

After a keenly competitive bid to host the event, Lagos emerged as the selected city. The meeting, which is slated to hold from November 16 -18, 2016 is organised by Institut Choiseul, an influential independent think tank chaired by Dr. Pascal Lorot. Ahead of this year’s meeting, Dr. Pascal Lorot, chairman, Institut Choiseul, will be in Nigeria for three days from Wednesday, September 28, 2016 to meet with business leaders and high ranking government officials.

As part of Dr. Pascal’s visit, he will also be hosted by the Nigerian Choiseul 100 Africa Laureates in an event tagged: “An Evening with Dr Pascal Lorot”.  Dr. Pascal, who is also the founding President of Institut Choiseul, had a research career including the French Institute for International Relations, which led him to publish about 20 books on geopolitics and international relations before developing and deepen the concept of geo-economics.

Dr. Pascal’s visit will set the stage ahead of the November meeting. This is the 4th of such meetings, previously held in Paris, France and Marrakech, Morocco.

As a Business man, Dr. Pascal led the BNP’s representative office in the USSR before becoming advisor to the CEO of the London based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Then he served as chief economist and director of institutional relations of the Group Total.

Dr. Pascal Lorot has served France as advisor to the Minister of Economy and Finance, Edmond Alphandéry and has been appointed by decision of the former President of France Jacques Chirac as a member of the college of the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) from 2004 to 2010. The event is under the auspice of Century Group.