Building low-carbon infrastructure and enabling industries to support their growth is becoming increasingly challenging. Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL), a free trade zone in Nigeria with a world-class integrated logistics base, is at the center of this challenge in West Africa.
In this episode we're joined by Dr. Amy Jadesimi, LADOL's CEO, to discuss the changes and technologies needed to make the industrial sector carbon neutral, the role of international stakeholders in Africa's energy transition solutions, and pathways for developing low-carbon energy infrastructure in fossil fuel-rich regions
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Guest Bio: As CEO of Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL), Amy Jadesimi is overseeing the growth of West Africa's largest logistics and engineering facility operating in a free trade zone.
LADOL is utilizing the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, expanding service to sectors outside the oil industry and creating tens of thousands of jobs. Jadesimi is an Oxford-trained medical doctor who worked at Goldman Sachs and attended Stanford Graduate School of Business prior to working her way up the ladder at LADOL, which was founded by her father Oladipo Jadesimi in 2000.
She's also served as an Archbishop Tutu Fellow, working to reduce maternal mortality. Among her many accolades, Jadesimi was named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. (Forbes)
Learn more about LADOL
Connect with Dr. Jadesimi on LinkedIn
This series was produced in collaboration with the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT), the group is grounded on the conviction that partnership between the public and private sectors is key to achieving the industrial transition and reaching net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century. Learn more here
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