The South African High Commissioner to Ghana, Her Excellency Grace Jeanet Mason has pledged the commission's full support to the 2023 edition of the Forty Under 40 Africa Award which will held in Cape Town, South Africa.
Speaking at the courtesy call by the Chief Executive Officer of Xodus Communications, Mr Richard Abbey Jnr, Her Excellency Grace Jeanet Mason said, her outfit will support the Pan African idea of celebrating young achievers on the continent.
She advised that the event should be used as a tool to promote culture and tourism in South Africa
"I am very honoured to see an entity in my province and country granted the licence and the right to host the 2nd edition of the Forty under 40 Africa", she said.
Her Excellency Grace Jeanet Mason took the opportunity to thank Xodus Communications Limited for such a wonderful initiative to encourage, empower and celebrate influential young business men and women on the continent
She called on young business leaders under the age of forty to participate in the 2023 edition to experience South Africa.
Meanwhile, the Chief Executive Officer of Xodus Communications Ltd, Richard Abbey Junior appreciated the warm reception by the commissioner and her team for pledging their full support towards the event
He added that, "the uniqueness about 2023 edition is that it will be a five day event comprising tourism at the safari, live (walk with the lions), entrepreneurs’ business summit and exhibition in Pretoria and Gauteng and finally climaxed with an Awards night in Cape Town", he added.
The Forty Under 40 Africa Award scheme seeks to identify, honour and celebrate a cross-section of the continent’s most influential and accomplished young business leaders under the age of forty from a wide range of industries.
Xodus Communications Limited in May 2022, officially granted the license and the hosting right of the event to Black and White Attorney’s in South Africa in a press conference ceremony held at the Royal Baeng Residence in the Limpopo Province.
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