Vivacity Development has announced two high-level international convenings scheduled to take place in London, United Kingdom and New York, United States of America in September 2026.
As the global race to redefine workforce intensifies, it will host the second edition of Investors Connect at Imperial College London on September 11.
It will be followed by a landmark dialogue at the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 81) High-Level Week at Cornell University, New York City on September 24.
The two-city tour marks a strategic pivot for Vivacity Development, moving from a legacy of global advocacy into an aggressive, large-scale training and talent cultivation program designed to prepare Nigerian youths and entrepreneurs for the multifaceted global economy of 2030.
While artificial intelligence continues to dominate global conversations, Vivacity Development asserts that the true future of work for Africa lies in a highly diversified, multi-sector economy. An economy cannot achieve sustainable resilience by focusing on technology alone; it must simultaneously build high-value, formal talent pipelines across traditional, emerging, and climate-positive industries.
For Nigeria, where youth unemployment remains an urgent structural hurdle, the digital skills gap must be bridged in tandem with developing the workforce across seven core pillars: Agriculture, Tech, Sports, Creative Industries, Health and Care, the Green Economy, and Education.
By industrializing these seven high-growth sectors, Africa can transition its youth and entrepreneurs from raw, unmapped labour into specialized, high-value producers capable of satisfying both intense domestic demand and global remote services.
“The future of work isn’t just a tech conversation; it’s an economic survival conversation,” says Engr. Oluwakemi Ann-Melody Areola, CEO of Vivacity. “We cannot build a resilient nation by preparing youth for a single industry. From digital systems and green energy to the creative arts, sports management, and the care economy, our focus must shift entirely toward institutionalized scaling and localized, specialized expertise.”
It could be recalled that over the years, Vivacity Development has served as a primary bridge between capital, public policy, and emerging African talent, successfully executing 16 international convenings.
The organisation’s track record is anchored by deep structural collaborations built across public, private, and legislative ecosystems.
