Igbo:

sir emeka offor, founder. Emeka offor foundation
Sir Emeka Offor: Chairman Sir Emeka Offor, Chairman of the Chrome Group, has extensive domestic and international business experience in numerous sectors of the economy. A dynamic and hard-charging entrepreneur, he exhibits the strength of character, vision and dedication required to be successful in an often challenging and demanding environment. The Chrome Group was founded in 1994 and is a major player in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa. Based in Abuja, the Federal Capital of Nigeria, it is a leading conglomerate offering vast experience in oil and gas services, power, logistics and telecommunications. The success of Chrome has allowed Sir Emeka Offor to give back to his community and country. The Sir Emeka Offor Foundation was established in the mid-1990’s as a charitable, non- governmental organization dedicated to helping people in need become independent and self- sufficient by reaching out to lift people up. The Foundation’s projects are varied, but tied together by a single vision – to help people help themselves. The Foundation is striving to become a model for development efforts in Nigeria and beyond.

Igbo: (wikipedia)

sir Arthur Eze... Chairman and CEO Atlas oranto petroleum limted


Arthur Eze is a Nigerian business man and reputed to be one of the wealthiest men in Africa.[1] He is the founder and Chairman of Atlas Oranto Petroleum, which has assets in Nigeria, Liberia, Guinea, and the Gambia.[2] In 2010 Eze made $200M selling oil blocks in Liberia. [2] He founded the company in 1991.[1] In 1970, Eze attended secondary school in Nkwere, Nigeria. He studied chemical and mechanical engineering at California State University, Long Beach from 1974 to 1978. In November 2015, Prince Arthur Eze, bought himself a brand new Falcon airplane and it was delivered to him at Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu State

Yoruba


[size=18pt]Nigeria Doll that is outselling Barbie in Africa
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In 2007, Taofick Okoya, created a doll that Nigerian girls could identify with
43-year-old based his Queens of Africa dolls on country's biggest tribes
They cost roughly £4.50 and aim to promote strong feminine ideals


A man who couldn't find a black doll in the shops as a gift for his niece decided to take matters into his own hands.
In 2007, Taofick Okoya, 43, created his own doll that Nigerian girls could identify with by recreating their skin colour and style - and it is now so successful that it is outselling Barbie.
The doll, which is called Queens of Africa, comes with traditional outfits and accessories and costs around £4.50.

The dolls' look is modelled on three of the country's biggest tribes and aims to promote strong feminine ideals, like love, peace and endurance.
The doll is now so popular that, according to Reuters, it is selling up to 9,000 units a month - a staggering 15 per cent of the country's toy market.
But the Queens of Africa aren't just selling in their home country.
Thanks to the doll's online presence, customers are coming from as far as America, Brazil and Europe.

Yoruba

[size=18pt]Smash hit ‘Queens of Africa’ dolls coming to the U.S.
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Igbo:
Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, CEO Capital oil and Gas Date of birth: 3rd September, 1971 Place of Birth: Nnewi, Anambra State Place of Origin: Umuanuka in Otolo, Nnewi Anambra State, Nigeria. Profession: entrepreneur, Business man, Philanthropist. Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Alphonsus Ubah. Popularly refer to as Ifeanyi Ubah, CEO of capital oil, one of Nigeria's largest distributor of petroleum products, accounting for 30 percent of daily petroleum related needs of Nigerians. Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah started out from a very humble beginning working as a trade apprentice, where he gained business knowledge on sales and importation, exportation of tyres to Countries of Africa, such as Ghana, Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sierra leone. At age 19, Ifeanyi Ubah was already making his first million naira as a car Tyre dealer and auto spare parts dealer. Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah In 2001 Ifeanyi Ubah founded Capital Oil & Gas Nigeria limited which was to involve in retailing of Petroleum products and haulage transportation business. The Capital Oil & Gas group built 4 large Oil and gas depot, which has the capacity to berth 3- 6 Oil vessels. Asides acquiring one of the largest oil depot in Nigeria Ifeanyi Ubah's Capital Oil &and gas company own the largest fleet of marine vessels, barges and tug boats in Nigeria, including a large fleet of oil tankers. Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah is married to Uchenna Ubah, a graduate of Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaira. The couple are blessed with 5 children, four boys and a girl. Find below Extract from Auto biography of Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, (culled from Ifeanyi Ubah for Governor website, www.ifeanyiubahgovernor.com) Through hard work, perseverance, faith in God, and belief in himself, he became one of the most successful businessmen in Nigeria. It’s an opportunity he wants to make possible for every young Anambrarian. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah was born September 3, 1971 to the humble, working class family of Mr. & Mrs. Alphonsus Ubah of Umuanuka in Otolo, Nnewi. Being born to parents who were both teachers, Ifeanyi and his siblings had very humble beginnings. They endured material deprivations, which the children of teachers suffered and still do. His parents provided for their family’s needs with their meager salaries and a fervent trust in God. They inculcated in him the virtues of deep faith in God, honesty, hard work, leadership, and innovativeness. His father distributed what little he made for the education of his children and other relations. While attending OMGS in Nnewi, Ifeanyi saw his father struggle and, as the first son, chose to take on responsibilities beyond his years in order to lessen the burden on his father and help provide for the Ubah family, made up of three older sisters and three younger ones. When he communicated this decision to his parents and siblings, this was the first time he ever saw his father cry, expressing his frustration that he as a teacher was unable to fund the education of all his children by himself, and his concern about the risk of an uncertain future for his son. Ifeanyi demonstrated courage and assured his father that he would make him proud, and that not only would he eventually shoulder the responsibility for the entire family’s upkeep, he would pursue his education and develop himself intellectually. In honouring this promise, and reflecting his tireless pursuit of excellence, he has continued his quest for knowledge and attended several local and international courses and seminars in leadership and business management. As a result of his creative leadership, his economic ideas, and his entrepreneurial ingenuity, he was conferred with an Honourary Doctorate of Management Technology (DMT) by the Federal University of Technology Owerri, in Imo State and an Honourary Doctorate of Philosophy in Critical and Creative Thinking from Montclair State University, New Jersey, USA. He is in the process of completing the prestigious Owner/President Management Program at Harvard University, Boston, USA. A look at his early years reveals how Ifeanyi rose swiftly from apprenticeship at the age of 16 to running a very successful regional business at the age of 18. He travelled to Ghana and throughout Africa to expand his business and increase trade for Nigeria. By the age of 19, he made his first million naira. He emerged, quickly, as a significant player in the tyre export trade from Nigeria to Ghana. He was among the biggest suppliers of tyres to Ghana traders such as Kingsman Enterprises. From Ghana, he expanded his business in Nigerian trade into Liberia and Sierra Leone. Unfortunately, the war that began in Liberia affected his business and he returned to Lagos. He then expanded his business, which now included the supply of auto parts to the Congo (DRC). His leadership qualities led him to become the president of the Nigerian community in the DRC at a young age. He took responsibility for catering for his business and for the welfare of all the Nigerians in the DRC, including taking responsibility for feeding thousands of Nigerian refugees who fled from Congo Brazzaville. His company continued to grow, becoming a major importer of automotive spare parts in the DRC. He also attended international trade shows such as Automotive Industrial Week in Las Vegas, USA and Automechanika in Messe Frankfurt, Germany. He extended his business activities into England, Belgium, South Africa, Dubai and other parts of the world. He did business with large companies in South Africa, including: AE, Payen, Kolben Co., and the AngloAmerican Industrial Corporation. In Belgium and London he did business with companies including Banque Belgolaise (Brussels) and AE Automotive Parts (Leeds, UK). Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, who started with nothing, had built a business empire beyond his dreams, and was now expanding into the field of oil and gas. He established Capital Oil SPRL in the DRC, through which he imported oil and gas from Ibeto Petrochemical Nigeria and supplied the biggest transporters and industrial establishments as well as governmental agencies such as the national railway. In South Africa, he did business with Chevron Oronite and Elit South African Pty Limited. With the help of his mentor, Cletus Ibeto, who supported his business and further tutored him on the oil and gas climate in Nigeria, he invested his growing resources from his successful business enterprises to expand his operations in Nigeria, creating Capital Oil & Gas Industries Ltd. and thousands of jobs. The company was founded in 2001, and by 2003/2004 it had extended into haulage, transportation and petroleum products retail. One by one, he built three of the largest oil and gas depots in all of Nigeria and acquired a fourth. By 2011, Capital Oil Group’s depot facility was the largest in Nigeria, with a combined capacity to berth 3-6 vessels simultaneously and 32 loading arms. The group today accounts for about 30% of daily petroleum products distribution in Nigeria, employs a work- force of over 3,000, and has caused the creation an additional 1,000 related jobs. He led his company to own the largest fleet of marine vessels, barges and tug boats in Nigeria, including a large fleet of oil tankers. In order to decongest truck tankers from Lagos roads, Ifeanyi Ubah built a truck park capable of holding 1,100 trucks simultaneously. In his drive to lower fuel prices for Nigerians, he has acquired land to build the first private refinery in Lagos and has made a presentation to the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and is currently awaiting approval. Today, Ubah’s core business is oil and gas trading, port and harbour investment in the African continent. He also invested in property and real estate development, telecommunication, commodities importation, financial institutions, and hospitals. He sits on the board of several companies, including: Knoll & Hachfer Engineering Co Ltd Chevron Oronite & Chemical Co Ltd Hero Communications Ltd First Nigeria Independent Oil Co Ltd Commodity Giants Nigeria Limited Capital Group Congo S.a.rl. in the Congo DR Oil Force Nigeria Limited American Hospital Ltd

Teni Sagoe - Yoruba beauty

Teni Sagoe is one of the daughters of legendary Nigerian designer Deola Sagoe.

Following in their mother’s footsteps, Teni and her sisters run CLAN, that showed in New York Fashion Week in September last year.

The young designer sticks to garments with geometric cuts for her personal style.

Kruzilano:
Igbo: (wikipedia)


sir Arthur Eze... Chairman and CEO Atlas oranto petroleum limted



Arthur Eze is a Nigerian business man and
reputed to be one of the wealthiest men in
Africa.[1] He is the founder and Chairman of
Atlas Oranto Petroleum, which has assets in
Nigeria, Liberia, Guinea, and the Gambia.[2] In
2010 Eze made $200M selling oil blocks in Liberia.
[2] He founded the company in 1991.[1]
In 1970, Eze attended secondary school in
Nkwere, Nigeria. He studied chemical and
mechanical engineering at California State
University, Long Beach from 1974 to 1978.
In November 2015, Prince Arthur Eze, bought
himself a brand new Falcon airplane and it was
delivered to him at Akanu Ibiam International
Airport, Enugu State

And ND think their problem is Yoruba. Ibo "wealth" is attached to Oil/Petroleum - and drugs

Yoruba

[size=18pt]Toyin Jolapamo of The SohoSister
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She’s a style blogger, personal shopper, producer & presenter for Ndani TV, and one of the stylish people on our envy list. Toyin Jolapamo is definitely one to watch in 2015.

Also known as “The Soho Sister,” Toyin brings a fresh vibe to fashion that we are more than ready to welcome. She’s quirky, sexy, eclectic and always seems effortlessly chic. She is one to play dangerously outside the fashion rule book but also reminds you that playing outside can be fun, expressive and one of the best ways to bring something new to the table.

Yoruba


[size=18pt]Ronke Ige, CEO & Founder of Emi & Ben and Bread + Butter Communications
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Ronke Ige is a serial entrepreneur and founder of two London based companies, Emi & Ben and Bread + Butter Communications.

Founded in 2009, Emi & Ben is a natural skincare company, specialising in handmade body butters produced with 100% unrefined shea butter.

Bread + Butter Communications is a full service PR agency. Founded in 2005, the company specialises in fashion and consumer PR in addition to representing entertainment professionals, experts and business personalities.

In addition to running two successful businesses, Ronke serves as an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust and Enterprise UK.

Whathaveidone:


Ode leleyi ni. . Which Land did Ladi Delano sell to your father?

Speaking of Anam-bra or whatever y'all call it.. Only Ijebu na him I go just use for una

No barber shop companies. Solid companies only

If you want to spar, tag me. We fit quickly do am

see the poor grammar coming out of you,the above shows your inferiority complex. Have you asked yourselves why Yoruba always feel sober and want to prove a point whenever Igbos celebrate their success? its because deep down their hearts they know that Igbos are a superior race.You can see igbo landed investment spread all over the regions even in Bornu. travel and see for yourselves, don't just remain in Lagos masturbating .move around and see our exploits and respect us off course that is why you can't look us in the face and blab rubbish in real live only on Nairaland. abegi swerve

kettle84:
see the poor grammar coming out of you,the above shows your inferiority complex. Have you asked yourselves why Yoruba always feel sober and want to prove a point whenever Igbos celebrate their success? its because deep down their hearts they know that Igbos are a superior race.You can see igbo landed investment spread all over the regions even in Bornu. travel and see for yourselves, don't just remain in Lagos masturbating .move around and see our exploits and respect us off course that is why you can't look us in the face and blab rubbish in real live only on Nairaland. abegi swerve

Who called Yorubas on here?

Who first mentioned Yorubas? Una look for trouble, find am and start playing victim

Ibos always trying to compete with their betters, Yoruba.

They think 2x2 corner shop and blogging na business

Yoruba

[size=18pt]Founder Olagoke Balogun co-Founder of So Fresh Neighbourhood Market
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So Fresh Neighbourhood Market, is a One-Stop specialty retail Shop 4 all things:

Whole Fruits, Vegetables, Herbs, Spices, Roots, Oils & Extracts
Juices, Smoothies & Salads
Fruit Trees, Fruit Bouquets & Fruit Baskets
Natural Foods, Organic Foods, Gluten-Free Foods & Other Healthy Grocery.

Our underlying philosophy is to provide good, clean nutrition and healthy living for our customers and remain a customer-focused organization in order to create sustainable value for all our customers, employees and shareholders

lol @ Igbos answering every 20 blows with 1 cheap and ineffective blow.. poor Igbos

Yoruba

[size=18pt]Nigeria's first gift-card startup SureGifts[/size]

NIGERIAN ECOMMERCE FIRM SUREGIFTS PLANS PAN-AFRICAN EXPANSION

[size=14pt]Following a widespread global adoption, Lagos-based online gift cards company, Suregifts, has begun moves to expand to South Africa and Ghana – two countries where it has noticed significant user base.
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Founded by Adeoye Ojo, Babafemi Lawal, and Olaoluwa Samuel-Biyi, Suregifts launched January 2014 to enable individual and corporate clients purchase gift vouchers from leading retailers such as Samsung, SPAR/Park ‘n’ Shop, Jumia etc.

Since launch, it has received orders from 17 countries across 4 continents, done hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales and powered employee/customer rewards for over 50 local and international companies like McKinsey & Company, KPMG, DHL, UBA, Oando, FBN Capital, Jobberman, HP, Dangote Sugar and Wema Bank etc.

“We have been able to change the orientation of many executives and HR professionals to see the multiple advantages of using gift cards for employee and customer rewards; we have consequently seen tremendous growth in adoption.”, says Suregifts Co-founder, Adeoye Ojo.

DHL International Nigeria has been a Suregifts client for over a year now. Its HR Admin & Systems Manager Mr Tolulope Ajibade says: “Gift cards have removed the stress of deciding and procuring gift items for staff. Our employees also prefer the option, as they now have control to choose the precise gift they want. Suregifts has really made the rewards and recognitions programme more robust and satisfying.”

As parts of its expansion plans, Suregifts recently launched a new website with introduced several features to boost user-experience. Customers can now choose card designs based on the occasion, attach video messages, and have gift cards delivered to recipients via e-mail or even SMS. Another new feature is the print-at-home option for deliveries, where customers who want to present the gift card in-person can do so.

Suregifts has received investments from local and international investors like Venture Garden Group (VGG) and Africa Angels Network (AAN), and is looking to roll out operations in other countries by year-end.

“We’re strengthening the gifting and rewards process for individuals and corporate organizations in Nigeria, and soon, across Africa.” Adeoye Ojo concludes.

Yoruba


[size=18pt]Fola Adeola:The Gifted Businessman
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It was a retired Brazilian professional footballer; Edson Arantes do Nascimento, also known as Pelé, who ones said that “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”



This is true of Tajudeen Afolabi Adeola, a Nigerian businessman , who is a member of the Commission for Africa.



In 2000, he established the FATE Foundation, a non-governmental organization which encourages entrepreneurship, using a mix of training, mentoring, loan support and consulting to support young Nigerians.


The FATE Foundation has so far served more than 30,000 young Nigeria entrepreneurs. In all these places, Adeola has displayed his unequal expertise and virtuosity.


FATE opened an innovation centre in Abeokuta, the Institute for Venture Design, in collaboration with the Centre for Design Research at Stanford University, which runs an entrepreneurship programme focused on engineering, technology, and innovation, and which aims to promote development of industry in Nigeria.

Yorubas are quiet business people

We dominate Nigeria's business arena.

HalfTruth:


And ND think their problem is Yoruba. Ibo "wealth" is attached to Oil/Petroleum - and drugs

Sorry to disappoint you:


Igbo:


cletus ibeto owner founder IBETO cement

Cletus Ibeto was born Cletus Mmadubugwu Ibeto on
November 6, 1952. He is a native of Nnewi in Anambra State,
Nigeria. Ibeto is a businessman and the the
founder of Ibeto Group, a largest business
enterprise in Nnewi, a city unique for its
entrepreneurial spirit.
Ibeto’s educational story is an inspiring one. The story is best
captured by Dimgba Igwe of The Sun and it goes as follows:
"On January 22, 1966, the 13-year-old Cletus
Madubugwu Ibeto, was in high mood. He was
going to Crusader Secondary School, Isingwu
Amachala, Umuahia, following in the footsteps of
his two elder brothers, Cyril and Louis Ibeto. His
box of new clothes and provision were all packed
and his friends gathered to bid him farewell.
“His elder sibling, Cyril, arrived and went to have a
discussion with his father for over 30 minutes. He
came with a message from their maternal uncle.
Soon after Cyril left, Ibeto’s world crashed. His
father had made a decision: Ibeto would not be
going to secondary school again! A man should
not put all his eggs in one basket. His two sons
were already in secondary schools, his last son
should chart a different course—not academics!
Shocked, deflated and traumatized, Ibeto
resorted to all the tricks in the world, refusing to
eat for days, climbing trees as if he would jump to
his death, crying, begging, inconsolable, but his
father has made his decision. Young Ibeto’s fate
was sealed behind the close doors and he was
helpless to do anything about it.
In those days, the young Ibeto felt his future was
over, but today, if you count ten of Nigeria’s
richest men, Ibeto’s name would be found
somewhere in the middle of the list. How did this
come about? It was to find answers to this
question that took Mike Awoyinfa and I to Bundu
Ama Creek, in the outskirts of Port Harcourt,
where Ibeto had reclaimed 30 hectares of land
from the sea to build one of Africa’s largest
cement bagging terminals. But the interview was
finally shifted to his exquisite Ibeto Hotels, Abuja,
where as the “chairman’s guests”, we were treated
to a bit of luxury the place has to offer.
Ibeto is being featured in the elite category of our
book titled, Nigeria’s Corporate Caesars, featuring
Nigeria’s topmost business founders. Ibeto
Group, made up of over eight major companies,
is employing above 5,000 workers and still
counting. The companies include Ibeto Industries
Limited, a photographic processing chain spread
all over the former Eastern Region; Kings Palace
Hotel which was the forerunner of the current
Ibeto Hotels Limited, a hotel chain that include a
100-room five-star hotel in Abuja, with ongoing
construction of branches in Port Harcourt, Lagos
and Nnewi where a 250-room hotel is under
works.
Others are Odoh Holdings Limited, a property
company that manages Ibeto’s large property
holdings; the Union Auto Parts Industry, makers
of Union Battery brand, that started with the
manufacturing of automotive batteries for
Nigerian market to exporting batteries to all of
the West African countries, United States, India,
South Korea and Indonesia. “China is our only
competitor now,” Ibeto asserts.
At the time Ibeto came into manufacturing of
automotive batteries, there were about a dozen
local and foreign auto battery manufacturers in
the country, but today, only Ibeto’s company is
still in business, waxing strong. Indeed, Union
Auto has added a subsidiary, Union Recycling
Plant which extracts the lead from used batteries
and refines “them to international purity
standard.”
Apart from manufacturing of automotive
batteries and their recycling arm, Union Auto is
also manufacturing motor accessories including
auto light covers, reflectors, fan belts, front grilles,
wheel covers, break pads, break linings, clutch
linings, break shoe kits and PVC materials.
Ibeto said that during the Gulf War II, his
company received a lot of pressure from Saddam
Hussien’s officials who badly wanted Union
Recycling Plant to export the lead products
refined by his company at very lucrative terms,
but the company turned down the tempting offer
because Ibeto believed that such leads would go
into production of dangerous weapons of war by
Saddam. This was far more ethical than a
business decision, but Ibeto argued to his
astonished management that even though the
group desperately needed the fund to inject into
the construction of the cement terminals at
Bunda Ama Creek, they also had a responsibility
not to escalate the war and perhaps, in future
attract international sanctions.
Another money-spinner in the group is Ibeto
Petrochemical Industries Limited which started
with the Expresso Oil brand of lubricant, but has
now diversified into establishment of a tank farm
that at the time in 2000, boasts of the largest
storage facility in Apapa, Lagos with 36 tanks with
storage capacity for 1.3 million litres. Today, the
company’s capacity has expanded with massive
tanks with combined storage capacity of over 20
million litres.
The ever restive Ibeto is also a big player in
commodity trading through his company, Palmex
Agencies Limited. Since he won the battle for the
re-opening of his cement terminals in Port
Harcourt, closed by draconian and intemperate
President Olusegun Obasanjo regime, Ibeto has
truly joined the league of cement kings, especially
with his acquisition of Eastern Bulkcem Company
Limited and Nigerian Cement Company Limited,
(Nigercem) Nkalagu.
The irony of Ibeto’s battles with the Obasanjo
regime was that it was Obasanjo who banned the
importation of bagged cement and in a bid to
create jobs in Nigeria, asked stakeholders to build
bagging terminals as well as invest in Greenfield
production—total manufacturing of cement from
limestones. But four months after commissioning
the N12 billion bagging terminals, with patronage
booming, Obasanjo closed the company. It took
the coming of President Shehu Yar’Adua
administration to reopen Ibeto’s factory and by
so doing, his financial floodgate.
“Of course, cement is one of the best businesses
in the world,” enthused Ibeto. “It is better than
crude oil. If you are talking about the
development of infrastructure, you need cement.
I don’t know any other business that is better
than cement. And the competitors are not many
because it is a big budget issue.”
But then, if you want to be rooted in solid wealth,
Ibeto says it is a great folly to close your eyes to
investing widely in property. “The white man calls
the money you have in your bank “liquid cash”
and property is called, “real estate”.”
Once his eyes opened to this wisdom in 1987,
Ibeto says he has gone haywire in investing in
prime property in all the prime areas of Nigeria.
“You cannot believe what I have in real estate,” he
told us. “And that is between 1987 and now. And
any one I have would be choice property. I found
out that money is coming out of these real estate
investments. Plenty money! Nigeria is indeed a
land of opportunities. Real estate is one thing that
would outlive you.”
But every rosy story came with it thorns. Ibeto
has waded through many thorns. Go back to his
beginnings. Once his parents determined that
Cletus should be groomed as a trader, his father
parceled him out as an apprentice to one John
Akamelu, at Onitsha. He arrived at his new station
still wearing his school uniforms and becoming
the butt of jokes. “School boy,” became a new
name they gave him in a market where people
looked at going to school as the refuge of
weaklings who could not brave the competitive
world of trading.
Probably to whip out school sentiments from him,
his master did not spare the rod. Today, Ibeto still
has as a trophy the mark of his master’s whip
lashes on his laps. But Ibeto was a brilliant trader
and competitor, before his apprenticeship was
cut short by the civil war. At 17, Ibeto was
conscripted into the Biafran army, becoming a
batsman to a Biafran captain who died at the first
battle, betrayed by a saboteur. Ibeto survived the
enemy’s ambush only because he had been sent
to go and get food.

Yoruba


[size=18pt]Meet The Nigerian Woman Who Is Building The Fashion Amazon Of Africa
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Olatorera Oniru is one of Nigeria’s most assiduous and ambitious young entrepreneurs. The 29 year-old lady is the founder of Dressmeoutlet.com, a Lagos-based e-commerce startup that retails fashion products sourced from across the globe. Dressmeoutlet.com strongly promotes made in Africa goods with the goal of retailing only the best 20% African designers. Olatorera continues to travel across Africa and beyond in search of unique treasures and creative manufacturers to retail on Dressmeoutlet.com and will be visiting China, United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Morocco, Ethiopia and Tanzania within the next coming months. She enjoys going into the most rural of areas – learning, mingling and discovering unique treasures and natural resources that can be converted into luxury fashion apparel, shoes, jewelry and accessories.

Dressmeoutlet.com ships worldwide and currently has customers in different states across Nigeria, Uganda and the United States of America. The company now employs more than 20 full-time employees and will officially launch with a sales and exhibition event in Lagos, Nigeria on May 22nd, 2016. With years of experience from top companies including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Ericsson, Central Bank of Nigeria and General Electric, Olatorera Oniru is successfully building Dressmeoutlet.com into a fashion e-commerce powerhouse and currently has funding offers from notable investors including Nigerian investor Tony Elumelu.

I recently had a chat with Olatorera to learn more about her entrepreneurial journey and what she is doing to ensure Dressmeoutlet.com grows into one of Africa’s most successful online retailers.


What’s next for Olatorera Oniru and Dressmeoutlet.com?

I am strongly and whole-heartedly dedicated to Dressmeoutlet.com. What’s next is continuing to provide the absolute best fashion and beauty products to the world and satisfying customers 100% of the time. We want to grow on a daily basis and are constantly super excited when new customers sign-up on the platform and find amazing products that they truly love. What’s next is entering new territories, increasing our supplier database and multiplying our customer database in hundred folds. We have plans to double the size of our photography studio, our warehouse, and our manufacturing unit within the next 12 months. We are also increasing advertising and marketing efforts. More importantly, we are constantly looking for the very best products across Africa and worldwide and thus constantly increasing the variety of great items on Dressmeoutlet.com. We always have new products on the website every week thus don’t miss out on items you would love, visit Dressmeoutlet.com often.

Yoruba


[size=18pt]How a Nigerian built an African e-commerce empire from his bedroom
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Apr 23, 2016 at 3:04pm
QuotelikePost Options Post by Your Excellency on Apr 23, 2016 at 3:04pm
How a Nigerian built an African e-commerce empire from his bedroom


As an Africa business coach and consultant I have the pleasure of wandering through African business news and related success stories as part of my job. And once in a while, you stumble across a story that simply sticks, because it is that good.

One of these is of Chris Folayan, founder and CEO of Mall for Africa, a new business empire on the rise that started with humble beginnings: his spare bedroom serving as his launch pad. From there, Mall for Africa would take off to amazing heights.


Chris, it was wonderful meeting you at the African Diaspora Investment Symposium in Silicon Valley in January where you left people in awe sharing the journey that lead to the immense success of your company, Mall for Africa. Give our readers some insight into your business.

Mall for Africa is an online platform designed to help shoppers in Africa buy goods online from major US and UK retailers. By ordering through us, they do not need to worry if the products they desired would be shipped to Africa at all, or if the foreign retailers would accept their local credit cards or mobile payments.

Tell us about your expansion plans.

[size=14pt]We plan on expanding to Ghana, Tanzania, Congo, Ethiopia, Botswana and more African countries where we are currently doing some market analysis.[/size] We also have great affiliate/reseller programmes that help with our in-country expansions. Allowing people on the ground and in-country become part of our family and growth story.

Finally, you have certainly become an important role model for Africans, in particular those in the diaspora who want to do business and worry about lacking start-up capital, the risks, or even relocation. What is your advice to them?

You can’t succeed if you don’t start. Start your idea with friends and family being your focus group. Also make sure the market is in need of your product and then push ahead. In Africa it’s key to have connections in place. Make sure you build them.


Have a great marketing plan. The American or British marketing plans will not work in Africa. You need an African marketing plan. Always seek advice and mentorship from those in the country you wish to serve. Take the company as far as you can with your proof of concept, then seek investor start-up capital, as I have done.

The further you can take the idea yourself the easier it will get funded – and the more fundable you will become for investors. It’s a journey worth taking because you contribute towards Africa’s success while building your own – and that’s a journey filled with joy.

Yoruba




[size=18pt]Oluwatobi Akintoye, Founder of T16 World of Fashion)
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Oluwatobi is the creative director and founder of T16 world of Fashion. A final year student of the University of Lagos, Akoka where she is studying Guidance and Counseling. She began her career as a tailor, but because of her humble beginning, passion for fashion and drive to be successful, this helped facilitate her rise through the ranks, first as a tailor and now as a designer. In her sojourn into the beautiful world of fashion she had the opportunity to be mentored by the likes of Mai Atafo and Lanre Da Silva.

Her brand is an effortless, timeless and wearable Line that reflects the kind of woman she is herself, which is strong, bold, fun, unique and fearless. She was part of the top 15 Fashion Focus finalists of GTB Lagos fashion and design week 2014 and was amongst the Top 4 finalist of the DSTV Fashion Protege Contest. She has showcased at Africa fashion week Nigeria, Lagos Fashion And Design week, and MTN Business Overlook Forum. She has also enjoyed massive publicity on various media platforms in Nigeria.

Lagos Fashion And Design Week 2014 was her break through for this young and promising designer. She debuted her collection SS15 early this year and the year is already looking very promising for Oluwatobi

HalfTruth:


And ND think their problem is Yoruba. Ibo "wealth" is attached to Oil/Petroleum - and drugs

this too will hit you


Igbo:

Pascal Dozie– MTN Nigeria, Diamond
Bank (Banking, Telecom)
Mr. Pascal G. Dozie is the Co-Founder,
Partner, and Non-Executive Partner at
African Capital Alliance. He is the Founder
of Kunoch Limited. He was the Founder of
Diamond Bank PLC. Mr. Dozie served as the
Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Bank
Plc. He served as the President at the
Nigeria Stock Exchange. He serves as a
Member of Advisory Board at Kaizen
Venture Partners. Mr. Dozie serves as the
Chairman of MTN Nigeria Communications
Ltd. and the Co- Chairman of the
Commonwealth Business Council board. He
serves as the Chairman of Kunoch Limited;
ADIC Insurance Limited; Aluminium
Extrusion Industries Plc. Mr. Dozie served
as the Chairman of Diamond Bank PLC until
December 31, 2006. He served as the
Chairman of Nigerian Economic Summit
Group and served on the Lagos Business
School Advisory Board. He was a Council
Member of The Nigerian Stock Exchange.
Mr. Dozie serves as a Non Executive
Director of Gulf of Guinea Energy Limited.
Mr. Dozie served as a Director of the
Central Bank of Nigeria. He was an
Economic Adviser for Niger State
Government. Mr. Dozie was a Member of
Vision 2010 Council. He is the Recipient of
National Award of Officer of the order of
the Niger. Mr. Dozie holds Honorary
Doctorate degrees in Law, Management
Technology, and Business Administration
from three Universities. Mr. Dozie holds an
M.Sc. in Econometrics from City University,
London and a B.Sc. in Economics from the
London School of Economics and Political
Science.

Yoruba



[size=18pt]Mofari Couture
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Emerging Nigerian womenswear brand, Mofari Couture, isn’t taking the back seat in the fashion industry. After competing in the 2014 Lagos Fashion & Design Week Fashion Focus competition, designer – Omowunmi Owonifari is still on her grind with fab collections like their Spring/Summer 2015 offering – “Avatar“.

Today, the fashion designer, who also has a shoe line, is taking another stride on her journey to fashion success. The label has unveiled another collection which heralds its Ready-to-Wear line of clothing. With simple yet classy pieces, Owonifari’s “Fledge” collection is all about being strong, sexy and timeless.

“Fledge” has pieces ranging from culotte ensembles, fringed hemlines, kiss prints, colour-blocked dresses, jumpsuits and more that can be worn as is or mixed and matched for more stylish options. We love the fact that the collection provides simple pieces that are perfect for your closet, and still give you a stylish edge.

Yoruba


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Folu Ajayi

She was a nominee of The Students Union Government Awards, Best Student-Owned Organisation, September 2013, and The Oyo 30under30 Awards, Fashion Category, in December 2013. And has won the following awards; The Junior Chambers International(JCI), Fifteen Outstanding Persons Awards, Most Outstanding Person In Entrepreneurship, March 2014; Oyo Students Entrepreneurship Awards, Entrepreneur Of The Year, September 2014; Realad UI Awards, Fashion Icon Of The Year, December 2014.

She has showcased at the Nigerian Television Fashion Show, The Dreams Come True Show With Jazzyb, Miss Heritage Competition, Ife Runway Fashion Show. In 2013, an official launch for the brand was held in April at the University of Ibadan; after which she participated at the Nigerian Student Fashion And Design Week in June, at the University of Lagos, Yaba.

In 2013, she also established the House of Dabira Campaign Against Domestic Violence Towards Women and Children. She recently won the Zinkata Red Carpet Challenge, for which she got to dress Dakore Egbuson-Akande for the 2015 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, held at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Lekki, Lagos. The dress was a hit as Dakore Egbuson-Akande made the best dressed list of sites such as bellanaija.com, stylevitae.com, memkoh.com among many others.


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Yoruba

[size=18pt]Alexander Amosu Introduces the Most Expensive Suit On the Planet[/size]


33 yr old high-end luxury designer Alexender Amosu, who is well known for his diamond encrusted cell phones, is now adding another innovative business venture to his ever increasing portfolio by introducing what is now being described as the most expensive suit on the planet. This suit, which is priced at £70,000 ( about $101,907), includes nine 18 carat gold & diamond buttons and features very expensive fabrics from rare animals vicuna and qiviuk.

Amosu’s suit was ordered by an unmentioned buyer who plans to attend a party in central London. It took Amosu and his team over 80 hours and 5,000 individual stitches to finish the piece. To complete the sell Amosu is also throwing in a luxurious and highly secure delivery by transporting the suit via armored Range Rover.

Millionaire Alexander Amosu, who is based in London, earned his first million selling cell phone ring-tones at 25 yrs old and then used those earnings in order to get into the high end designer business. He was recently featured as one of the “top 40 under 40 rising media industry” entrepreneurs from Times. Wow… I wonder who bought the suit, because if I had one I would never wear it. I would just bring it out every once in a while and just stare at it.

Igbo:

Dr. Philip Emeagwali.... Scientist/ father of internet

Philip Emeagwali is credited for inventing a formula that allows supercomputers powered by thousands of processors to perform billions of calculations per second -- a discovery that made international headlines and inspired the reinvention of supercomputers. The supercomputer comprises of thousands of networked computers and the Internet also comprises of millions of networked computers. The supercomputer spawned the Internet. Emeagwali's 1970s hypothesis on 64,000 networked computers around the Earth led to his programming of 64,000 processors inside a big box to perform 3.1 billion calculations per second, a world record in 1989. For the latter achievement, he won the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize, which is the “Nobel prize of supercomputing.” Growing up in Africa Born in 1954 in a remote Nigerian village, Emeagwali was declared a child math prodigy. His father nurtured his skill with daily arithmetic drills. In 1967, the civil war in his country forced him to drop out of school at age twelve. When he turned fourteen, he was conscripted into the Biafran army. After the war ended, he completed his high school equivalency by self-study and came to the United States on a mathematics scholarship at age nineteen. Emeagwali (far right) family photo taken on December 24, 1962. Download photo for your printer and website. Emeagwali Helped Give Birth to the Supercomputer After 15 years of study and research at the foci of mathematics, physics and computer science, Emeagwali achieved a breakthrough in the speed of calculations which made international headlines because, until that time, no one believed that it would be possible to program thousands of inexpensive processors to outperform supercomputers. A supercomputer is 100,000 times faster than a laptop computer, costs up to $400 million each and occupying the space of four tennis courts. Comparing a supercomputer to a computer is like comparing an aircraft carrier to a rowboat. Emeagwali’s discovery established that the collective power of thousands of processors could indeed be harnessed. This knowledge was the crucial turning point that inspired the reinvention of supercomputers to utilize thousands of processors. As a measure of the impact of the supercomputer today, the supercomputer market is now $6 billion a year. A measure of the progress made is that the laptop computer of today stores a thousand times more information than the most powerful supercomputer in 1976. Because the modern computer is the supercomputer of the past, it is believed that today's supercomputer will become the computer of the future. Because Emeagwali helped give birth to the supercomputer and the supercomputer gave birth to the computer, Emeagwali was named during the 50th anniversary of the computer as "one of the brilliant pioneers behind this modern miracle." Emeagwali is the only living scientist extolled at length by a United States president in a televised speech (August 26, 2000). Bill Clinton called him “one of the great minds of the Information Age” and "the Bill Gates of Africa." The Supercomputer Spawned the Internet The supercomputer created the need to invent the Internet to connect supercomputer physicists. In fact, the supercomputer and the Internet are powered by similar technologies. The supercomputer is powered by thousands of processors interconnected as a hypercube, while the Internet is powered by millions of computers interconnected as a hyperball. The supercomputer is a hypercube because a hypercube topology is easier to program while the Internet evolved to a hyperball because the Earth is spherical (see illustrations below). The network that is the heart of the Internet is shaped like an irregular hyperball. Emeagwali invented the regular hyperball network and in 1988 using a hypercube supercomputer powered by 65,536 processors to establish the world record of 3.1 billion calculations per second. Emeagwali was described by CNN as “a father of the Internet” and profiled in the book "History of the Internet." The above hyperball network was invented by Emeagwali. Although it was originally inspired and designed as an international network of computers for forecasting the weather for the whole Earth it is, in many ways, similar to what we now call the Internet. In its early years, the Internet was a planar network covering parts of the United States. It has now converged to a hyperball "world wide" network covering the entire Earth. In the 1990s, the vector supercomputer was reinvented as a hypercube supercomputer. In a few decades, the computer will "disappear" into the Internet and, in essence, converge to a hyperball-shaped computing and communicating device. Then we will say that the supercomputer is the network, or that the hyperball network is the computer, or that the hyperball network is the Internet.

kettle84:
see the poor grammar coming out of you,the above shows your inferiority complex. Have you asked yourselves why Yoruba always feel sober and want to prove a point whenever Igbos celebrate their success? its because deep down their hearts they know that Igbos are a superior race.You can see igbo landed investment spread all over the regions even in Bornu. travel and see for yourselves, don't just remain in Lagos masturbating .move around and see our exploits and respect us off course that is why you can't look us in the face and blab rubbish in real live only on Nairaland. abegi swerve

Otondo boi, this moniker just came out of NL jail, you want to get it banned again. Iya e!

Speaking of grammar, this is coming from someone who posted this

The world have moved from certificates to asking what can you offer?

Your father is talking about grammar?

As for your superior race bullshiii, Maaan y'all plantain chips boys provide good jokes I swear

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And what's my business If Igbos have investments in Bornu, you want some Häagen-Dazs ?

You were bragging about Anambra, I said you should create a thread and spar, you're telling me
how Igbos bought Land in Bornu.

Yoruba



[size=18pt]Founder of Reni Smith[/size]


Bimbo Oye-Akinnifesi is the creative director of Reni Smiths. She spent her early years growing up in Lagos. Her grandmother was a seamstress thus giving her an early taste of the world of design and fashion. Beginning her formal training at Instituto di Moda Burgo where she got a diploma in fashion styling. She entered the exciting world of fashion by establishing the Reni Smith brand which she launched at the 2013 edition of GTBank Lagos Fashion & Design Week as one of the top 10 young designers showcasing the Bella Donna collection.

After the launch, the brand received massive acceptance and she has had the honor of designing clothes for top female celebrities in Nigeria, as well as had the Reni Smith pieces worn on the red carpet for different award shows. Bimbo has been featured in notable fashion blogs, magazines and television programmes within and outside the country. The year looks very promising for this young designer and she is one to definitely lookout for in the year 2015.