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Nigeria’s biggest Fashion eCommerce marketplace



It is not everyday you find men venturing into fashion, especially in Nigeria, where it is largely considered a woman’s space. However, two men — Emotu Balogun and Segun Afolahan — have managed to successfully carve a niche for themselves with Traclist, a fashion eCommerce marketplace.

Generating revenue in excess of ₦80 million this year alone, the small company has grown from its humble beginnings, as part of the Co-Creation Hub‘s incubation programme, into arguably Nigeria’s biggest fashion eCommerce marketplace.

Segun and Emotu spent an afternoon chatting with Techpoint about their inspiration, challenges so far and aspirations .

Shomolu is one of the most prominent printing hubs in Lagos. Most houses around here have a printing operation going on in small kiosks that appear to have been tacked on as an afterthought.

The Printivo office is on the edge of all that, in a nondescript warehouse nestled between multiple-storeyed residential buildings. The glass door that opens up to the reception is frosted with ‘Printivo’. It is done in the startup’s signature colours; cyan, yellow, magenta and black.

It was a hazy Wednesday morning on the day I visited. I found myself outside the Printivo office leaning on one of the finishing desks in front of the building. The staff use the desks to execute the final stages of print jobs that require trimming, folding and sometimes binding. I had let myself into the reception, but stepped out to escape the heady smell of ink, paper and heated film.

“Sorry I kept you.” It was Oluyomi, in a striped shirt, dark straight cut slacks and muted black loafers. Oluyomi Ojo is one of Printivo’s founders and the CEO. He leaned in for a familiar handshake – we’ve met many times before. The last time was at TechCabal’s africaBeta back in October.

Two weeks before my visit, Printivo announced a six-figure seed round from EchoVC. The news made it to TechCrunch. Another Nigerian startup was asking the world to acknowledge it.

I stepped inside with Oluyomi and went past the reception into a larger space in which there were eight people sitting behind PCs in a large bullpen. To the left of me, there was another huddle of five people wearing pink tee shirts.

“We call them, ‘customer happiness’”, Oluyomi said of the pink tee group.

Ahead and to the left was a small glass compartment; the Printivo conference room. We stepped inside. There is a loud little machine which I am told is called a plotter, and it’s making quite the racket.

RSR’s Director of Digital Marketing, Jonathan Lawoyin, has become a leading authority on the intersection of emerging technologies, consumer behavior and fast-growth markets such as Nigeria, his home country. In this series, Jonathan charts the rise of the entrepreneur class as well as digital consumers they are affecting in these emerging markets and shows that tomorrow's Web will be radically different to conventional Western models requiring entirely new engagement strategies and infrastructure.

Jonathan currently serves as Director of Digital Marketing at Ready Set Rocket, and brings over seven years of digital and technology experience to the agency working with leading brands.

raker300:
mr. Man, you are not all right!

The site is an international site for manufactures to advertise their products

Go to konga and purchase one of osychris products..maybe your life will be better

raker300:
sense fall on you

http://www.sell147.com/company/Nigeria/765351.htm

Toyin Adenuga, Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Gas Limited (SNG) joined The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited in 1988 as a Facilities Engineer in Port Harcourt.

Toyin holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Ife, Ile-Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University).

Toyin’s career spans varying disciplines including Field/Facilities Engineering, Pipeline Engineering, Project Management, Contracting (Supply Chain Management), Commercial (Operations and Gas).

It is noteworthy that during Toyin’s career, he has enjoyed distinct opportunities in pioneering strategic business improvements in SPDC, either single-handedly or as part of a group.

These include the concept of flowstation back-up flare systems; in-situ repairs of steel structures on production platforms using non-hot-work methods to eliminate or reduce facility outages; construction of the first concrete barges in Nigeria and topsides for Nembe field gas gathering in Port Harcourt, Nigeria amongst others.

Toyin was also a pioneering member of the Contracting department when it was setup in Shell Nigeria.

Prior to this appointment, Toyin was SPDC Commercial Operations Manager .

In that role, he was responsible for managing internal and external activities to support the sale of natural gas produced by SPDC/SNEPCo to domestic and international markets (West African gas market and the NLNG).

In addition, he managed commercial agreements and internal systems to support handling, transportation and storage of crude oil for other oil producers operating within existing SPDC processing/evacuation facilities without means of evacuating their produced hydrocarbons.

SonofDevil:
well I Google osychris he is not the manufacturer of the generator set.

SonofDevil:
I think innoson is the only big investments of igbos.I have seen inosson more than 5 times

BlackBlue:
All our businesses are well branded and presentable. No dirty 2x2 stores all over the place

Mr. Ayodele Arogbo is Partner at Synergy Capital Managers. Mr. Arogbo is employed at Capital Alliance Nigeria Limited. Earlier, he was with FSB International Bank and African Capital Alliance(ACA). He has over 20 years experience in Banking, Private equity and advisory.

West African-based investor Synergy Capital announced it has completed its investment in Riggs Ventures West Africa, a manufacturer of polypropylene woven sacks that are used for packaging and transporting industrial goods in Nigeria. The investment, which was originally agreed some four months ago, was made through Synergy Private Equity Fund I, a $100 million fund which closed in early September.

As Riggs is an unlisted public company, the deal required approval from Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission, which it received recently, allowing the transaction to close. The capital will be used to provide the company with working capital and help boost its utilization of current its production capacity to meet the expanding levels of demand for polypropylene bags. In a statement, Synergy said that it expects to make a follow-on investment in the company to scale capacity further and achieve the goal of becoming one of the largest providers of polypropylene sacks in West Africa.

Synergy Capital’s strategy is to identify well-positioned companies in some of Nigeria and Ghana’s fastest growing sectors to which they can provide business building expertise as well as capital to grow the companies into leading operators with a significant share of their respective markets.

According to Synergy Capital partner Ayodele Arogbo, “In the case of Riggs, the objective is to establish the company as a clear number three in a sector that is set for continuous growth over the medium to long term. We are very pleased to be completing this investment now after all the work done preparing the company over the last two years.”

The Riggs investment marks the third transaction for the fund. In February this year, Synergy made a “multi-million dollar investment” in NeTPlus Advisory, a Lagos-based e-services company offering e-commerce, e-payment and e-infrastructure solutions followed by the announcement in August of the acquisition of an undisclosed stake in Viathan Engineering, a developer of captive and embedded power solutions in Nigeria.

According to a prior press release, Synergy Capital plans to make an investment in the financial services sector before the end of 2015, and will look to complete another three or four investments in Ghana and Nigeria over the next year.

Mr. Segun Ogunsanya has highlighted the need to create an enabling environment for the growth and development of the mobile sector in Nigeria and Africa at large.

Mr. Ogunsanya, who was one of the panellists at the on-going 2014 Mobile West Africa Conference, taking place in Lagos, spoke on mobile innovation, opportunities and its challenges in Nigeria, adding that the growth of the sector also depends on encouraging local content and giving support given to start-ups mobile businesses. Represented by Airtel’s Chief Commercial Officer, Mr. Maurice Newa, Ogunsanya gave insights into factors that will shape the Nigerian and African mobile telephony landscape.
The discussion panel comprising the Airtel Nigeria CEO; ex-Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Founder Open Media Group, Mr. Earnest Ndukwe; Executive Commissioner, Stakeholders Management of NCC, Mr. Okechukwu Itanyi and other discussants also examined critical issues in the mobile sector, including ways which stakeholders can create enabling environment for the mobile technology.
Other mobile experts from different organisations, CEOs of mobile platform across Nigeria and Africa also participated in various interactive segments of the conference.
The Mobile West Africa Conference which runs from 13th to 16th of May, 2014 holds at Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Lagos. It features exhibitions, roundtable discussions and networking opportunities for participants

Samuel has over 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, and is currently Managing Director of SOWSCO Well Services (Nig.) Ltd., in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Samuel is a member of the Board of Trustees Ile-Oluji Economic Summit Group, a traditional local community leadership organisation as well as being a founding member of S.T. Adegboyega & Co., a Nigerian law firm.

Samuel is a founding member and current Executive of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria, an association formed to bring together Nigerian oil and gas enterpreneurs. Samuel graduated from the University of Ibadan with a degree in Petroleum Engineering.

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Mr. Segun Agbaje is renowned for his experience the banking industry. With over 19 years in investment and international banking, he is currently tasked with the gruelling work of managing the Nigerian lender’s day-to-day operations. His diligence in carrying out his duties has given him his reputation as a highly respected and very accomplished professional within the West African sub-region.

Having led and executed numerous projects involving innovative and complex transactions in financial advisory and debt and equity capital raising in several sectors of the Nigerian economy, Mr. Agbaje has an incredibly complex understanding of the Nigerian business environment.

In 2007, Mr Agbaje was instrumental in organizing Guaranty Trust Bank’s landmark USD350million Eurobond offering. A move which led Guaranty Trust Bank to become the first Nigerian company and first bank in Sub-Saharan Africa to be listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

Mr. Agbaje is a member of notable company boards including Guaranty Trust Bank (Gambia) Limited, Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited, Guaranty Trust Bank (UK) Limited and also a Director on the MasterCard Advisory Board in the Middle East and Africa. He was recently recognized as CEO of the Year at the 2015 Finance Monthly Global Awards.[/b]

CeterisXVII:
Beautiful! Didn't know there was a company that could handle such things. It will make my job easier. Thanks for the info.

Respiratory failure has recently been named one of the most diagnosed medical conditions in Africa, causing a high mortality rate. However, in quite a number of hospitals, this has been linked to the shortage of ventilators. This is due to reasons of cost and availability, resulting in nurses using CPR bags to ventilate the patients- which is not nearly as effective.

[b]Nigerian doctor, Dayo Olakulehin, decided to take matters into his own hands by inventing an affordable, portable and rechargeable battery-powered ventilator, named D-Box. The easy-to-use ventilator is designed to power CPR bags and to deliver controlled breaths to patients with respiratory problems. Did we mention that this is a world-first?

It was the doctor’s personal experience with respiratory failure patients that led him to come up with the idea of inventing the D-Box, a device that is expected to save thousands of lives and to improve the quality of health care to patients. The lifesaving device can work on battery power for up to 12 hours.[/b]

“When I did the product development, I got another patent. When we made the prototype, we also had to file another patent. We have the best of intellectual property lawyers and we realized that intellectual property theft is a major issue, especially for a product that has a tendency to go global. We are taking the product proactively and taking it into the global market,” explains the medic.

The D-Box costs only US $300, which is 100 times less than traditional ventilators costing around $30 000.

Like Dr Olakulehin, sometimes innovation will require you to get out of your comfort zone. Although he had a medical degree, he had no formal training in biomedical engineering but he succeeded in his plan to invent a device to save lives. You saw it first in Africa!

[b]Vehicle owners living in Lagos, Nigeria no longer have to worry about the hassle of having to wait in long queues trying to update their car documents- all thanks to Iwemoto, an online platform dedicated to creating a stress-free driver’s license process.

From license acquisition and renewals, to vehicle registrations, change of ownership to vehicle insurance- Iwemoto lets you do all this in the comfort of your own home without having to worry about operating hours. Co-founded by Temitope Fashae and Temilade Olukogbon in September 2015, the company is dedicated to making the lives of car owners simple and convenient.

When your car papers expiry date approaches, the site will send out an email and SMS notification reminding you to renew your papers before they expire. The service is completely free of charge, and will save you from dealing with the authorities.

This handy innovation is just one of the ways that Nigerian entrepreneurs are using technology to improve life in their cities and proving that Nigerians are at the forefront when it comes to innovations. Tech innovators are springing up daily, a development which has seen the country ascend a privileged position on the continent.

If you’re in Lagos, simply log in to www.iwemoto.com to make use of this exciting platform. On the website, you will get to fill out your vehicle papers details, where you will be required to fill in details about your state, phone number, and email address.[/b]

Every day in Nigeria, mothers and babies die during childbirth. UNICEF reports that every single day, Nigeria loses about 2,300 under-five year olds and 145 women of childbearing age. This makes the country the second largest contributor to the under–five and maternal mortality rate in the world.

Adepeju Jaiyeoba, founder and CEO of Mother’s Delivery Kit (MDK), believes that a lot of these deaths are avoidable through the use of clean, sterile equipment and basic training of birth attendants. That is what inspired her to start her social enterprise aimed at promoting and enhancing safe births and to economically empower women in Nigeria.

Based in Lagos, Nigeria, MDK provides a sterilized ultra-affordable delivery kit containing essential supplies a woman requires at childbirth to ensure she has a clean, safe and hygienic delivery. The company supplies birthing kits to health centers, hospitals, university teaching hospitals, maternal and child health organisations.
These lifesaving kits include a sterilized, disposable, super-absorbent delivery mat, as well as an infant receiver. By making the kits available to women, the company ensures that they connect the woman in need at childbirth to the clean, hygienic and safe lifesaving supplies she needs.

Jetleeee:
Although, the thread is more about "products", but it wouldn't be a bad idea to let you guys know there are Yorubas holding it down in Med Tech

There is Lifebank owned by Temi Giwa, Mdaas owned by Oluwasogo Oni, Kangpe owned by Femi kuti, Redbank owned by
Tolu Adeyanju, Onemedical owned by Laolu Adeniyi, Wole Ralph, and Oladimeji Sofowora

These are all health startups trying to solve the challenges Nigeria is facing in the health sector via Technology. Bukky George is also not taking it slow with Healthplus pharmacies same with Joke Bakare of Medplus pharmacies. These 2 are the biggest retail pharmacy companies in Nigeria and not forgetting Adepeju Jaiyeoba of mother's delivery kit.

Yoruba sons and daughters are also holding it down in Fintech. From Paystack to Flutterwave, Amplify, Simplepay

ACE is doing really well in logistics sector with the likes of Delivery Science and Kobo360.

Even our shoemakers' dey kill am with crazy branding. Itele, Gransoles, YNorth, Keexs and the rest of them

Now, it's not like these guys are the first to do these things per se, but they're doing it the way it should be done. What they all have in common is branding. It's the Tech Age fam. And this is template all Yoruba sons and daughters looking to do business should be emulating

Gats polish and advance things. No dirty 2x2 shops all over the place selling Lopo shirts with the horse upside down and Tony Highflinger belts. That's too 3rd world. Igba wo ni a fe se yen di gba

That's why we need to hope these clowns get their potor paradise so we can minimise this madness and replace them with clean well-branded businesses like the ones that have been posted on this thread

In this interview, Dele Ijaiya-Oladipo and David Aderounmu, Managing Partners of THN, explained that the company is leveraging its technology and expertise to create a Nigerian tailored solution to the country’s housing problem. Excerpts. Brief introduction on Tempohousing Nigeria Tempohousing Nigeria is a cargo-tecture solutions company. Essentially what we do is to convert shipping containers into habitable spaces. We are partners with Tempohousing Global, a Dutch company – the leading mass container housing provider in the world. We entered into the partnership in 2011 and started operations in 2012. What we do is to tailor the solution to what is here locally. Our mantra is keep it affordable. We don’t want to import anything apart from our technology. And most importantly we want to deliver at 30 to 40 percent cheaper and 3 to 4 times quicker than if using concrete. We know the demand is there. The market is huge – 170 million people, the deficit is 10 percent of that nationally. In Lagos, it’s 1 million and we need about 100,000 homes annually. With concrete you can’t deliver that. So this is an avenue for alternate solutions that you can build quickly, en mass and cheaper. What has THN done so far? So far we’ve been working with some institutions like Ecobank, Exxon Mobil, Dominion Church, Harvesters Church, Oilserv, etc., to provide staff housing, camp solutions, offices, health centres. Now we are seeing that it’s has been accepted more. We have a show home in Ikeja that people can see. How do you address misgivings of Nigerians on houses not done with bricks?

That’s the biggest hurdle we have with alternative building methods. What we hear is this is container. What we intend to do going forward is to educate people and let them see what the so called container actually looks and feel like, and once you enter you realise that it even looks better than a normal building. It’s easier to control, not using cement, no cracks and all that. It’s just about education and doing things that people can walk in and see. We’ve done that with our pilot project and everyone that has gone inside has been amazed at what can be done with a shipping container. As to the notion that if you have not built with bricks you have not built a proper house, that is a Nigerian or African mentality. But the fact is there is a stage for everything. People graduate every year and go into paid employment. What we are trying to offer is play within the market where you can own something for yourself, you are not paying rent and you can save money. Nobody is saying you have to live in there forever. We also plan to partner with financial institutions that will enable young people achieve their dream of owning houses. So it’s about education and the way we package it. We are partnering with Tempohousing in Holland because they are the biggest and they’ve done it all over the world. And it can be done in Nigeria; it has been done in other climes – Australia, Brazil, even in countries having harsher weather than us. Also the market is big enough, and we feel that if the price and the quality is right there will always going to be a demand. Not everyone can afford concrete. What we are offering is that for what you will spend leasing a house in ten years you can own a home in ten weeks. Any moves to partner with government on mass housing? Two years ago, Lagos State gave us an award for being the most innovative solution for the housing problem in Lagos.

And we’ve been speaking with them over the last two years, with a number of ministries, about putting out pilot projects. It looks like over the next three months, we’ll be doing something with the Ministry of Health. Our ultimate aim is to work with the Housing Ministry, we are in talks with them. We are currently engaged with some of the project managers from the Lagos State HOMS scheme. Essentially they want to see if we can recreate their designs using containers. We know that government involvement will also help to change the psyche of people towards container housing. How durable are container houses? Containers are based on International Shipping Organisation (ISO) standards. They are built to withstand high weather conditions. The law is that shipping companies are supposed to renew their fleet after a shipping container has been used for 25 years. When you are using it for a building requirement and is stationary and within accommodation area, it can last forever. And it’s like any other building, you have to maintain it. In our own fabrications, we don’t usually expose the metal container. Internally, we have wood loggings, plywood, insulations, and depending on your choice, we have plasterboards or PVC.

Externally, you could use Alucobond cladding or cement fibre which is being promoted by Nigerite at the moment and is significantly cheaper, because it’s made in Nigeria whereas Alucobond is imported. And before we hand over, we put anti-corrosive paint over the metal as well to give it extra durability. There has been numerous constructions globally. And I can tell you that I have never heard about any one collapsing as opposed to cement buildings that do collapse all the time. Cost and delivery time for a 2-bedroom container home? It depends on the size of the house.

On a cost per square metre basis, we rate between N45,000 and N65,000 per square metre, so it really depends on individual personal preferences for certain things – the finishing, external cladding, etc. For an average 2 bedroom, we are looking at about N2.5 million, all in, that is, you are moving in with only your luggage and movable furniture.

And we can deliver in 6 to 7 days. Plan for students housing We have a plan of developing student housing. There is a big demand for student housing and very short supply. Once we are able to put structures where students are leaving in, that’s is the first point of education. So if you are having students living here, over the course of their education, they’ve been used to living in a container structure. After they’ve graduated and have gotten their dream jobs, getting them into another container housing will not be difficult.

Genii Games Limited is the parent entity behind the Asa (meaning culture in Yoruba) brand; a growing collection of interactive mobile apps and web videos for kids to learn about African Cultures in fun ways.

Our Asa apps and videos feature Games, Animation, Voice, Text, Sound and Colourful graphics to deliver subjects ranging from languages, folktales, ethics and etiquette. Our Asa apps are available across multiple mobile platforms such as iOS, Android and BlackBerry.

laudate:
Ceteris paribus, e pluribus unum!! My bruva from another mother!! Thank you, o jare! I can see your handwork in this place. Thanks for helping out. Am back, o! Those people wanted to silence me, but they forgot that God is greater than all of them!

My guys, Totit, Deomelo, Jetleeee, Okway, Deedeedee1, Oduastates, NCP, ibkayee... how una dey? I dey hail, o! Shey, everything is going smooth? I have been following all your comments in the background. Well done guys, you rock!!

She holds a Masters degree in Business Information Technology Systems from the University of Strathclyde Glasgow. She has worked in client service and technical support with various leading companies such as Virgin Media in Scotland and VConnect in Nigeria. Recognizing that communication was gradually shifting from text to video, as individuals want to see and connect with the people they chat with, she identified a need to apply this to the recruitment industry that led to the design and creation of the City Hires portal.



City Hires, launched in 2015, is the first video recruitment portal for the Nigerian populace that provides the recruiter an all in one solution: profiles of qualified candidates with resumes and also with pre-recorded videos. It enables job seekers to upload their video pitches – short, persuasive speeches to convey their communication skills, charisma and personality within 60 seconds.

The Etisalat Prize for Innovation recently nominated City Hires as one of the top 5 innovations in Nigeria. City Hires seeks to become the major platform countrywide transiting Nigerian professionals to the video resume system.

Tomorrow. African Innovation Foundation will be hosting the ‘2017 Innovation Prize for Africa’ in Accra, and today we’d like to recognise one of the nominees – Omolabake Adenle.

Some of the most creative and smart minds of Africa will be attending the event, as we learn more about the innovations established by the nominees. From nine African countries, nine were shortlisted, some being DRC, Liberia, Egypt, Morocco, Uganda, Kenya, Zaimbabwe, South Africa and Nigeria. The innovator we’d like to tell you more about, Adenle, is from Nigeria and has established an intriguing software that solve a key issue in Africa – language.

Omolabake Adenle has built a software that can speak and understand African laguages!

Founded under her startup, AJA.LA Studios, Adenle’s software can understand and digitize African languages; and synthesize speech from African languages presented as digitized text. The software is a brilliant solution which will contribute to the technological advancements of Africa as we will soon be able to interact with a wide range of devices, software applications, and digital services, which were originally available in English, in our own African languages!

Due to voice recognition and speech synthesis being developed in mainly Western and Asian languages, Africa has limited commercial application, academic research and ethnic data capturing for African language speaking consumers and/or citizens across Africa. Because of this reason, digitising African languages will bring about various opportunities for both Africans and every other individual abroad who’s usually affected by language barriers when interacting with Africans in their local language.

This innovation opens up opportunities for Africans with low literacy levels to also enjoy the benefits of the digital revolution. In turn this assist with overall developments across Africa such as education, skills development, job creations, employment and every other aspect under the sun that was previously disadvantaged by language barriers.

We are ecstatic about such innovative developments and the ripple effects due from such innovation. Hopefully, we will be able to use Siri in our own preferred local languages! Watch this space.

We’d also like to wish all the nominees good luck for tomorrow’s ‘2017 Innovation Prize for Africa

Temie Giwa-Tubosun is the Founder of Lifebank in Nigeria. Lifebank is a health startup that mobilizes blood donations to save lives by taking blood services to donors, rather than making donors come to it. After blood collection, Lifebank delivers the blood to hospitals in Lagos. The process is driven by an app developed by Mrs. Giwa-Tubosun. IN 2017, Lifebank moves to a new phase using smart logistics and big data to deliver a seamless blood supply chain system across Nigeria. Over the next two years, they hope to move 100,000 blood products to save 100,000 lives in Nigeria.

Angel Adelaja is a Nigerian innovator and community and change developer who formulates inclusive growth strategies for governments and organizations. Her major focus is women and youth empowerment, utilizing grass roots campaigns, technology, and innovation to assist these groups in solving global issues. Specifically developing good governance strategies to reduce health disparity, poverty, unemployment and boost agricultural and economic development. In addition, she is co-founder of We Farm Africa, an agricultural NGO that focuses on collectively ensuring a better future for Africa through sustainable agriculture. She also is founder and Executive Director of Fresh Direct Produce and Agro-Allied Services an indigenous agricultural production and processing company that bring together communities and advanced technology to provide exquisitely grown organic fruits, vegetables and meats and processed end products. As a youth who has entered the agricultural sector, her goal is to create pathways to ease other young people into profitable agricultural ventures to empower them with employment and strengthen them to also be successful employers of people.

[b]Mr. Aderemi Muyinudeen Makanjuola, also known as Remi, serves as the Chairman of Caverton Grup. Mr. Makanjuola serves as the Chairman of Caverton Offshore Support Group Plc. Mr. Makanjuola is a seasoned banking professional with over two decades explosure to the challenges in the Nigeria financial landscape. He began his professional career with Union Bank Plc in November 1977, when he served with its Kano branch as a Youth Corp. member. He served several positions between 1977 and 1989 including Head office Manager (Advances), he joined Devcom Merchant Bank as Assistant general Manager in May 1989. At Devcom, he served as General Manager, Executive Director and Executive Vice Chairman from 1994 to 1999. He served as the Chairman of Vono Products, PLC until March 2008 and served as its Director since May 2005. He serves as a Director on the board of twenty-first Century Technologies. Mr. Makanjuola's secondary education at Ahhmadiya College. He bagged a second-class upper degree in Economics from the University of Leicester in 1976, and a mater of Science (Msc) degree in Manpower planning from the University of Manchester in 1977.[/b]

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Olumide Akpata is a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial Practice Group of the Firm and he is currently the Head of that Group.

He is admitted to practice in Nigeria and has over two decades of experience in advising clients on various aspects of Nigerian Corporate and Commercial Law.
He has been recognised by IFLR 1000 as a leading Mergers & Acquisition lawyer in Nigeria and by Chambers and Partners “as having long experience in representing foreign clients” in his area of practice.
He regularly advises local and international corporations on the impact of Nigerian Law on their investments and/or operations in Nigeria particularly regarding: the establishment of local subsidiaries, corporate governance and compliance, mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring, labour and immigration, regulatory issues and tax.
Olu is often called upon to speak at local and international conferences and seminars and currently sits on the Council of the Nigeria Bar Association Section on Business Law. He is also the Vice-Chair (West-Africa) of the International Bar Association’s Africa Regional Forum.
He has advised on several key transactions:

Olumide advised on the Nigerian Bureau of Public Enterprises’ restructuring of the Nigerian Electricity sector and the unbundling of the national power utility.
He has advised on international joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, takeovers and also the world’s second largest port operator in its bid for the Apapa Container Terminal concession.
Olumide advises several local and international clients on regulatory compliance in relation to company law and practice in Nigeria.
He acts for several clients on a wide range of Immigration and Labour matters including the setting up of private pension schemes, employment contracts and general immigration compliance. [/b]

Oba Otudeko (CFR) is the Chairman, FBN Holdings Plc. and Honeywell Group Limited. He is a foremost and visionary Nigerian entrepreneur reputed for his highly successful domestic and foreign investments cutting across diverse sectors of the economy. He served on the Board of FirstBank between May 1997 and December 2010 when he retired as Chairman. He was also the founding Chairman of FBN Bank (UK) Limited. He has, at various times, served on the Boards of Central Bank of Nigeria (1990–1997), Guinness Nigeria Plc. (1999–2003), British American Tobacco Ltd (2001–2004) and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, headquartered in Lome, Togo (2002–2010). Between September 2006 and August 2009, he was the 16th President and Chairman of Council of The Nigerian Stock Exchange.

Dr. Otudeko holds the Nigerian National Honour of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) awarded in 2011. He is a Chartered Banker, Chartered Accountant and Chartered Corporate Secretary. He was Chancellor of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State and currently serves as a member of the Office of Distinguished Friends of London Business School (UK). Dr. Otudeko is the founder of Oba Otudeko Foundation (OOF), a not-for-profit organization. He is happily married with children.

CeterisXVII:
Sir your picture shows Chief Fadahunsi, but the quotation in your post is talking about Mr. Mobolurin? Pls check?