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Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by totit: 10:30pm On Feb 15, 2020
Meet Babawande, The Yoruba Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes For N1.6 Trillion
opera.com Feb 15, 2020 3:15 PM



If there is something you should know about the Yorubas, then it should be the fact that they are relentless about doing things in big ways. This is proven in the recent giant stride of Babawande Afolabi, the CEO and Founder of Green Africa Airways.

A few days ago, rumour has it that the company was about to purchase 50 new AirBus A220-300 planes. That was after a deal with Boeing went south.

Two days ago, the company announced an MoU that confirmed the rumours. With each plane costing $91.5 million, 50 planes cost 1.6 Trillion Naira.



Meet Babawande Afolabi
The first this you would notice from his pictures is that Babawande Afolabi is a young man. Yes, he is probably in his late thirties and hails from Osun state.


The Yoruba business tycoon graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 2010 where he studies Political Science and Economics. He bagged his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2014.

Since then, Babawande has been pulling it big time in the transport sector.



Green Africa Airways
Green Africa Airways is a Lagos-based and had once made moves to buy 100 units of Boeing 737 Max planes. But the order was cancelled after Boeing 737 Max was grounded by regulatory agencies.

This new order for AirBus A220-300 planes is the biggest order of such plane from any company in Africa. Simply record-breaking.

Without a doubt, the Yorubas are doing great in the country, just the same way other ethnic groups are contributing their quota to push Nigeria forward.

God bless Nigeria.

Thumbs up to this great man!


https://news-af.feednews.com/news/detail/0a40bf3ff8f62314d2ecce8e2a83459a?client=news

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by Nobody: 10:32pm On Feb 15, 2020
I'm not surprised. We have got lots of billionaires of yoruba extraction globally. Something is synonymous with them, which is why some people think they're richer than most of our people and that thing is humility. We don't play to the gallery. An empty barrel makes the loudest voice.

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by Commentor: 10:33pm On Feb 15, 2020
Hope is not Invictus ?

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by KevMitnick: 10:34pm On Feb 15, 2020
Ahhhhh.... Maizing... This is great. Is it old money or new money?
Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by NwaAmaikpe: 10:34pm On Feb 15, 2020
shocked



All these nouveaux riche who spring up from nowhere and start upturning the carpets.
Past experiences have made people like these the wrongest choice for inspiration.

An airline company that technically only exists on paper with no flight experience or pilots acquiring 50 Airbus planes at once.
Quite ludicrous.

This may be the fire behind Air Peace's smoke.
While I wish him well, one thing is certain; he can never be an Allen Onyema.
The sky is too wide for two planes to fly.

Air Peace we know.
Air Peace we love.

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by Sirjamo: 10:35pm On Feb 15, 2020
Did he inherit the money or he's just another Invictus Obi?

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by blackboy(m): 10:35pm On Feb 15, 2020
A politicians puppet I suspect

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by Amotolongbo(f): 10:40pm On Feb 15, 2020
NwaAmaikpe:
shocked



All these nouveaux riche who spring up from nowhere and start upturning the carpets.
Past experiences have made people like these the wrongest choice for inspiration.

While I wish him well, one thing is certain; he can never be an Allen Onyema.
The sky is too wide for two planes to fly.

Air Peace we know.
Air Peace we love.
Babawande Afolabi and Allen Onyeama are struggling to be billionaires of money in real life, while you are struggling to be billionaire of “likes and shares” on nairaland

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by chatinent: 10:40pm On Feb 15, 2020
Okay.
Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by qualityovenbake(m): 10:42pm On Feb 15, 2020
He looks young, smart and vibrant.

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by rexchazy(m): 10:43pm On Feb 15, 2020
Good nigerian making us proud, pls no igbo amaka or omo oduduwa here

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by LibertyRep: 10:45pm On Feb 15, 2020
Never heard of the company before. 50 air buses at a time is huge.
Hope he isn't a front for some dirty, money -laundering policians.

Congratulations to him and his company nonetheless.

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by decatalyst(m): 10:45pm On Feb 15, 2020
Tribal comments loading... grin




But remember the message in the picture below cool

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by Simplyleo: 10:51pm On Feb 15, 2020
[s]
NwaAmaikpe:
shocked



All these nouveaux riche who spring up from nowhere and start upturning the carpets.
Past experiences have made people like these the wrongest choice for inspiration.

While I wish him well, one thing is certain; he can never be an Allen Onyema.
The sky is too wide for two planes to fly.

Air Peace we know.
Air Peace we love.
[/s]
Stop talking out of point. angry

Allen Onyema is a money laundering criminal and shouldn't be mentioned in same topic where successful Nigerians are being discussed. undecided

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by tillaman(m): 10:52pm On Feb 15, 2020
HMMMM

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by SarkinYarki: 10:52pm On Feb 15, 2020
Placing order in is different from buying ..there is no way you can buy 50 brand Airbus outright and put it in the Nigerian domestic market except he plans them for another ..A220 is a short haul sub regional jet suited for domestic operations and I don't see how you can recoup such an investment in Nigeria ..

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by Commentor: 11:00pm On Feb 15, 2020
SarkinYarki:
Placing order in is different from buying ..there is no way you can buy 50 brand Airbus outright and put it in the Nigerian domestic market except he plans them for another ..A220 is a short haul sub regional jet suited for domestic operations and I don't see how you can recoup such an investment in Nigeria ..

Did he seek your consent?

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by slivertongue: 11:06pm On Feb 15, 2020
I see a voodoo business man.

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by Donaldoni: 11:16pm On Feb 15, 2020
Great!

As expected, piggiidddiotts led by Nwaamaipig have started arriving to display crass, undisguised and pathetic inferiority complex by trying to measure up to Yorubas

Yorubas set the standard for their existence.

What a shame!

Expecting MelesZenapig to take a break from trying to wish Amotekun away and come and lend his/her voice to the inferiority complex display show by fellow piggiidddiootts.

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by SarkinYarki: 11:44pm On Feb 15, 2020
Commentor:


Did he seek your consent?

I have seen someone mention his order in an international aviation forum and a lot of experts laughed at how an unknown airline with zero hours of flights , no pilots , no structure no AOC could put in an order from 100 new planes . People were if the opinion it's was a money laundering scheme or just a mischievous stunt ..I have checked with my Sources at the NCAA and he still hasn't applied for an AOC ..A new airline will be coming this year and it belongs to a Buhari govt minted billionaire who i can't mention his name here , they just concluded the purchase of 4 brand new aircrafts and their AOC will soon be ready ..4 aircraft is realistic , if you start a new airline with 50 aircraft you must fail

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by Kennyswag: 11:52pm On Feb 15, 2020
See that fool mentioning airPIECES onyeHAMACRIMINAL.. God bless this man

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by Nobody: 11:53pm On Feb 15, 2020
I'm not surprised at all. Babawande is a very intelligent fellow with a strong passion for the airline industry. It has long been his long-held dream to build a “world-class airline” and I commend his entrepreneurial boldness and strategic foresight to set the pace in the industry.
He's been on the project for about 6 years now and I'm so happy for him. Green Africa is definitely destined for greatness due to it's strong architecture. The çompany is “anchored” by two former American Airlines executives – chairman and CEO Tom Horton and CCO Virasb Vahidi – as well as William Shaw, founder and former CEO of VivaColombia.

Airbus has also confirmed the record deal;

https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2020/02/airbus-and-green-africa-announce-strategic-partnership-with-mou-for-50-a220s.html

Congratulations Nigeria!
Congratulations Africa!

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by Lynx001: 12:06am On Feb 16, 2020
Am watching. Looking at the volatility of the air industry its a risk. Besides the brand is kinda new. But wetin concern me sef. Na my risk.

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by totit: 12:08am On Feb 16, 2020
9jamyHome:
I'm not surprised at all. Babawande is a very intelligent fellow with a strong passion for the airline industry. He's been on it for about 6 years now. I'm so happy for him. Green Africa is definitely destined for greatness due to it's strong architecture. The çompany is “anchored” by two former American Airlines executives – chairman and CEO Tom Horton and CCO Virasb Vahidi – as well as William Shaw, founder and former CEO of VivaColombia.

Airbus has also confirmed the record deal;

https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2020/02/airbus-and-green-africa-announce-strategic-partnership-with-mou-for-50-a220s.html

Congratulations Nigeria!
Congratulations Africa!

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by javaguru: 12:08am On Feb 16, 2020
the guy is very young

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by NigeriaIsDoomed: 12:13am On Feb 16, 2020
Commentor:
Hope is not Invictus ?
Oh boy... Na wetin I want talk be DAT. Ah no want hear another Invictus story later.

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by NigeriaIsDoomed: 12:15am On Feb 16, 2020
SarkinYarki:


I have seen someone mention his order in an international aviation forum and a lot of experts laughed at how an unknown airline with zero hours of flights , no pilots , no structure no AOC could put in an order from 100 new planes . People were if the opinion it's was a money laundering scheme or just a mischievous stunt ..I have checked with my Sources at the NCAA and he still hasn't applied for an AOC ..A new airline will be coming this year and it belongs to a Buhari govt minted billionaire who i can't mention his name here , they just concluded the purchase of 4 brand new aircrafts and their AOC will soon be ready ..4 aircraft is realistic , if you start a new airline with 50 aircraft you must fail
oyel dey ur brain. God bless you with more wisdom

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by NigeriaIsDoomed: 12:17am On Feb 16, 2020
NwaAmaikpe:
shocked




Past experiences have made people like these the wrongest choice for inspiration.

aswear down

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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by chozzy: 12:20am On Feb 16, 2020
Sirjamo:
Did he inherit the money or he's just another Invictus Obi?


He is most likely a front to some thieves in politics.
Aregbesola, Tinubu, Fashola etc should be watched closely



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Re: Meet Babawande, The Billionaire Whose Company Bought 50 Planes by otokx(m): 12:24am On Feb 16, 2020
He should buy MMIA and put modern facilities in place cool

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