Power Group – Nominated for Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership at the MOI Awards
Friday, 24 October 2025
Power Group is a leading construction and infrastructure company operating across Southern Africa. Since 1983, the company has focused on one clear purpose to improve the quality of life in Africa through sustainable infrastructure development. Power Group delivers a wide range of engineering and construction services. The company works through two core subsidiaries, Power Construction
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Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede — Nominated for Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership at the MOI Awards
Friday, 19 September 2025
For over two decades, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede has shaped the modern banking landscape, first as a transformational CEO who helped elevate Access Bank into a Tier-1 institution, and now as Chairman of Access Holdings and Coronation Group. His work blends high-level corporate strategy with market-wide reforms. He received the African Banker Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024,
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Esther Ambah Numaba – Nominated for Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 04 September 2025
Esther Ambah Numaba is a distinguished leader whose career has been defined by resilience, service, and a lifelong dedication to uplifting others. Over the decades, she has built an inspiring legacy across education, community development, and leadership, earning her recognition as one of the most influential women of her generation. Her journey reflects the values
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Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong — Nominated for the Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 14 August 2025
Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong is a serial entrepreneur and a true architect of Ghana’s modern economy. His journey began with a bold vision to expand his mother’s table-top stationery business into a printing press in 1995 with a capital equivalent to three dollars. His career is a testament to his tenacity and his knack for
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Dr. Stella Chinyelu Okoli — Nominated for the Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 14 August 2025
Dr. Stella Chinyelu Okoli is a trailblazing entrepreneur and a pioneer in Nigeria’s pharmaceutical industry. With over 27 years of experience as a practicing and manufacturing pharmacist, her bold vision was to grow a small retail pharmacy into a leading pharmaceutical company. She founded Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, initially named “Emzor Chemists Limited,” in 1977
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Abdul Samad Rabiu — Nominated for the Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 14 August 2025
Abdul Samad Rabiu is a Nigerian industrialist whose career is a story of strategic competition and resilience. He founded BUA International Limited in 1988 for commodity trading and has since built the BUA Group into a diversified conglomerate with interests in cement production, sugar refining, and real estate. His bold vision was to compete head-to-head
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Folorunsho Alakija — Nominated for the Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 14 August 2025
Folorunsho Alakija is a prominent businesswoman and philanthropist whose bold vision propelled her from the fashion industry to the top of Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. Her journey began with a career in banking before she launched a fashion label, Supreme Stitches, in 1996. Her greatest achievement came in 1993, when she applied for and
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Oba Otudeko — Nominated for the Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 14 August 2025
Oba Otudeko is a veteran entrepreneur and visionary whose leadership has shaped Nigeria’s corporate landscape for decades. He founded Honeywell Enterprises in the 1970s as a trading company, and it has since grown into the Honeywell Group, a diversified conglomerate with interests in food manufacturing, oil, gas, and telecommunications. Otudeko’s significant industry influence is underscored
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Cletus Ibeto — Nominated for the Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 14 August 2025
Cletus Ibeto is a Nigerian industrialist and a definitive industry leader of The Year, whose bold vision and profound resilience have built one of the country’s largest conglomerates. Rising from Nnewi, a town famed for producing self-made industrialists, Ibeto transformed a small auto spare parts trading business into the Ibeto Group. His resilience and results-driven
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Jim Ovia — Nominated for the Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 14 August 2025
Jim Ovia is widely regarded as the “Godfather of Banking,” a visionary who founded Zenith Bank in 1990 during a time of economic instability and a “sorely underdeveloped business climate.” His bold vision was to build a bank that was modern, efficient, and technology-driven. Under his leadership for 20 years, Zenith grew from a startup
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Mike Adenuga — Nominated for the Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 14 August 2025
Mike Adenuga is a legendary entrepreneur whose career is a classic rags-to-riches story, defined by bold moves and quiet determination. After working as a taxi driver to pay for his education in the US, he returned to Nigeria to begin a career as a commodities trader, eventually pioneering indigenous oil exploration with Consolidated Oil (now
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Tony Elumelu — Nominated for the Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 14 August 2025
Tony Elumelu is a banking titan and a visionary leader whose influence extends across investment, philanthropy, and public policy. A self-described “turnaround expert,” Elumelu rose from a bank clerk to become the CEO of a struggling Crystal Bank, which he renamed Standard Trust Bank (STB) and grew into Nigeria’s fifth-largest bank in just seven years.
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Aliko Dangote — Nominated for the Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership Award at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
Aliko Dangote is the preeminent industrialist of modern Africa, a visionary who transformed a small trading enterprise into the largest conglomerate in West Africa. His bold vision, beginning with a $3,000 loan from his uncle in 1978, was to move beyond trading commodities like rice and sugar to full-scale, local manufacturing. His company now dominates
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala — Nominated for Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership at the MOI Awards
Sunday, 10 August 2025
Economist, reformer, and global trade leader, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s career spans two terms as Nigeria’s Finance Minister and service as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. Her work blends public-sector reform with institution-building across global finance and trade. She has championed debt relief, macroeconomic stabilisation, and transparent public finance, while advancing initiatives that expand market
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Kelvin Umechukwu — Nominated for Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership at the MOI Awards
Sunday, 10 August 2025
As co-founder and CEO of Bumpa, Kelvin Umechukwu has helped formalise digital commerce for micro and small businesses, giving merchants a simple operating system to sell, track, invoice, and grow. His work lowers the barriers for everyday entrepreneurs to participate in Africa’s online economy. Under his leadership, Bumpa has leaned into practical partnerships and education
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Ibukun Awosika — Nominated for Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership at the MOI Awards
Sunday, 10 August 2025
Entrepreneur, investor, and former Chair of First Bank of Nigeria, Ibukun Awosika, has spent decades building companies and advocating for strong governance and ethical leadership. Her path from manufacturing to board leadership has inspired founders and professionals across the continent. Beyond business building, she has invested in capacity-building for SMEs and created pathways for women
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Obadare Peter Adewale — Nominated for Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership at the MOI Awards
Sunday, 10 August 2025
Co-founder of Digital Encode, Obadare Peter Adewale has been at the forefront of cybersecurity, audit, and compliance for years, helping enterprises meet rigorous benchmarks while cultivating trust in digital channels. He received a BusinessDay Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022, after a career of firsts, including being recognised as Africa’s first EC-Council Licensed Penetration Tester. His
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Nkechi Obi — Nominated for Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership at the MOI Awards
Sunday, 10 August 2025
As Group MD of Techno Oil, Nkechi Obi helped localise value in oil and gas, championing lubricant blending, LPG adoption, and integrated downstream infrastructure. Her work strengthened supply chains, safety practices, and local participation. She received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Nigeria International Energy Summit in 2023, which shows a career dedicated to domestic
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Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani — Nominated for Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership at the MOI Awards
Sunday, 10 August 2025
An engineer-operator to the core, Ikechukwu Nnamani has spent his career building the digital backbone that keeps West Africa connected. As CEO of Digital Realty Nigeria, he has advanced carrier-neutral facilities and interconnection that power cloud, content, and commerce. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award at Africa’s Beacon of ICT Merit & Leadership Awards in
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Mustafa Chike-Obi — Nominated for Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership at the MOI Awards
Sunday, 10 August 2025
From investment banking to asset management and now as Board Chairman of Fidelity Bank, Mustafa Chike-Obi has been a steady hand through multiple economic cycles. His career spans market development, advisory leadership, and institution-building across Nigeria’s financial system. He received a Lifetime Achievement honour at the ThisDay Awards in March 2025, joining a select group
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