Mahmood Ahmadu – A portion of Africa’s driving lights in business, politics, innovation, leadership and the economy have been scheduled for honour and festivity at the approaching FORBES Best of Africa Award which will hold at the Foreign Investment Network (FIN) Leadership and Philanthropy round table on Friday (tomorrow) at around 5 pm through a virtual gathering.
The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), who will be addressed by the Minister of Trade and Investment Otunba Niyi Adebayo, will convey the altruism message during the occasion.
“The awards are coming following quite a while of exceptional examination and intensive check practice by FIN and FORBES and will be introduced by in all honesty Mr Mark Furlong, President of Customs Solutions at Forbes.”
The FIN – Forbes Best of Africa Award is normally given every year regarding the Best of Africa occasion held in New York City around the United Nations General Award (UNGA) gatherings to feature business characters with a record of making and building extraordinary worldwide businesses that have made sweeping and positive commitments to the improvement of Africa.
WINNERS LIST AND PROFILES
PAUL ADEFARASIN
Paul Adefarasin is a Christian Minister, Author, Coach, Philanthropist, Motivator, Speaker and Television Broadcaster of ‘Something Is About To Happen’, which airs in millions of homes across Africa and Europe for over 20 years.
He is also the convener of “The Experience” -the largest musical event in Africa, and Founder and Metropolitan Senior Pastor of the burgeoning House On The Rock, a multiracial, multi-tribal, and multifaceted Church with several daughter Churches and ministries across Africa and Europe.
Paul is a trained architect, and Founder and President of The Rock Foundation, a charity which undertakes significant social responsibility initiatives across the education, healthcare, prison welfare and reform space alongside empowerment, to mention a few.
With over three decades of pastoral and visionary leadership, he mentors CEOs
and entrepreneurs, and seeks to influence public policy for good. He works as
the bridge builder facilitating the exchange of ideas with critical stakeholders,
foreign and domestic
MAHMOOD AHMADU OON, MIOD
Mahmood Ahmadu is a leading African entrepreneur and renown philanthropist. He is the founder and executive chairman of online Integrated Solutions Ltd (OIS). OIS is a specialist visa application agency that provides online passport, visa processing and technical support services for Governments.
Mahmood’s other significant business interests spans the following sectors; Mining, Real Estate, Construction, Agriculture, Bottling Water, E-education, E-healthcare, and Fintech spread across 53 countries in 5 continents.
Mahmood’s philanthropic activities have made it possible for hundreds of students to afford good quality education both locally in Africa and abroad.
Mahmood Ahmadu is the a recipient of the Nigerian National Honour of the ‘Officer of the Order of the Niger’ (OON)
He is also past recipient of Forbes Best of Africa (Outstanding Leader award) 2020
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NANA KWAME BEDIAKO
VISIONARY, PHILANTHROPIST AND INDUSTRALIST, Nana Kwame Bediako is the C.E.O. of the Kwarleyz Group, which comprises 5 companies: Wonda World Estates,Petronia City Development, New Africa Construction, Belfast City& Property Management and New Africa Foundation.
He has been a successful developer in the Ghanaian real-estate space for over 15 years, and has developed over 500 residential and retail units. He hopes to change the face of Real Estate in Ghana by investing in Landmark buildings including No.1Oxford Street and Kwarleyz Residence.
Nana’s growing appetite for seeing his continent and country develop birthed Petronia City. Petronia City, one of the group most prominent subsidiaries is a multi-billion-dollar project which is a self-sustaining, master-planned, integrated city over 2000-acres including Residential, Offices, Commercial, Leisure and Hospitality.
In addition to his role as President and CEO of Kwarleyz Group, Wonda World Estates and Petronia City Development, Nana Kwame Bediako is also the founder of The New Africa Foundation, a non- profit organization aimed at empoweringa new generation of African leaders.
LEONARD NNAMDI STANLEY EKEH
Leo Stan Ekeh, Africa’s leading serial tech entrepreneur and Founder/Chairman of the
Zinox Group, is a most distinguished African ICT personality with numerous awards and recognitions to his credit.
He pioneered Desktop Publishing and Computer Graphics, Biometric Revolution for elections, WIMAX, Critical IT Solutions and e-Commerce, among others in Africa. For his incisive entrepreneurship and as a pride to modern Nigeria, he has been honoured by two Nigerian Presidents, namely with the ICON OF HOPE award in 2001 and the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) in 2003 by President Olusegun Obasanjo, as well as the National Productivity Merit Award by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 for his sustained leadership in the ICT sector.
A first-rate Indian trained economist and Risk Management expert with more than 57 awards and over four Doctorate degrees (Honorary), Mr. Ekeh has remained in the forefront of enthroning digital democracy, promoting gender empowerment in Nigeria and beyond, while also touching many lives through the Leo Stan Ekeh Foundation.
WENDY ACKERMAN
Wendy Ackerman was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and schooled at the University of Witwatersrand. She joined her husband, Raymond, at Pick n Pay when he acquired the company in 1967, and was the first woman director of a retail chain in South Africa. Her focus at the company was on the Group’s overall development, employee benefits and welfare. She retired from the Board in 2010 and is now Honorary Life President.
She and Raymond played an important role in rejecting apartheid-era legislation, both by promoting staff, and through arranging adequate housing for black employees.
Wendy is a Trustee of the Ackerman Family Educational Trust Fund, assisting students from all over the country with bursaries for tertiary education.
Wendy is Founding Trustee of the Duet Endowment Trust, a joint endowment trust for the advancement and preservation of Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra and Cape Town Opera.
Wendy is also very involved in environmental issues and has been recognised by the SA Nature Foundation for outstanding achievement.
Wendy received the All Africa Philanthropist of the Year for 2015 at the All Africa Business Leaders Awards.
SAM MATEKANE
Sam Matekane is an entrepreneur and leading business magnet in Lesotho. He established Matekane Group of Companies in 1986 as Matekane Transport and Plant Hire. It evolved into a multi-sector corporation embodying aviation, property development, mining, logistics supply chain, hospitality, farming and aviation. Matekane popularly known as ‘brave Mosotho man” is Lesotho’s strongest competitor in the business world.
Like most successful businessmen, Sam Matekane invested sweat and tears to create a legacy that will improve and flourish the Lesotho nation through employment, Infrastructure, CSI/CSR programs and economic growth. His resilience, tenacity and pride for his nation has made him the successful leader he is today across various industries.
He is the founder of Maluti Sky airline which offers scheduled and charter flights. The airline was founded in 2009 as MGC Airlines, becoming the first privately owned airline in Lesotho.
The Group is internationally recognized as experts in architecture, engineering, project management, and investment and utilizes state of the art technologies that have allowed temto emerge as visionaries of the new Africa. The group has given to the people of Lesotho more than his government during this pandemic
