THREE NIGERIANS ENTREPRENEURS IN FORBES’ MOST POWERFUL MEN IN AFRICA LIST- In its list of the most powerful men in Africa 2014 published yesterday, Forbes identifies African men who are innovative, courageous, daring and often disruptive in their fieldsFrom Cameroon to Tanzania, Forbes contributor, Farai Gundan profiles 10 of Africa’s emerging power brokers, including two of Nigeria’s tech entrepreneurs who’re blaizing the trail. Echeruo is a Tech entrepreneur and founder of HopStop which he reportedly sold to Apple in the “billion” dollar range. HopStop is a mobile and online application that provides mass transit directions door-to-door mass transit, taxi, walking, biking and hourly car rental directions in major metropolitan markets throughout the U.S., Canada, U.K, France, Australia, New Zealand and Russia. In 2001, HopStop was named one of the 100 fastest growing companies in the US by Inc. magazine. Chinedu also founded Tripology, an interactive travel referral service focused on connecting travelers with travel specialists which was later acquired by USA Today Travel Media Group. Echeruo obtained an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S from Syracuse University. Shagaya is the founder and CEO of Konga, Nigeria’s largest online shopping portal and DealDey spinoff site. Konga, Africa’s answer to Amazon, is an e-commerce platform that sells goods and services directly to consumers. Shagaya is also the founder & Executive Chairman of DealDey Limited, which offers services and products at discounted prices. In 2013 Shagaya won the All Africa Business Leaders Awards’ Entrepreneur of the Year award. HumanIPO selected Konga as one of the African technology startups of 2013. Shagaya is a graduate of George Washington University, Dartmouth College and holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Karim is the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Shoreline Energy International, a Nigerian conglomerate with interests that span oil & gas, power generation, engineering, commodities trading, infrastructure and construction across sub-Saharan Africa. In 2012, Shoreline Energy partnered with U.K-based Heritage Oil in acquiring a stake in OML 30, an oilfield asset in Nigeria for a reported $850 million. An avid polo player, Karim was named Young Global Leader class of 2008 by the World Economic Forum. 4. January Makamba, Tanzania, Deputy Minister of Communication, Science & Technology and Member of Parliament 5. Ashish Thakkar, Uganda, Founder and Managing Director of Mara Group, Mara Foundation and Mara Online 6. Mamadou Toure, Cameroon, Founder and Executive Director of Africa 2.0 7. Amadou Mahtar Ba, Senegal, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the African Media Initiative 8. Ben Magara, Zimbabwe, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Lonmin. 9. Komla Dumor, Ghana, Lead Presenter on “Focus On Africa” and BBC World News’ European morning segment….R.I.P 10. Mohammed Dewji, Tanzania, Group Chief Executive Officer of Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Limited.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 00:55:51 +0000
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