Cocoa farming can be lucrative investment for Imo civil servants
Saby ElembaMarch 13, 2023
INNOCENT DIKE, chairman, Imo State chapter of the Cocoa and Plantain Farmers Association of Nigeria (CP-FAN), says investment in cocoa is a long lasting venture and he speaks about the benefits members of the association derive from their investment in cocoa farming in this interview with SABY ELEMBA. What is the state of things […]
Manufacturing faces bleak future in Nigeria, needs right president to emerge in 2023 polls
business AMFebruary 13, 2023
By Business AM ROMMY ANYANWU, lawyer, industrialist, and former chairman of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Imo/Abia branch, and a national council member for eight years, resides in Aba, Abia State. In this telephone interview with SABY ELEMBA, he tells Business A.M. that the future of the manufacturing sector of Nigeria’s economy is bleak, […]
There’ll be no Imo economy without hotel sector, just petrol stations – Says GM, G-Towers Hotel
Animashaun LutherFebruary 6, 2023
Excerpts: Could you walk us through the story of Global Towers Hotel and Tourism Limited? Global Towers Hotel and Tourism Limited, popularly called G-Towers is a -3 star hotel that is unique from others. It is a hotel with a whole lot of facilities, including for tourism. Our facilities include an Olympic size swimming […]
How leaders can win with better Self Awareness— Professor Roger Delves
BusinessamFebruary 6, 2023
University of Oxford alumnus, Professor Roger Delves, shares insights into how leaders can win through better self-awareness. He also explains why executives should attend TEXEM UK’s forthcoming programme on ‘Self-awareness for better management of change in Uncertain times’. Delves himself, Professor Paul Griffith, Ambassador Charles Crawford, and Professor Randall Peterson will help deliver the live […]
ValueJet chief says airlines owe passengers more … and here’s why
business AMJanuary 30, 2023
Captain Dapo Majekodunnmi DAPO MAJEKODUNNMI, an aircraft captain and managing director of a new entrant to Nigeria’s civil aviation space, ValueJet, told BUSINESS A.M. affiliate, SADE WILLIAMS, that he thinks Nigerian passengers deserve more from airlines. And also spoke about plans by the new airline to gradually expand its fleet and network; codeshare and passengers’ […]
Tackle insecurity to save collapsing hotel, hospitality sector
business AMJanuary 3, 2023
By Business AM The collapsing hotel and hospitality sector in the South East of Nigeria, particularly in Imo State, is giving operators and stakeholders in the sector an excruciating pain. It is such a worrisome situation and ODUYEMI ODUNAYO JULIUS, general manager, Benchmark Hotels Limited, and the vice president, Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria, […]
The hotel, hospitality industry is still in coma
Saby ElembaDecember 12, 2022
BY SABY ELEMBA Governor Uzodinma promised to ensure things work better for the industry. CHIMA CHUKWUNYERE, chairman, Imo Chapter of Nigeria Hotel Association, and managing director, Domino Paramount Hotel, Owerri, tells Business A.M.’s SABY ELEMBA that the hotel and hospitality industry is still in coma and gives reasons why this is the case. He, however, […]
Crawford on strategic leadership for success in volatile times
Charles CrawfordNovember 19, 2022
From November 21 to 24, world renowned Ambassador Charles Crawford (pictured above) will leverage TEXEM’s proven and tested methodology while joining other TEXEM’s illustrious faculties, such as Harvard’s Founding Director of Maximise your Board programme to deliver TEXEM’s upcoming programme. Other TEXEM’s faculties delivering this programme include Professor Paul Griffith, the World’s first Professor in […]
Griffith on strategic leadership for success in volatile times
Professor Paul GriffithNovember 19, 2022
By Professor Paul Griffith From November 21 to 24, Professor Paul Griffith, the World’s first Professor in the area of Management to lead a team to launch a rocket into space, will leverage TEXEM’s proven and tested methodology to deliver TEXEM’s upcoming programme. Other TEXEM’s illustrious faculties that will join Professor Paul Griffith include […]
In Imo, our focus is on employment-led industrial policy, says Amaeshi
Dikachi Elemba, Godfrey OfurumSeptember 27, 2022
Kenneth Amaeshi is a Professor of Business and Sustainable Development at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He is currently on leave of absence at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, where he is a Professor of Sustainable Finance and Governance. He is also a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics on Leadership […]