Olubunmi Odejimi
Our man crush for today is Leonard Stanley Nnamdi Ekeh, a Nigerian entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the Founder and Chairman of Zinox Technologies Limited.
The Nigerian entrepreneur who was born in Imo state, is also the chairman of Konga.com, and is known to have spearheaded the creation of the following companies: Technology Distribution Limited, Task Systems Limited, Zinox Technologies, Buyright Africa Dotcom Limited, Task Direct Limited, ITEC Solutions. Task Systems which was his first start up, is the first company in Nigeria to venture into desktop publishing and computer graphics.
Leo Stan Ekeh led the team that delivered the largest single ICT project in Sub Saharan Africa, the group that was also responsible for the technology infrastructure of the 2007 and 2011 voters’ registration in Nigeria. In December, 2013, Microsoft appointed Leo Stan as a global partner Advisor.
The Nigerian business man has a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Punjab Univeristy. Ekeh believes that studying in India was a great turning point in his life because he found the economy of India a realistic economy. He also bagged an MSc in Risk Management from the University of Nottingham.
The philanthropist owns a foundation called the ‘Leo Stan Ekeh Foundation’. This foundation is an eminent Non-Governmental Organization, which was established to better the lives of people. The foundation is set to exceed its last achievement by launching a new project, the ‘Imo Wealth Project’. This project will create up to 10,000 job opportunities for the people of Imo state.
Leonard Ekeh was recently recognized by Forbes as one of the most outstanding people on the African continent who have made waves among their counterparts. He was conferred with this prestigious award in August 2021. He also has over 15 Honorary Fellowship Awards from Nigerian Federal and State Polytechnics.
He received the Extraordinary Business Achievement Award in 2017 and Lifetime pioneering entrepreneur of the year in 2017 for TELL Awards for Excellence, amongst many others.
