Nigerian socialite, Folasade Okoya has been using her entrepreneurial prowess to show the relevance of women in the society.
At a time when the manufacturing sector was dominated by men, she used her entrepreneurial drive to strengthen the goodwill of the organization, Eleganza Group of Companies.
Folashade Okoya and her husband, Razak Okoya are industrialists who have contributed greatly to the Nigerian economy by transforming a small trading company into one of the largest conglomerates and indigenous manufacturers of household products in Nigeria.
In July, the Chief Executive Officer of the manufacturing giant, Folashade Okoya, who helms the affairs of the company over the past decade with her husband, Chief Razak Okoya published an oped titled ‘Nigeria’s Manufacturing Power Couple on the Future of Manufacturing in Nigeria.’ The article which featured in the prestigious Forbes Africa magazine examines the need for greater automation in the manufacturing processes as well as the trends that will influence the competitive Nigerian manufacturing sector in the next decade.
With Eleganza Group currently employing about 5000 people across Nigeria,‘Manufacturing is not another ideology that countries may or may not choose to practice, it is a key component for national growth.’ The company is rising to new heights and strengthening its position as a leading indigenous brand as well as one of the benchmark manufacturing companies in Nigeria.
