One of Nigeria’s youngest real-estate entrepreneurs and philanthropists, Prince Omoha Nduka, the chairman and founder of Prince Luxury Group (PLG) and Prince Omoha Foundation (POF), has been conferred with the African Young Entrepreneur and Humanitarian Personality of the Year Award.

 

The award is reserved for young Africans in recognition of their outstanding display of excellence in leadership and entrepreneurship development along with humanitarian activities on the continent.

 

Prince Omoha who was nominated by Africans across the continent was presented with the award tagged “African Value Awards 2021” on Thursday, July 29, 2021, by the Board of Trustees at Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria, at a grand reception ceremony.

 

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He received the prestigious award alongside the Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo, Governor of Narasarawa State, HE Abdullahi Sule, T.S. Jack Rich, Boboye Oyeyemi and other notable icons received awards in different categories.

 

Prince Omoha responded to the award through a speech delivered by his representative, thanking the organisers and Africans who voted for him.

 

The speech reads: “Thank you African Value Awards. I’m honoured to be recognized, and I feel so privileged to be standing here tonight. Successful entrepreneurship to me, is thinking big and dreaming even bigger, believing in the power of positive thinking and always seeing the glass half full, taking goal-setting to the next level, embracing challenges and obstacles, taking the road less travelled, believing that anything that’s going to be worth having is going to be achieved through hard work. I believe that making mistakes is how we learn and become better, challenging ourselves to be better with a desire to create a legacy.

 

“It’s so hard to put into words what this award means to me, our company and also to my family.

 

“I sincerely want to thank Africans across the continent who nominated me for this award. Now I can proudly hold up this award as a mark of my achievements in the continent. Being honoured as an African Young Entrepreneur and Humanitarian Personality Of The Year is really a validation of what I’m doing under Prince Luxury Group and Prince Omoha Foundation. It’s just an unbelievable validation of what we’re doing, and it gives us a lot more energy and encouragement to keep pushing forward.

 

I dedicate this award to all the teams under Prince Luxury Group and Prince Omoha Foundation, and to our MD, Peter Omoha. Thank you all for your efforts, commitment and love.

 

Thank you to the Africa Value Awards Board of Trustees, and to the award sponsor, Vardi Africa and international institutions for Africa scholar (IIAS) Thank you all, And a heartwarming congratulation to myself, the awardees and nominees.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.

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