Amy Jadesimi, managing director of the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistic Base (LADOL), has won the Young African CEO of 2018 award at the Africa CEO Forum held in Abidjan, recently.
Jadesimi was nominated alongside other notable CEOs, but was chosen by a jury of pan-African professionals, who selected her as the winner.
“Thank you for this great honour. LADOL is an industrial Free Zone in Lagos, Nigeria. We are best known for our logistics base and shipyard, which is one of the largest in West Africa. LADOL is committed to driving Sustainable Industrialisation and creation of benefits from the USD12 trillion expected growth in global GDP from private sector pursuing sustainable business opportunities,” Jadesimi said in her acceptance speech
She told the West African audience that LADOL is currently playing host to Total’s Egina Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading Vessel, which its six fabricated modules were being integrated into Egina FPSO in LADOL’s Free Zone.
“The FPSO project is a game changer for Nigerian local content and industrialisation. This is because the market is now poised to create 50,000 new jobs across the country through increased private investment and development of high quality capacity,” she added.
The AFRICA CEO FORUM, organised by Jeune Afrique Media Group in partnership with the International Finance Corporation, has over the last six years, become the top event for decision-makers and investors from the African private sector. It brings together over 1,000 African and international opinion leaders from more than 60 countries.
Uzoamaka Anagor-Ewuzie
