Forbes Africa recently unveiled an issue dedicated to Nigeria’s Manufacturing Sector featuring mega-industrialist, Chief Rasak Okoya and his wife Chief Folashade Okoya of Eleganza Group on the cover.
Eleganza is an indigenous company which managed to transform from a small trading company into one of the largest conglomerates and indigenous manufacturers of household products in Nigeria.
In his interview with Forbes Africa, Razaq Okoya discusses the trends that will influence the competitive Nigerian Manufacturing sector in the next decade; being the founder of Eleganza Group and a leading property investment company RAO Property, employing about 5000 people across Nigeria.
The feature also highlights Chief Folashade Noimat Okoya as Managing Director, Eleganza Industrial City, her new expansion work and how she “has redefined the way the company runs through innovative solutions that have made Eleganza a benchmark in the manufacturing sector.” She also talks about the stigma of women in manufacturing and the need for greater automation in the manufacturing process in Nigeria.
