KEYS TO BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR by Ibukun Awosika

KEYS TO BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR

Mrs. Ibukun Awosika is the founder of The Chair Centre Ltd, a market leader in the office furniture and banking security systems industries. In 2005, she was appointed the MD/CEO of Sokoa Chair Centre Ltd, a joint-venture company she promoted with Sokoa S.A of France, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, The Chair Centre Ltd, and some local investors after the ban on importation of furniture by the Federal Government of Nigeria in 2004.

The latest addition to her entrepreneurial exploits is the opening of The Chair Centre Ltd in Accra, Ghana in October 2007. She is the host of a popular TV programme, Business – His Way, where she shares ethical business values and principles, distilled from the word of God, with the business community in Nigeria. She is an ordained pastor at The Fountain of Life Church. She is also the Founder of Christian Missionary Fund, a non-governmental body dedicated to raising support for Christian missionaries across the country. She is the immediate past Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Women in Management and Business (WIMBIZ) a position she held for two terms.

Ibukun Awosika is a nominee and recipient of a number of awards. She is married to Abiodun Oludola Awosika, and their marriage is blessed with three children.