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Nigeria-Thosewhoinspire-Sept2015 The profiles in this book are presented with permission from individuals profiled. While Those Who Inspire Ltd has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of quotes and background information provided, the company cannot be held responsible for misquotes, factual errors, or information that is no longer up-to-date. The statements made by participating individuals are the opinions of said individuals alone and do not represent the views of Those Who Inspire Ltd. The company accepts no liability in the case of personal grievances or damages arising from these statements. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without prior permission from the publisher. All rights reserved. Those Who Inspire Ltd Produced, written and published by Those Who Inspire Ltd Those Who Inspire™ is a registered Trade Mark of Those Who Inspire Ltd Edited by Gregory Frye & Allison Body Research Nigeria by Domitila Modesti NIGERIA Designed by Félix Durand Printed in the UAE by Emirates Printing Press, Dubai Date: September 2015 ISBN: 978-9948-18-666-3 www.thosewhoinspire.co Facebook: ThoseWhoInspireNigeria Instagram: thosewhoinspireco @ThoseWhoInspire Those Who Inspire Ltd — [email protected] — Registration Number UK: 05418400 ThoseWhoInspireTM We hope you enjoy reading Those Who Inspire: Nigeria as much as we have enjoyed writing it, and we offer our sincere thanks to everyone in Nigeria for their kindness, helpfulness and gracious hospitality. We extend our special thanks to The Federal Ministry of Education, Growing Business Foundation (GBF) and all the members of “The Circle of Influence”; without their commitment, this book would have never been possible. We thank for their camaraderie and support during both good and tough times: Awesome, Laura, Ali, Kevin, Kurt, Dennis, Iffat, Domitila, John, Tope, Schola, Pablo, Natalia, Hassan, Godknows and so many more. Finally, we wish to express our admiration and appreciation to all the extraordinary people portrayed in our book. Why This Book Collection? We believe in touching lives of the youth by sharing local inspiring stories. We had been trotting the globe for almost two decades, and by 2010, our life and work as an international communication agency had taken us to more than eighty countries. After spending a month or two on projects with government leaders, local entrepreneurs and business executives, it was time to move to the next country. Our job was exciting and full of opportunities to see so many new places and cultures, and business was great. However, we were both itching for a deeper experience. We wanted a different kind of adventure, one that would allow us to learn more about the people from the various countries we had come to love; we wanted to contribute more, somehow, to the people of those countries. 7 But how? Young or old, there is no age limit to be inspired. And we knew This is our story… deep down that although this book would inspire people at any age, we especially wanted it to reach the youth, those young While visiting Oman in 2010, we came across a suggestion given minds that comprise the future of every single country. to us by our dear friend, the ex-Minister of Manpower and the Architect for Omanisation, Dr. Juma Ali Juma: “Why not write Over the years we had heard from so many different leaders from a book?” around the world that the youth were not motivated enough, that they had no idea what their elders had to go through to be where You should have seen our faces. A book? What would we write a they are today. For some, these lost stories were about building book about? a country from scratch in less than 50 years; for others, it was about being brought up in very poor families with little access to As time passed we didn’t really talk about the suggestion anymore education, or boldly elevating family tradition toward new paths, until one day we discovered we’d both been thinking about it. and for some it was about having survived wars or famines. The idea had inspired us more than we’d realized. Sure, we loved what we had been doing, but here was a chance to cultivate our From that pivotal moment, as the concept of the book came to desire for a fascinating new adventure, one that would speak to light, we knew that our challenge was to write something that our passions. would inspire the youth by sharing stories of people from all walks of life. Not everybody can or wants to be a doctor or an With a book in mind, we started reflecting on our experiences in entrepreneur; we had to give the youth different types of role Oman and around the world. After months of brainstorming we models. And who’s to say that through the beauty of cross- were finally able to define what would be our purpose, our cause pollination an aspiring banker, for instance, can’t find inspiration and belief so that we could contribute beyond ourselves, so that from a scientist or an artist? So we decided to portray people, we could inspire. mentors from very different backgrounds. We were cognizant of inspiration being a constant spark throughout In fact, people portrayed in our books would have three things in our own careers. But what, we asked ourselves, does it mean to common: those who follow their passion, contribute to society, actually inspire? There are few words that evoke such a strong and who are mentors or ready to become mentors. emotional response. Every idea, project, or venture starts with inspiration, and it is what sees us through challenges, connects We believe that success, passion and happiness are not about how people, and enables us to progress. much money you make or the chair you sit in, but about the art of fulfilment and social engagement. All of us can call to mind people who have inspired us throughout our lives, as many of us have no doubt inspired others. We are From our experience around the world we know that every convinced that when somebody shares with you the right thing at country is different. Even neighbouring countries are different, the right time, it can impact the decisions you make and change if we classify the world by regions like Europe, the Middle East, the course of your life. Africa, or the Americas. We all agree that France is different from 8 9 Germany as much as Oman is different from the UAE, Nigeria ending process. We were afraid and stressed at times as we from South Africa or the U.S. from Canada. were leaving behind a lucrative business we knew from inside- out in order to embark fully and passionately into Those Who So we decided it would be one book per country where we would Inspire. And here we are, five years later; we are truly fulfilled portray only local citizens. In other words, before we even had to be sharing with you the third book of our collection, this one our first book, we knew we had the makings of a collection! celebrating Nigeria, and soon, hopefully more of the collection to come. Which countries? Follow us on www.thosewhoinspire.co We were and are convinced that story is more powerful if you can to find out more. identify yourself to someone from your country instead of looking up to some foreign icon that comes from a completely different Delphine Barets Marlène Plomik culture. This conviction gave the drive behind our mission even Founding Partner Founding Partner more clarity. & Publisher & Publisher We would go to a country, meet with the most amazing people we could find, and share their stories with as many local youth as possible. Our book would be authentic, genuine and cross- generational. And to make sure we would reach the maximum amount of people in the country it would be in English and the local language when possible. Almost nine months after laying out our plans, it was time to jump into this new journey. We started our first book Those Who Inspire: Oman. It was a book that finally gave an opportunity to young Omani to read about someone from their own region or village, a book that allowed this young generation to see that anything is possible. It took us eighteen months to produce our first book. We launched Those Who Inspire: Oman in December 2012 in English and Arabic. Two years later, in October 2014, we published our second book Those Who Inspire: UAE also in English and Arabic, and 2015 is the year of Those Who Inspire: Nigeria. This journey has been fuelled by passion every step of the way. It is intense, complicated, fascinating, emotional and a never- 10 11 To start off, we knew what we didn‘t want. Unlike other The Circle of Influence publications, we didn‘t want advertising, and we didn‘t want anybody paying to be featured in Those Who Inspire. Just as important – and one of our main values, in fact – is that no young person would have to pay to receive a copy of a Those Who Inspire book from their own country. After some time carefully reflecting on both of these crucial questions, we orchestrated a solution to meet the book’s financing needs and at the same time reach the youth. We shaped The Circle of Influence during our quest to answer two crucial questions: We would pre-sell the books to entities and companies. And they, in turn, would contribute to inspiring the youth by donating those purchased books to their young employees and training centres, allowing us to reach the young workforce.
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