Marcopolis presents Nigeria Report focused on topics such as investments, power and hospitality, featuring interviews with Nigeria's leaders. The sectors under review in this issue are banking, construction, energy, industry, logistics, real estate, tourism and many more.
Bola Shagaya is a Nigerian businesswoman. She is the Founder and CEO of Bolmus Group International, a conglomerate with holdings in real estate, oil and gas, banking and photography.
She started her career with the audit department of the Central Bank of Nigeria before venturing into commercial activities in 1983. Her business experience started with the importation and distribution of photographic materials and she introduced the Konica brand of photographic materials into the Nigerian market and West Africa. Bola Shagaya is also the Managing Director of Practoil Limited, one of the largest importers and distributors of base oil in Nigeria, serving local lubricant blending plants. Her businesses also include large investments in real estate, spanning across major cities in the country, with over three hundred employees. She is currently on the board of Unity Bank PLC. She is also a member of Nepad Business Group Nigeria.
Shagaya is a patron of the Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria (FADAN), and a fashion and art enthusiast who supports and encourages the fashion and art industry. In 2010, she was awarded by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GCFR), the title of Member of the Order of the Niger (MON).