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Meet your African CEO - Cosmos Maduka
 
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Mon, 12 Nov 2018   ||   Nigeria,
 

Cosmos is Chairman/CEO of Coscharis Group of Companies and sole distributor for BMW in Nigeria.  At age 4, he lost his father, which took him into poverty. However, it marked his sojourn into business. Young Cosmos reportedly hawked bean cake (akara) to make ends meet. Like Bill Gates, he was not a dullard, but had to withdraw from elementary school because he could not afford to pay fees. Cosmos was sent to his uncle, where he served as automobile apprentice. He didn’t bother to go back to school and decided to fully go into enterprise.  His first major business venture went from 300, 000 to millions within a year. In the early 80’s, humble Cosmos incorporated Coscharis Motors. His first break came in 1982 when the Nigerian government decided to grant import licenses to 10 Motor companies and his company was among those selected because, ‘Coscharis’ sounded like a Greek name.

The Coscharis group is one of the pioneering institutions for modern autopart and auto dealership in Nigeria with its first head office opened in Lagos in 1989. It presently has more than 26 branches spread across Nigeria and also has operations in Ghana, Coted'voire and Gabon.

Its operations have since spread to areas like, Agriculture, Food & Beverages, Information Technology and Engineering. The company is now a multimillion dollar venture and has continued to grow.

 

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