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It has been more than two years since Wale Tinubu, Group Chief Executive Officer of Oando PLC, a sub Saharan African indigenous integrated energy group, described as the “plucky young eaglet,” covered Forbes Africa magazine. Back in November 2011, Tinubu ended his first interview with the magazine, saying “Africa is a challenging continent; you fight for water, you fight for food, you fight for shelter. We compete by nature, so it’s always difficult but we don’t always know it is difficult because we have a spirit of survival. Here at Oando, we deliver on the tough things.”

Fast forward to earlier this year, in April, I caught up with the consummate hard-working CEO at Columbia University, where he headlined the annual African Economic Forum as keynote speaker alongside Raila Odinga, renowned politician and the immediate former Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya. Tinubu talked with me about his latest acquisition, building a billion-dollar company in Africa, diversifying his company Oando PLC and delivering on the tough things.

Written by Farai Gundan/Read more at Forbes