![]() ![]() His father, a corporate executive and an MBA lecturer, spent hours studying business techniques with Delano, educating him on the things that, 20 years later, would turn him into one of Nigeria’s most successful entrepreneurs. According to, he attributes much of his success to his parents, who he describes as “unsung heroes” who made multiple sacrifices and did everything in their power to ensure their children received the education and support they needed to succeed in life. Although he has Nigerian heritage, Delano was born, raised, and educated in London in the UK. Having captured the African market, Delano now aims to scale the model to new market needs in Asia, MENA, and Europe over the next six months. The project provides revenue-based financing to ride-hailing drivers in sub-Saharan Africa and has already enjoyed tremendous success, securing a highly profitable partnership with Uber and raising over $174.5 million in funding. In 2019, Delano teamed up with fellow British-born Nigerian technopreneur Jide Odunsi to co-found his latest venture, Moove Africa BV. Ladi Delano is a British-born Nigerian technopreneur who, along with his co-founder and co-CEO Jide Odunsi, is making waves with his latest venture, Moove, the world’s first mobility fintech service.Patrick Kron, chairman and chief executive (président-directeur général) of the French engineering conglomerate, signed the agreement with Taleveras Group during his visit with Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, Nigerian business leaders and members of the international business community in Lagos, Nigeria. In October of that year, Taleveras Group signed a technical agreement with Alstom Group to rehabilitate and expand the 776-megawatt Afam power plant in Rivers State. One of the Nigerian companies reportedly awarded oil-lifting contracts in the federal government’s bid, through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), to award nearly half of the 2012–2013 lifting contracts (worth $60 billion) to indigenous companies-promoting local content and “downsizing contracts awarded to international oil traders”. Taleveras has an annual turnover of several billion dollars, and Igho Sanomi is the group’s controlling shareholder.” On 30 July 2013, Taleveras Group acquired Afam Power. The group Power subsidiary constructs electrical substations in Nigeria and recently acquired a majority stake in the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company. Taleveras also owns substantial stakes in two oil blocks in Nigeria and lucrative production sharing contracts (PSCs) in three offshore oil blocks on Ivory Coast. Venture-Africa, a bimonthly Pan-African business magazine about African capitalism, described the group as trading nearly a billion barrels of crude oil and millions of tons of condensates, gasoline, jet fuel, condensates and LPG every year. Taleveras also owns a stake in a power distribution firm in Nigeria. ![]() In June 2013, Taleveras sold a 65% stake in one of its Ivorian offshore upstream projects to Lukoil of Russia for an undisclosed price. In April 2012, Taleveras acquired production sharing contracts (PSCs) for three offshore oil blocks on Ivory Coast. According to Forbes, Taleveras trades over 100 million barrels of crude oil and several million tons of gasoline, LPG and jet fuel. Sanomi founded Taleveras Group (a Nigerian energy-trading company) in 2004. It is also noteworthy that his company has vast shares in two Nigeria oil blocs. He is also the son of a former Assistant Inspector General who makes millions of naira from his energy, building, and power business enterprises. He is the founder of Taleveras Group- Igho Sanomi’s business interests include telecommunications, shipping, aviation, engineering, construction and real estate investments. He is the executive director of Cosmos oil AG and founder of Taleveras. Igho Sanomi is one of Nigeria’s youngest billionaire businessmen, with an estimated net worth of $1 billion.We thought to curate an updated list of the young wealthy Nigerians that do not often make the headlines for your reading pleasure. We rarely read about young wealthy billionaires as much as about Aliko Dangote or Wale Adenuga.
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