Eniibukun Adebayo is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Clean Ace Drycleaners and Launderers, a leading laundry and dry-cleaning outfit in the country. He studied economics at the University of Lagos and after graduating join the family business of laundry and dry-cleaning. He attempted to reorganize his father’s laundry company, Fabricare, however multiple interests prevent him from effecting long lasting changes. He served as Head, Administration and Operations in his cousin’s business, Garment care, for four years before leaving to start his own laundry and dry-cleaning company, CleanAce, in 2005. The company expanded past simply cleaning garments and now includes a tailoring, cobbling and upholstery department.
Clean Ace Drycleaners and Launders is a member of various international and local organizations. These include Cleaners and Launder, United Kingdom and International Fabricare Institute, USA. CleanAce is also an active member of the Enterprise Development Centre of the Lagos Business School.
Toki Mabogunje, Toki Mabogunje & Co
Toki Mabogunje is a business consultant interested in the growth and management of small and medium enterprises in Africa. Toki has particular interest in business development, value chain development, project financing, strategic organization and management and the provision of legal and business advisory services to small and medium enterprises. Toki Mabogunje has a degree in Law from the University of Ife, Nigeria, a postgraduate law degree (LLM) in International Business Law from the University of Exeter, England, Executive Management Training in Strategic Organization and Management from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, California, United States of America, training in SME Policy Design and Project Implementation from the ILO Training Center in Turin, Italy.
She also has Value Chain Development Training from MDF in the Netherlands, Enterprise Development through value chains and business service markets from the ILO International Training Center, Turin, Italy and several other workshops and seminars all related to the growth and development of SMEs.
Toki moved from the public to the private sector. She worked as Group Head Legal and Corporate Affairs for a start up broadcast enterprise, which grew into a global business concern. Toki was part of a dynamic management team that grew this local broadcaster into a satellite television operation. Toki’s experience with this start up operation extended to other markets within Africa, Europe and the United States.
Her management expertise and skills earned her the position of CEO of the American subsidiary of the Group. Toki founded the firm Toki Mabogunje and Co. (TMC) in the year 2000 and over the last thirteen years brings her skills, training, expertise and experience to bear when consulting with clients seeking to grow their market share in Nigeria, Africa or elsewhere globally.
Toki has a great passion for impacting positively on society and the communities she serves. In recognition of her contributions, various associations have bestowed Toki with various awards. Amongst these have been the award by Volunteer corps in 2008, the volunteer of the year award by fate foundation in 2007, subsequent induction into the fate foundation hall of fame, and the outstanding volunteer award for 10 years of dedicated service in 2010 by Fate Foundation.
She mentors young women and has done so with Women in Successful Careers (WISCAR), Idea Builders for which she won the mentor of the year award 2009 in the WOMEN MENTORING WOMEN programme run by Idea Builders and Vital Voices of America, as well as an Achievement award by the Ghana Association of Women Entrepreneurs (GAWE) in 2009 for breaking the glass ceiling. Toki is currently a mentor on the Federal Government of Nigeria YouWin programme.
She is married to an Electronic Engineer, Mr. Seun Mabogunje and they have two grown sons.
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