Waste Management is a serious business. Many don’t know this. It is not for the lily livered. It is only meant for serious and strategic minded entrepreneurs. The business is capital intensive but highly lucrative. Many people hardly pay attention to it because of the nature and rigor attached. To run a waste management business requires a lot of skills and technical know-how. It is not free for all types of commitment. It takes courage and diligence of an entrepreneur to be able to make headways in the business.
It is on this terrain that Dr. Mrs. Abiola Bashorun, the group CEO of ZL Global Alliance (Nigeria) Limited strives. The company plays a big role in the emerging waste management business. It is a strong force reckoned with in the industry. Dr. Abiola is an exceptionally hard-working professional.
Her modern approach to waste management is top notch and this has earned her several jobs majorly in consulting capacity with a number of states in Nigeria. She has consulted for the governments of states like Ondo, Kaduna, Lagos, Edo, Ekiti and most especially Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory amongst others.
Her business tentacles have spread far and wide over the years. She has now secured strategic partnerships in the quest to deliver a viable system in Nigeria, Africa and beyond. Her company has cut deals with reputable blue chip companies such as Asthrom Group Israel, JDP Construction, Dangote Group, Globacom, NIPOST, Indocorp, MasterCard, Ayudate Investment Group, OTO USA, Verve, HOME Biogas, Access Bank, United Bank of Africa, Heritage Bank, Providus Bank, Bank of Industry (BOI) Interswitch, Forte Oil and many others.
ZL Global Alliance covers a large scope of offerings. Some of them are Solid Waste Management, Dumpsite/Landfill Management, Revenue Collection, Recycling and Material Recovery, Fleet Management, Waste Containerization, Vegetation Control, Decontamination/ Fumigation services, and Training services through the ZLGA College of Environmental Science and Technology Limited. Through ZLGA, she has developed quite a number of workable solutions in areas such as Electronic Payments, Waste Management, Digital Prints & Technology, Waste Recycling, Healthcare and Diagnostics, Youth Empowerment, Talent Management among others.
Asides ZL Global Alliance which is a multinational waste management organization with subsidiaries in countries like the United States, Dubai (ZL Global Alliance LLC FZe Dubai), she is also the founder of the Kunden Group, which comprises Kunden Services Nigeria Limited, Kunden Services UK, and Kunden Services LLC, USA.
Her passion for youth empowerment has motivated her to reach out to over 15,000 youths across the country by creating jobs for them. She has greatly improved the total well-being of the people in the communities she works in through the Alafia Foundation, an NGO she runs.
Dr. Bashorun is well read. She has a proven and quite intimidating CV which speaks volume about her personality and why she is breaking lots of grounds in her chosen line of business. She bagged her First Degree in Nigeria after which she got her MBA in International Business Development from Coventry University in the United Kingdom. Not resting on her oars, she went further to get enrolled in several impactful trainings in prestigious institutions like Barclays Bank, UK, Citibank and many others. She had her training in diverse areas Business Development, Sales and Marketing, Business Ethics, Anti Money Laundering, Relationship Management, Customer Service, Small Business Wealth Management among others.
Her over 24 years work experience in various reputable institutions is also worthy of note. She worked with the likes of Barclays Bank of the United Kingdom, Citibank of Nigeria, Stanbic IBTC Bank, UBA, Ecobank, ETB, Access Bank and Mastercard Worldwide among others. She started her career in 1993 at Nigeria’s foremost rating agency, Agusto and Co. She subsequently worked in Fountain Trust Bank before moving to Citibank in 1998. In 2001, she joined Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc as head of a relationship management unit charged with identifying viable accounts and managing selected customers through aggressive marketing. She then worked at Barclays Bank Walsgrave Triangle, Coventry, UK in 2005. On returning from UK, she worked at United Bank of Africa Plc, Bank PHB Plc, Ecobank Nigeria Plc and Equitorial Trust Bank Ltd, and at Access Bank Plc, where, as the Group Head of the Retail Sales and Cards Channels, she was tasked with growing the retail franchise of the Group.
While at Access Bank, she was head-hunted by MasterCard Worldwide to assume the position of Vice President (Prepaid Products Management) for Sub Saharan Africa. From MasterCard she worked in several organizations such as ZoomLion, Ghana where she functioned as head of West African business development of the organisation. She later left ZoomLion to establish ZL Global Alliance, where she has worked to grow the business tremendously since 2014.
She is an inspiration to many entrepreneurs and most especially the women folks. Her commendable service and innovative contribution to qualitative Waste Management and Environmental Solution initiatives have earned her lots of awards and accolades. Among them are: Africa Quality Order of Merit Award: Presented to her company for being Africa’s Best World Class Quality Waste Management Services Company (year 2018), Arewa Media Practitioners ‘Distinguished Leadership Award’: In recognition of her outstanding role and contribution towards national development, Chartered Institute of Commerce of Nigeria (CICN), Fellowship Award: Presented in recognition of her contribution towards the development of Commerce, Commercial Management, Educational Excellence and Professionalism in Nigeria and Africa at Large, Chartered Institute of Commerce of Nigeria ‘Platinum & Gold Award’: In recognition of her contribution to environmental development in Kaduna State and Nigeria at large, Investigative Reporting Journalists Forum ‘Certificate Award’ as the icon of environmental development in Kaduna State, Kaduna State Advancement Initiative Award: Presented in recognition of her many contributions to State and National Development, Kaduna State Government Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources ‘Letter of Commendation and Appreciation’ in recognition of outstanding execution of environmental development programmes in the State, Nigerian Times Magazine ‘Certificate Award’ for best performing environmental sanitation company, Northern Nigeria Online Media Reporting Forum ‘Personality Award’ on good governance &transparency, The International Federation of Environmental Journalists’ 2017 Environmental Award of Excellence: Presented to her as an Icon of Environmental Sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa, The Kaduna Media Publishers of Newspaper & Magazine forum ‘Certificate Award’ as the icon of environmental development in Kaduna State,
The National Executive Council of Muslim Media Publishers Association of Nigeria (MMPAN) ‘Certificate Award’ as the ambassador of Peace & Unity in Nigeria, Member of the Special Committee on Lassa Fever–Ondo State, Member of the Special Committee on COVID19 Management–Ondo State, and Member of the Special Committee on Effective Waste Management Practices–Ondo State.
–Jamiu Abubakar,
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