Sierra
Leone’s businessman and philanthropist, Gibril Moseray Fadika, has been
awarded among foremost entrepreneurs in Africa, alongside distinguished
regional and global figures. Gibril Moseray Fadika is a recipient of
the recent Africa Economy Builders Award, the fifth edition of which was
held in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan on April 30, 2014.
Mr Fadika is Executive Chairman of AML Sierra Leone, a subsidiary of AML Limited, where he also serves as Executive Director; a co-founder and Non-Executive Director of African Petroleum and Pan African Minerals Limited with a cumulative investment portfolio of over 3.1 billion United States dollars in Africa.
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With
promising investments in iron ore, oil and gas and related resources in
nine West African countries among them Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ivory
Coast, The Gambia, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Liberia and Niger, Mr Fadika
has provided jobs for over 10,000 youths in the region.
The
Africa Economy Builders Award has been equated to the America Business
Awards, the Canadian Business Network Awards, the Greenworks Gala in
Luxembourg and the French Business Council Awards.
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Mr
Fadika was decorated alongside such global laureates as Rosa Whitaker, a
former US diplomat under Presidents Bush and Clinton and one of
foremost experts on Africa trade; founder of the Whitaker Group – a
consulting firm with US$ 3 billion in trade; and the Vice Chair of the
Executive Board of Mercy Ships. Also was Chichi Maponya, the Chairman of
Brand South Africa, who is also the CEO of Maponya Group and a
recipient of Business Woman of the year in 2008/9, as well as the likes
of Ghanaian born Sir Samuel Esson Jonah, KBE, OSG, who was knighted in
2003 by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.
“You
will get this Award for your entrepreneurial success and the
significant contribution of your company to the economic growth of
Sierra Leone and Africa”, the organizers said in a December 17, 2013
letter addressed to Mr Fadika, breaking the news and inviting him for
the ceremony.
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That
honour, for being one of the best builders of the continent’s economy,
came just weeks after the Executive Chairman of AML (SL) Limited was
deservedly given the Civitan Award for his exemplary good citizenship,
dedication and immense contributions to individuals and communities
across Sierra Leone. Civitan, a US based charity, is an international
organization with a worldwide mission to build good citizenship and it
is dedicated to serving individual and community needs with emphasis on
helping people with developmental disabilities.
On
February 22, 2014 Mr Fadika and his African Minerals (SL) Limited were
chosen, out of the many Sierra Leonean entrepreneurs and businesses
respectively, to be celebrated by the Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce,
Agriculture and Industry for being the lead businessperson with the
fastest iron ore mine developer in West African and the biggest
investment contributor to the country’s GDP.
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The
citation reads: “This award is given to African Minerals (SL) Ltd in
recognition of its unparalleled corporate leadership demonstrated in
successfully developing a world class mine, its outstanding contribution
to the economic and social life of its employees and communities in
which it operates, its immense contribution to the country’s economy and
for setting a stellar example in implementing its corporate social
responsibility scheme”.
In
his humble but gracious communication to tell the board, management and
staff of the company of the recognition, the Executive Chairman, wrote:
“I am very pleased to report to you that out of all the mining companies
and industries in Sierra Leone we have been selected as the best mining
company in Sierra Leone by the Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce,
Industry and Agriculture for 2014. We have been able to achieve this
distinguished accolade due to your support commitment and that of the board and shareholders”.
He
added: “Furthermore I am also pleased to report that I have been
nominated and voted for an award as one of the best builders of the
African economy in Abidjan for what
has been described as entrepreneurial success and significant
contribution of AML to the economic growth of Sierra Leone and Africa”.
Three
prestigious awards under six months in 2014 speak volumes of the steady
progress in the effort of any determined and successful person and
business anywhere in the world, said one of his aides. He added that,
“these recognitions are either complementary to or are in themselves
complemented by the steady socio-political and economic gains of Sierra
Leone since 2002”.
From Awareness Times
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