Akanimo Asuquo Udofia
Akanimo Asuquo Udofia
Akanimo Asuquo Udofia (born 18 June 1969), also known as “Akan Udofia” is a Nigerian business magnate and philanthropist based in Toronto, Canada.
Education
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from then Cross River State University, now University of Uyo, in Uyo, capital of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
Career
Akanimo Udofia is currently the Group Managing Director of Desicon Group, “which provides detailed engineering design and installation services for leading organisations in the Nigerian Oil & Gas Sector.
As a Senior Business Manager at Vision 2000 Ltd between 1990 and 1994 was in charge of the Business Development and Strategic Planning for the World Bank financed project Population Activities Fund Agency –PAFA. Between 1998-2002, Akanimo Udofia set up consortium partner with STOLT-BOUYGUES Offshore on the Amenam Project, coordinating oil and gas services contracts in Sub-Saharan Africa with total portfolio of projects valued at over USD900 million.
Awards & Nominations
Akanimo Udofia was honored with the Outstanding Achievement Award in Entrepreneur at the 2nd Nigeria-Ghana Networking Summit held at the Holiday Inn Bloomsbury, London in 2010 He was nominated for the 2013 Niger-Delta Achievers Merit Award in the category of “Pearl of Niger-Delta.”
Relationship
Akanimo Udofia is married with three daughters.
He enjoys boating and water sports in his leisure time