PHOTO First Female Igbo Millionaire Who Financed Her Husband Political Ambition

Date: 06-02-2015 1:07 pm (9 years ago) | Author: Bayo Nelson
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Meet Mrs Mary Nzimiro, one of the first Igbo female millionaires who financed her husband’s successful political ambition in 1951.She rose from petty trader to become a prominent merchant. She started her trading career in the 1920s in Oguta. By 1948 she had become the principal agent of the UAC for the entire Eastern Nigerian Region, and represented the Company in Ghana and Sierra Leone. With a monthly turnover of 6,000- 8,000 pounds, she recruited, trained and financed other women traders and assisted other women to obtain credit from the European commercial firms. She invested her money in real estates, education, and philanthropy. She carved out a place for herself in the annals of South-Eastern Nigeria in the area of commerce, for which there are lessons to be learnt for the enhancement of the future of women entrepreneurship in the South Eastern Region of Nigeria.

Posted: at 6-02-2015 01:07 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- whylex4show at 6-02-2015 01:52 PM (9 years ago)
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