Dr Bamanga Tukur

Chairman

Dr Bamanga Tukur is Chairman of africapractice group, Executive President of the African Business Roundtable and Chairman of the NEPAD Business Group.

Mr Tukur has held numerous national appointments in Nigeria, including Minister of Industry in the Federal Government. He has extensive experience in the country’s transportation and logistics systems with significant investments both within and outside the continent.

Mr Tukur is a member of the International Business Advisory Council (IBAC) of UNIDO and a member of the OECD Africa Investment Advisory Board. He was elected Chairman of the NEPAD Business Group in Monterrey, Mexico in March 2002. In the same year Mr Tukur was conferred with the National Honour of the Commander of the Order of the Mono (COM) by the President of Togo, His Excellency President Gnassingbe Eyadema, in recognition of his contribution to business in Africa. He was also appointed to the Ghana Investors Advisory Council by H.E. President John Agyekum Kuffuor in June 2002.

In December 2003, Mr Tukur was conferred with the National Honour of the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) by His Excellency, President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria.