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He started out supplying the army in the 1970s, went into oil, and then built Globacom into Nigeria's second mobile network.
Mike Adenuga is a Nigerian telecommunications and oil magnate.
He began in the 1970s with a trading company supplying equipment to the Nigerian military, moved into oil exploration and production with Conoil, one of Nigeria's leading indigenous exploration companies, and founded Globacom, the country's second-largest mobile network operator.
He began in the 1970s with a trading company supplying equipment to the Nigerian military, moved into oil exploration and production with Conoil, one of Nigeria's leading indigenous exploration companies, and founded Globacom, the country's second-largest mobile network operator.
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