Cosmas Maduka

**Cosmas Maduka** CON // ⓘ (dem bon am on  December 24, 1958) ee be Naija man wey get business and ee dey give and help people well, na im first start and na im be oga and number 1 for Coscharis Group.

fo 2015, Maduka bein dey Forbes Africa TV Series “Worst Day with Peace Hyde” and dem reason am say ee go get $500million USD and dem hear say Ifeanyi Ubah wey get Capital Oil use im head ontop N21 billion fo business wey dey wan do. Maduka show face for CNN Marketplace Africa interview by Zaner Asher.

## As im take start
Maduka, na Igbo Christian wey from Nnewi, Anambra State dem bon am inside family of Papa and Mama Maduka for inside Jos. Maduka don start im business matter from wen ee dey six, two years after ee papa die. He comot for school begin to dey sell Akara, na normal naija food wey dem make from beans make ee use support mama.

## Im business waka
Maduka enta business fully wen im be 17 wen ee uncle wey ee do boy for to dey sell okada no do beta freedom for am give am N200.00. Im and ee friend start dem own business wey dem call CosDave. Ee no too tey business wey dem start no gree work again, Maduka onli im one go start Coscharis Motor wey dem go they sell okada and moto spare parts with only three hundred naira fo 1977. Ee say im join ee name Cosmos and ee wife own Charity wey im marry wen ee be 21. Maduka business blow fo 1982 wen naija government give 10 moto companies import licenses and Coscharis dey among. Today dis Coscharis Group na conglomerate wey get over $500 million with plenty subsidiaries including Manufacturing, ICT, Petrochemical, Auto care and Auto Components, Automobile Sales and Services, Agric, and Agro Allied business sectors. Coscharis Motors na number 1 distributor for several brands of luxury cars including Range Rover, Ford, and Jaguar.

Fo 2015, Coscharis Motors na im com be only distributor fo BMW inside Naija and na de first company to build an Assembly Plant fo Ford Ranger inside Naija ee com win Auto Brand for the Year as dem do Marketing World Awards fo Ghana. Fo 2016, Anambra State bein give 5000 hectares of land to Coscharis Farms make dem grow rice, dem say the project don give like 3000 jobs since when ee don start. Dis Coscharis Group dey one of first 50 brands inside Naija.

Maduka say de reason wey ee make na because ee dey relate with Japanese. According to Maduka ee padi padi with Japanese make am dey more committed, humble, precise and to dey hustle well and all dis thing na koko fo business. He don talk say ee go tuale them when ee dey write him story.

Cosmas Maduka dey for di board of plenty big-big companies and organizations. E serve as Director for Access Bank Plc., one of di top banks for Nigeria, for 12 years, from 2000 reach 2012.

## Mentorship and how to give youth power make dem grow
Cosmas Maduka engages in business mentorship and empowerment. He relates this in stories during a concluded ‘Stanel Youths Empowerment Master Class’ held at Stanel Dome in Awka, Anambra State how he empowered Dr. Stanley Uzochukwu, Chairman and owner of Stanel Group with a business start-up capital of One Hundred and Fifty Million Naira (N150,000,000) and made him one of Nigerian youngest billionaire..

## Di way person dey live im life wey people no know
Cosmas Maduka na person wey people sabi well for im strong Christian faith, and e dey always preach for church or youth conferences for Nigeria. According to Maduka, e give im life to Jesus early for life, and dis thing change im life well-well, plus di inspiration wey e dey get from di late Reverend William Marrion Branham. E marry Charity Maduka (1958–2021), and dem get four sons and one daughter. E dey live for Lagos, Nigeria..

For 2015, Cosmas Maduka show for Forbes Africa Cover as di man wey turn $1 to $500 million. E still follow for di exclusive interview for Forbes Africa TV Series “My Worst Day with Peace Hyde.”.

According to Maduka, e like to dey play and watch football. One time for interview, e talk say e get love for cars and motorcycles, and e even yarn say: "im whole family dey ride bike.".

## Di thing wey dem give person to show say dem recognize wetin e do
For 2003, Cosmas Maduka collect Honorary Doctor of Business Administration (PhD) from University of Nigeria, Nsukka. E still serve as President/Chairman of Nigerian Table Tennis Federation for 16 years, and during dat time, Nigeria carry first for Africa for all di competitions. E lead di Nigerian Team go Olympic Games for Atlanta ‘96, Athens 2000, Sidney 2004, and Beijing 2008. For 2012, dem induct am as Harvard Business School Alumni after e finish one Executive Education Program. President Goodluck Jonathan also honour am with di National Honours of Commander of di Order of di Niger (CON) for 2012.

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