Well Done Mahamadou !!!
By Sudi Am mba
22.07.2023
I did a survey recently about Africans in business and was so shocked by the reputation we have around the world.
I was told:’’ Africans are not reliable, not serious, unprofessional, arrogant, rude, full of scams…’’
Today I want to present to you a hardworking businessman who challenges this reputation. His company employs more than 10.000 employees including expats. He is the owner of the largest construction company in West Africa that won lucrative contracts worth more than $3 billion.
His name is Mahamadou Bonkoungou, a Burkinabè businessman. He is the president and chief executive of EBOMAF Group based in Burkina Faso. He is known as the man of his word, for his work well done.
EBOMAF was founded in 1989 that specializes in construction projects in the real estate, airport, civil engineering, hotel, and restaurant sectors. They operate in Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, and Liberia.
Burkina Faso’s richest man owns a commercial airline Liza Transport International (LTI), he is in the banking business and owns Bonkoungou Distribution, a Burkina Faso-based distributor of heavy and light machinery for the construction, mining, and quarrying sectors.
Mahamadou Bonkoungou started very small into trading, today is a multimillionaire. When asked about his success secret, he mentioned that the respect of commitments made and keeping your word is key.