Lawrence Omole

Lawrence Omole (1915) is a prominent Nigerian entrepreneur, who over the years has contributed a great deal of effort to the industrialization drive in the country. He is one of the most successful Cocoa merchants from western Nigeria. He is also a community leader, who has invested time and energy in creating various community development programs in Ilesha. During the 1960s, he founded the Ijesa Planning Council, an association that was interested in promoting industrial development in Ijesa land. In 1978, the effort of another collective, resulted in the establishment of the International Breweries, Ilesha. The brewery is seen as one of the successful benchmarks of a collective methodical plan and execution of an industrial project in the country.

References

*Tom Forest, The Advance of Africa Capital:The Growth of Private Nigerian Enterprise, University of Virginia Press (August 1994)