Forex scarcity driving local demand for cables

The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Coleman Wires and Cables, Mr. George Onafowokan, speaks on the need to encourage utilisation of cables produced in Nigeria and sundry issues in this interview with IFE ADEDAPO   How do you cope with imported adulterated wires and cables?

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Budget delay can hamper growth

The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Coleman Wires and Cables, Mr. George Onafowokan, speaks on the need to expedite the resolutions of the issues delaying the 2016 budget in order to kick start the economy for real growth.  What is your view on the 2016 budget? We got this six trillion naira bud

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Coleman is 'Dangote' of Cables in Africa - MD

What business ethics can we borrow from Coleman  in the last four decades? Coleman Technical Industries was registered in 1975 as an industrial trading company by the chairman Asiwaju Solomon Kayode Onafowokan. Shortly after, the business looked at converti

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‘How I built Coleman Wire and Cables’ – Asiwaju S. K. Onafowokan

Asiwaju Solomon Kayode Onafowokan is the chairman of Coleman Wire and Cable . He is also the Asiwaju of Remo Kingdom in Ogun State. In this encounter with ENCOMIUM Weekly , the former president of Lagos State Chamber of Commerce and Industries told us what he would love to be remembered for…

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BoI’s boosts cables manufacturing by 30,000 tonnes

Having aided the realisation of a local production capacity of about 30,000 metric tonnes in wires and cables in the country, the Bank of Industry (BoI) has emphasised the need for businesses to be innovative and effective to compete globally with their counterparts, considering the competitive and challenging business environment in which busin

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Now is time to ban imported wires

Government attitudes toward local production of wires and cables have been condemned due to lack of patronage by the government. In this interview with Managing Director of Coleman Wires and Cables Limited, Mr. George Onafowokan said it is unfortunate that Nigeria has cables companies that are key to power solution but government jettisons them

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Nigeria's new credit crunch

Coleman Wires and Cables is a Lagos-based manufacturing firm, supplying cables to Nigeria's fledgling national grid.

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