She is also a Founding parent and director of the Lagos Preparatory School, located in Ikoyi, Lagos economic capital of Nigeria , one of the leading preparatory schools offering the British curriculum in Africa. Under the brand name kwik, Africa Delivery Technologies has been developing, since the summer of , an urban mobility platform which will initially focus on delivery services in Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital with approximately 22 million inhabitants. It is targeting the B2B market with a series of new features and an adapted commercial approach. Welcome to Africanews Please select your experience. Watch Live. Breaking News Close. Olatowun Candide-Johnson appointed Chairwoman of French start-up kwik, specialist in last-mile delivery in Nigeria. Africanews provides content from APO Group as a service to its readers, but does not edit the articles it publishes.
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Olatowun Candide-Johnson is praised highly by colleagues and external counsel for her ability to balance an exceptionally broad remit of responsibility. In addition to legal and compliance, her role covers anything from human resources to state securities. Throughout her long tenure at the petroleum giant, Candide-Johnson has seen through the merger between Total Nigeria and Elf Oil, creating its current-day entity, and worked in the new business division of its Paris HQ from to Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.
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He is continuously engaged as lead counsel in ongoing major and high profile commercial and public policy disputes across the courts of Nigeria and has been either counsel or arbitrator in several domestic and international commercial arbitrations in the maritime, petroleum banking and construction industries. Yemi also has remarkable experience in advising on complex commercial transactions as well as advising foreign investors on potential investment in Nigeria. Yemi has chaired and sat as co-arbitrator in a number of arbitrations across construction, petroleum and public matters. He has advised an international consortium in the billion-dollar reclamation and development of the Eko Atlantic City. Yemi leads the team representing an oil and gas company in an arbitral dispute relating to the validity of data admitted in a redetermination process in respect of equity participation in oil blocks over which parties hold joint interests. Successfully represented the Plaintiff in an action seeking to compel the Securities and Exchange Commission to exercise transnational regulatory powers over a company listed on the Nigeria Stock Exchange. Contact Strachan Partners Please enter your details via the form below and we will try to respond within hours. Give us a call or drop by anytime, we endeavour to answer all enquiries within 24 hours on business days.
Candide-Johnson began her legal career in , right after obtaining her undergraduate law degree from the Holborn College, University of London. After I left corporate, the idea seemed to grow wings. My instinct, and the developing environment, made the idea even more compelling. Candide-Johnson understands that Nigeria and indeed, Africa continues to produce leading women who design and define the business and social space and contribute massively to the overall economy. Starting an initiative of her own has not been without its challenges. Candide-Johnson highlights raising funds as a pain-point.
