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Jim Ovia, Nigerian Banker, Philanthropist



Syllabus of the Subject

Founder and director of Zenith Bank: Jim Ovia (third-richest Nigerian)

  1. Jim Ovia (Nigerian Banker and Businessman)
  2. Zenith Bank (the sixth largest African Bank)
  3. ICT Foundation for Youth Empowerment

Jim Ovia (Banker and Philanthropist, Nigeria)
Jim Ovia Nigerian Businessman

Student, Online Doctorate in International Business

The Subject “Jim Ovia (Nigerian Banker and Philanthropist)” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Master in Business in Africa, International Business, Foreign Trade.

Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB)

Doctorate in African Business.

Doctorate in International Business (DIB) Online

Courses: Business in West Africa, African Economy.

Foreign Trade and Business in West Africa

Nigeria Doctorates Master Business Trade Masters adapted to Nigerian Students.

Languages: Masters, Doctorate, International Business, English or Study Doctorate in International Business in French Jim Ovia Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese Jim Ovia Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish Jim Ovia.


The Nigerian Banker Jim Ovia was born in 1.951 in Ika (Delta State, Nigeria).

  1. Forbes considers him as the third-richest Nigerian (estimated net worth of 850 million dollars)
  2. Jim Ovia is the co-founder and Director of the Zenith Bank
  3. The Zenith Bank was established in Lagos in 1990
  4. Today the Bank has 500 branches in the UK, Ghana, Sierra Leone, the Gambia, South Africa, and China
  5. The Zenith Bank is the sixth largest African Bank
  6. Jim Ovia is also the Chairperson of Visafone Communications
  7. Commander of the Order of Niger
  8. Jim Ovia is a philanthropist; he founded the ICT Foundation for Youth Empowerment for the Nigerian youths and Humanity United to Support Total Education
  9. Jim Ovia has not made public his religious affiliation

More information about Nigeria (EENI African Business Portal).

  1. Abuja, Kaduna, Maiduguri
  2. Lagos, Kano, Ibadan, Port Harcourt

Nigerian Businessman: Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Folorunsho Alakija, Adenike Ogunlesi, Olufemi Otedola, Folake Folarin-Coker, Hajia Bola Shagaya, Tara Fela-Durotoye, Amina Odidi, Adewale Tinubu, Tunde Folawiyo, Mike Adenuga, Theophilus Danjuma, Tony Elumelu, Orji Uzor Kalu, Abdulsamad Rabiu, Alhaji Indimi.

Jim Ovia is an African Businessman of the West African Economic Area.

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