Kalu And The Season Of Partnership
As the President Slok group of companies, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu is not like the chef who has a good business head, but with focus only in the kitchen. He goes beyond to attract business ideas and motivation. He is an achiever without egocentric background. The company's partnership with Toro-Atlantic for new venture is one of the many partnerships that Kalu has negotiated for the lifting up of the business environment in Nigeria and for provision of employment for the unemployed crowd.
As Slok is a no-less company with branches in virtually all the countries of the world, so also is Toro-Atlantic Global Limited. The later was reportedly operates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with extraordinary and plentiful manufacturing facilities in Africa, as well as in China. One thing that stands Kalu out in the business environment is that selfishness is not associated with him. If he has had such mentality and behaviour, he would not have been travelling to all the parts of the world, instituting companies in those areas to help humanity here and there.
Another aspect of Kalu in the business world is that he is not associated with little mind and does not belittle ambitions. He unveils novel ideas with the mindset that when one door closes, another opens. He is not weighed down with any doors that closed, because he knows how to open new doors. He has changed his mind and his life and, has changed for the better.
The perceived secret of his business escalation is the matrix of getting started. He knows that he is on the right track and has refused to be lazing in it to avoid others overrunning him. He knows how to get along with people. And this could be the main reason everybody and company wants to partner with him in the business sphere.
The partnership with Toro-Atlantic Global Limited caused a ceremony in Dubai that attracted the eyes of crème de la crème in business world over, during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, between Slok and the Toro-Atlantic Global Limited. Especially now that Nigeria is still finding her way to develop in the area of ICT, Kalu initiated Toro-Atlantic Global Limited to be manufacturing ICT High-tech and Home Appliances in Nigeria, with such high delivery the company renders in places like Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in parts of Africa as well as in China.
In May 2013, Kalu partnered his company with the Prime Group of India at the residence of the Founder/Chairman of Prime Group, Padmashree Surinder Mehta. Kalu said that he does these partnerships because, such is the key to business growth and skyrocketing.
Kalu has worked very hard and seriously in making sure that Slok Group, which started as a sole business venture, escalated to the multinational and continental firm it has become today. So-they-say, Slok has wide gusto in shipping, banking and insurance, publishing, real estate, agriculture, oil and gas, logistics amongst others.
His efforts have shown and brought the wise saying to public glare: Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Although, he might have succeeded out of the absolute favour of providence, because there are a lot of people who have talents more than he has gotten, who are still unsuccessful. Some of them are within his age bracket; some are younger, while others are older. Not even schooling can make one as successful as Kalu has become.
Kalu is always making use of the adage which says that no man is an island. He also exemplified his business acumen in June, 2009. With the caption “Slok partners Diamond bank on vessel acquisition” the investment strengthened indigenous participation in the Cabotage operations dominated then by foreigners. Nigerians are today very excited about the potentials that Kalu have.
Kalu, as a business mogul, has not only shared his riches with people who are related and not related to him, but have also revealed many to their own riches. He is one man who has faith in people even when many have betrayed him. Perhaps, he learns wisdom from the betrayals of some persons he trusted. He, however, chooses his actions carefully in any given set of circumstances.
A lot of people applaud Kalu for his business initiatives that have elated many people in the country and across the world. Many Nigerians have to also support him in his direction and pace, to enable the country and the world achieve meaningfully in life, not only directed in the course we choose for ourselves, but for posterity.
Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has developed his own destiny, growing with it into maturity and wisdom. Let's learn that although we cannot choose his destiny, but we can support him to deliver creditably. We have to support him consciously and copiously, for the reshaping of our country and our wellbeing, because he is one man who triggers a lot of emotions in our hearts and compels us to aspire for more open doors and business successfulness.
Odimegwu Onwumere, a Poet/Writer, writes from Rivers State.
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