Interview By Simeon Onoja
Bako Ambianda: From Humble
Beginnings to Founder and CEO of a Conglomerate, Labacorp Group
Bako Ambianda showed a flair for entrepreneurship from his high school days in Cameroon. He would pick mangoes, avocados and bananas from around his home and sell them at his school dormitory.
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n 2011, Ambianda moved to the United States to further his studies in Civil Engineering. After a couple of months in the US, he got a job as Citizen Diplomat with the Maryland State House where he launched his career in diplomacy.
With just $850, Ambianda started his first company, Global Attain Advancement (GAA), which focused on events organisation. This endeavour brought him on the organising team for former president Barack Obama’s Energy Congress.
Down the line, Ambianda returned to Africa to develop the business and launched other entities including Labacorp Energy Ltd in Cameroon, Labacorp Investments SARL in Togo, and Labacorp Industries Ltd in Ghana. The conglomerate owns businesses across the manufacturing, power, construction, agribusiness and exhibition sectors, with operations in Africa, the Middle East and North America.
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