The fast-growing 8BM Freight, a tech-driven
logistics company, is currently heaving a sigh of fulfillment following its
participation at the 5th annual convening of impact investment foundation in
Lagos themed ‘Sustainability”. The 8BM has its headquarters in Lagos and a
functional office in Abuja with an enviable profile.
Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr. Tobi Badmus is particularly upbeat about
making it to the event. Badmus described the gathering as an amazing platform conceptualized
to expand and inspire productivity and connect potential investors to companies
who are willing to expand. According to the CEO, the convening on impact
investors had several benefits, prominent of which include exposure to the
industrial world.
Badmus also said that through it, networking was easy for the participants to
meet and interact with potential investors. "Also, you get to know the
recent concentration of the economy and companies making impacts in the
economy. In addition, it was an eye opener in the sense that you get to see
opportunities in everything around you," he said.
Badmus noted that investing "is a good way to make your money work, but
you get potential ideas on where to put your money and balancing it with the economic
issues." In the company of the CEO at the event was Esther Fayati who
also reveled every session and pick useful tips to impact their company.
A company's release indicated that during the breakout session, a panel of Mr
Chidozie Uriel Ezike, Head, Environmental & Social Risk Management/Sustainability,
United Bank for Africa (UBA) PLC; Dr Natalie Beinisch, Executive Director,
Circular Economy Innovation Partnership; and Dr. Tobi Oluwatola, CEO, TAO
EnergyJust Energy Transition, discussed the importance of impact investment and
the impact it makes in the current economic situation. “We were even blessed
to meet Ibrahim Adejuwon the Managing Director/CEO of Lagos State Waste
Management Authority (LAWMA), Fatimah Jimanate Umar, SDG Impact Associate of
UNDP Nigeria and Yakubu Paiko of GIZ Nigeria & Ecowas."
Speaking further, the CEO said the company had directly and indirectly employed
over 200 persons including staff, Key Account Managers, drivers, on-loaders,
and off-loaders, adding that it had also registered over 2,000 Trucks on its
database and served numerous clients such as OLAM, Dangote, AFEX, Nigeria Flour
Mills, and many others. Badmus added that the "company is also
committed to creating a better social space through sustainable and climate-friendly
logistics services."
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