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Henry Oloyede Fajemirokun
GCON
Born(1926-07-26)26 July 1926
Ile-Oluji, Ondo State, Nigeria
Died15 February 1978(1978-02-15) (aged 51)
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Other namesChief Fajemirokun
OccupationBusinessman
Known forHenry Stephens, Rank Xerox Nigeria, Nigerian-American Merchant Bank, ECOWAS

Henry Oloyede Fajemirokun, CON (26 July 1926 – 15 February 1978) was a trade unionist who later became a prominent Nigerian industrialist and businessman and one of the country's dynamic indigenous entrepreneurs who had established and built one of the foremost indigenous private sector business concerns in his time. He was a strong believer in, and promoted West Africa's economic integration[1][2] alongside Adebayo Adedeji which subsequently led to the formation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

Fajemirokun saw the need for a well-organised private sector and was devoted to developing and strengthening the private sector, he expended considerable resources to advance the activities of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Movement within Nigeria, West Africa and the Commonwealth.

Fajemirokun held various positions in the Chamber of Commerce and industry Movement. He was the 4th President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), The 6th President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the 1st President of the Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce (1972–1978) and the co-founder and founding President of the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) alongside Sir Adam Thomson,[3][4] the Chairman of British Caledonian Airways now part of British Airways). He was a member of the Board of Governors of and former President of Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC). He was also the vice-president, Federation of Commonwealth Chambers of Commerce.

  1. ^ Adebajo, Adekeye; Rashid, Ismail O. D. (2004). West Africa's Security Challenges: Building Peace in a Troubled Region. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-58826-284-4.
  2. ^ Akinyeye, Yomi (2010). Nation-states and the Challenges of Regional Integration in West Africa: The Case of Nigeria. KARTHALA Editions. p. 52. ISBN 978-2-8111-0338-5.
  3. ^ Cowe, Roger (31 May 2000). "Sir Adam Thomson". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Sir Adam Thomson, b. 1926. Founder and chairman of British Caledonian Airways". www.nationalgalleries.org. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

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