Lukman Akanbi is an accomplished Entrepreneur/business leader and Coach with over 20 years of management, strategy, product & service development, delivery, and operational experience in a variety of industries including Telecommunication, Hospitality & Entertainment.

He is known for his ability to transform entrepreneurs into successful business owners who are able to scale their organizations consistently.

Over the years, he’s been fortunate to have had an adventurous career in Hospitality, entertainment, and youth-focused empowerment ventures that promote fashion, music, arts, and African culture in Dubai, Canada & Nigeria.

He has spent over a decade building what is known as the Kiza Brand in Nigeria, Dubai, Kenya & Toronto.

This includes:

The Kiza Restaurant in Dubai & Kenya – The first 5-Star African restaurants in the world with over $25M in combined annual revenues, employing over 150 staff and serving over 20,000 customers since its inception in 2013.

The Kiza Music & Entertainment – A full-service independent music label founded in 2013 to showcase African music & culture as well as the talented artist from Africa.

The Kiza Music & Entertainment was also the logistics support partner to the Golden Eaglets (Nigerian Under 17 Soccer Team) in 2013 during the Under17 FIFA World-cup in the United Arab Emirates. Through Kiza Music & Entertainment, he has been able to connect and empower youths through programs and events in Fashion, Music & Arts whilst promoting African culture alongside the diversity of UAE

In Canada, Kiza Music & Entertainment organizes yearly events across major cities in Canada and partners with Music Africa to produce AFROFEST – the largest annual African cultural festival in North America with over 80,000 visitors annually, showcasing A-List artist from Nigeria and parts of Africa and the world.

Some of these events are in collaboration with different event producers globally and it presents a platform for over 500 exciting local, national, and international artists to showcase their art in Toronto.

Lukman prides himself on being someone who constantly learns new things. As a result of this, he is able to constantly bring new ideas and strategies to his client’s situations.

It is also for this reason that he has taken so keenly over the years to teaching because through teaching others he has been able to sustain his own learning journey.

Lukman is also an Alumni of the University of Ife, Ile-Ife Nigeria and Harvard Business School, Boston USA and in 1999, was put in charge of building teams, growing market share and penetration as well as expansion and revenue generation for Wireless Trade Group Inc – a Canadian Telecoms company based in Mississauga Ontario, Canada.

He spent the first 5 years building and positioning the business in his capacity as CEO and expanded into Africa, partnering with major Telecommunications operators and retailers, growing the company’s revenues from $100,000 to over $12 million within this period.

Wireless Trade Group Inc then went on to become a major partner to telecommunication, technology, and mobile industries across Africa, distributing over 3 million Mobile phones in Africa.

Lukman realized early on that being able to help people with problem-solving skills is one of the most valuable things a person can learn on their road to success.

This is another skill that Lukman has developed over the years while working with entrepreneurs, business owners, and people who have made the decision to transition from a corporate career into their own line of work.

The problem-solving aspect of his training provides the necessary guidance to those who need it as starting and running a business is no easy feat.

Over the years Lukman also developed and refined the skill of being able to coach people in matters of business. Through this talent of his, he is able to develop other people’s skills and show them what they are capable of achieving thereby motivating them to carry out the objectives they wish to achieve.

As a business coach, he enjoys educating, mentoring, and working with his community, business owners, and their teams to achieve their ideal vision for their company while helping them create a thriving, profitable, well-structured, and process-oriented business.

Lukman’s passion, patience, and skill for being able to formulate the right strategy at the right moment are what allows him to integrate his client’s needs with their goals in a holistic manner.

Lukman now spends his time coaching and mentoring clients from startups to seasoned entrepreneurs who all have the same objective in mind – to succeed and live the life they have always dreamed of living.

At the heart of it all, Lukman is always interested in learning from and interacting with others while connecting with like
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