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With a portfolio of about 120 apartments and houses around Ikoyi and Victoria Island, as well as several more in other Lagos areas, Abuja and around the country, the company is run by well-qualified professionals, and supported by competent administrative, customer relations and field officers, headed by Mrs. Fatima Edu. A graduate of both Architecture and Urban Studies from the University of Minnesota, U. S. A., Mrs. Edu also holds a M. Sc. (Arch.) in Economics and Management of Construction from the UCL, University of London. The Abuja office is managed by Hadiza el-Rufai, who holds an M.Sc. in Architecture and an Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. She has had a lot of experience, lecturing, as well as practicing, Architecture, and has held several management positions, one of which was at the National Electric Power Authourity (NEPA, where she left as a Principal Manager. She is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA), International Facilities Management Association of Nigeria (IFMA) and the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM). She joined Participant Properties as Executive Director in June. Mrs' el-Rufai supervises all the Northern Nigerian operations. The day-to-day operations in Lagos are run by the General Manager, Lauretta Izevbigie-Langley, who has had more than 15 years experience in the United States. Having worked with several Property Management companies with huge portfolios, her last job was the Property Director of Walden Residential Properties Inc. Dallas, Texas, where she managed 800 & 1500 unit apartment/town houses. She has a Marketing degree from Cleveland State University, Ohio and got her Real Estate License from the Texas Real Estate College. Lauretta also has her CPM (Certified Property Manager) from the Institute of Real Estate Management, USA. Participant Properties (PPL) prides itself in providing the most totally managed apartments available in the market today. In offering this service, PPL lays emphasis on managing, both the facilities and the tenants, with the highest quality and standards.

Cornerstone Construction (Nigeria) Limited was incorporated in 1987 as a limited liability company to engage in Building and Civil Engineering contracting, Estate Development and Project Management. Since inception, we have handled several construction works for private and corporate clientele across the country. These include Federal and State Governments and some clients resident within and outside the Country. It is on record that we are the first privately owned construction company to embark on an affordable Housing Delivery Scheme, which culminated into the construction of mini-condominium Flats for outright sale to the general public in 1991. To date, we have developed five (5) Housing Estates successfully within the Lagos metropolis and its environs. This level of enviable performance resulted in numerous awards being bestowed upon the Organisation among which are: The Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) Annual Best Construction Company Award (2005). Honours Award for Valuable Contribution to the Building Industry in Nigeria by Lagos State Branch of The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors & Valuers (NIESV) (2003) Nigeria-British Chamber of Commerce Award presented at the Business Forum Seminar (2002) Recognition Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Corporate Body in Urban Project Execution presented by Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Physical Planning on World Habitat Day 2001. Winner of the Most Admired Estate Developers of the Year Award 2000 presented by the Chartered Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (CIMN) Our success thus far has been largely due to the efficient and prudent management of materials and manpower by the professionals within the Organisation and the provision of quality products at competitive prices. Our products and services have been packaged in such a way as to meet the ever-growing needs of the construction industry, assist citizens in the private and public sectors of the economy to fulfil their dreams of owning their homes, and compliment the efforts of the various levels of government in providing good shelter for the people.

Elephant Group Limited is a wholly Nigerian group of companies leading in, Electrical Engineering, Electrical Products and Materials, Commodity Export and Import of Industrial raw materials and equipment for upstream Oil Industries. Concrete Poles Manufacturing, Building, Road Construction and haulage. Our raw material and equipment supplies unit specializes in product delivery to power generating establishment, the oil industry and other multi-national organizations. Our reputation as experts in the above fields speaks for us in the market. In dealing with customers, clients and business associates, the company is absolutely guided by the need to attain excellence as the basis for current success and future growth. Capturing and measuring risk is one of the fundamental capabilities of our business. Robust risk control systems are the hallmark of Elephant Group Limited. This helps us to ensure our operations maintain their track record of profitable growth. We have created a global company which is a leader in many of its businesses, with a breadth of knowledge and experience unparalleled in our industry. This has been made possible by keen business acumen and the many talents of our people. We have developed a strong business model and we intend to build on this as we grow the company across our core businesses. We are developing new ways of serving our customers, which capitalizes on our strengths and power of the new economy. These factors will ensure Elephant group Limited prospers and that we continue to create value for our customers, shareholders and employees now and in the future. International quality standards are maintained by our highly qualified staff and through our investment in technology. Adding value through processing is fundamental to our strategy and enables us provide the required quality to our customer. Elephant Group’s infrastructures facilitate the efficient operations of our various subsidiaries. We have developed an ability to manage the multi modal transportation requirements of our businesses by the establishment of a haulage unit with a fleet of 40 (forty) trailers servicing our businesses and customers’ logistics needs. This ensures we remain competitive and flexible to meet our client’s requirements, no matter how complex they are. The company is committed to having the best people and technology to ensure an effective response to opportunities and market developments.

Kasese Cobalt company Ltd. (KCCL) was formed in 1992 as a corporate entity with the government of Uganda to recover cobalt metal from an unstable stockpile of a cobalt-rich sulphide concentrate (pyrite). It is located near Kasese town(30E,00"17N), 420 km west of Kampala, Uganda along the Kasese-Mbarara road. The project’s cost was US$153 million making it the largest foreign investment in Uganda. It has also attracted grants from international government agencies for environmental projects, health centres, roads, bridges and other community projects The project will process cobalt from existing cobalt-rich pyrite stockpiles at Kasese. Cobalt is extracted using a bioleaching process that is unique to the KCCL operation, the only cobalt bioleach operation in the world. The project is having an extremely positive impact in the surrounding area and eco systems by removing the threat of acid water runoff and contamination of Lake George and Queen Elizabeth National Park KCCL, in co-operation with the Ugandan government, regional and local stake holders, is a leading company in setting standards in corporate social responsibility, Human Resources management, safe efficient operations and contributes to the uplifting of social and economic conditions in Kasese and surrounding areas.

The founder of Dangote Group is Alhaji Aliko Dangote, CON, The Group is a leading diversified conglomerate, which generates annual revenues in excess of USD 1 billion (year 2004) and over USD 2billion is projected from Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Benue Cement Company (BCC) and Obajana Cement Plant (OCP). Great Diversity The Group’s interests are diverse, the most significant of which are the manufacture of fast-moving consumer goods such as sugar, flour, salt and spaghetti / macaroni. Additionally, the Group has made huge investments in the Nigerian cement industry ranging from import terminals with bagging plants, polypropylene sack factory, several greenfield projects and some rehabilitation projects at Benue Cement Company Plc. Other interests include commercial real estate complexes and a fleet of over 1,500 trucks. Recent additions to the Group’s portfolio include the acquisition of oil blocks no 1 (9%) and no. 3 (10%) in the Nigeria / Sao-Tome Joint Development Zone in conjunction with Chevron Texaco and Exxon-Mobil (block 1). In the Nigeria deep water, the Group acquired 6% of an oil block with Statoil (Norway) and Petrobas (Brazil). Also,the Group, through one of its subsidiaries – Kura Holdings, has just acquired the Oshogbo Steel Rolling Company(OSRC). The Dangote Brand Dangote Group has, during the last four years become a market leader in majority of its domestic operations and the Dangote name commands a substantial brand premium in the region. Quality and efficiency The Group has experienced a phenomenal growth, which is driven by the quality of its goods and services, focus on cost, leadership and efficiency of its human capital. From 1999, it has gone through a transformation process from a basically trading concern to a giant Manufacturing conglomerate employing over 12,000 employees. Current investment programs are in excess of USD 1 billion, a significant proportion of which is in two integrated cement plants with a total capacity of 8 million metric tonnes annually. The cement bagging terminals are in Lagos and Port Harcourt in Nigeria and Tema in Ghana. Main Objectives Dangote Group is focusing on the essential needs of food, shelter and clothing. The current annual production capacities are: - Sugar (1.4 million metric tonnes refining annually) - Flour (1.4 million metric tonnes milling annually) - Salt (0.4 million tonnes refining annually) - Pasta (20 million cartons of 10 kg annually) - Cement import terminals (9 million with market share of 4.5 million metric tonnes annually) - Cement projects with a capacity of 8 million tonnes Responsibility Dangote Group has established a philanthropic organisation named Dangote Foundation, which is dedicated to providing assistance to less-privileged Nigerians mainly in the development of Education, Health Care Facilities, Water Supply, Poverty Alleviation and Sports.