Interviewing
Adams A. Ukun, CEO/MD Hoscom Projects Ltd/DC Juice & More/DC Kitchen &
Events with offices in Germany, United Kingdom and Abuja, Nigeria:
Who
is Mr Adams A Ukun?
A
dynamic person worked and educated in Germany and the United Kingdom. My
background has been Project management. I am currently the CEO/MD Hoscom
supplies and projects Ltd. – a project management consultancy firm made up of 3
business units namely; DC Juice & More DC Kitchen & Events, Bakers
Academy and Real Estate Development.
What
is your job experience?
I
had a successful work experience with Nigeria Foreign mission in Germany and
later got hired by a German Food equipment manufacturing company called
Gammagroup as the project manager for West Africa. After my 15years of working
experience Hoscom was born and it was born out of very strong passion with
enthusiasm for a new page in my life.
Why
did you venture into the food industry?
15
years is not 15 months. In this new challenge I knew experience was going to be
key to become an entrepreneur and secondly to being successful. I discovered
the experience acquired from the German company was important and also the
passion for the food and beverages industry was the drive. I felt with my
experience, the passion and the huge Nigeria market I was good to go.
Again
looking at where I got educated and worked, Germany and the United Kingdom gave
me extra motivation with strong passion for the industry. I was also drawn into the awareness of health
and safety promotion of natural food and drinks for my country of birth.
Tell
us more about DC Juice and More/DC Kitchen & Events.
DC
Juice & More, DC Kitchen & Events, Bakers Academy are all excelling in
their different areas of coverage based on the quality of services they
deliver.
Meanwhile,
all the subsidiaries are driven with passion for qualitative food and
qualitative education. We are also poised with the determination to raise the
fallen standard in comparison to a more organized and excellent driven sector
like developed countries in UK, Europe and US. With our focus on the maxim that
“A healthy meal resides in a healthy body, and a healthy body is determined by
the quality of food it consumes.”
What
were your challenges when you started?
The
environment was harsh and a very tough platform to operate after investing so
much to attract investors. Business plans hardly work in this part of the
world, seriously.
Issues
like generator maintenance almost every week, high cost of diesel to keep the
light on. No employable staff, dishonest people all around you pushing so hard
to take down your investment or throw you out of business. If you need funding to push on, God have
mercy on you. No single trust in the society. Lack of trust and with few people
really serious about empowering others.
Even
the banks that should be the ones to bail you out make the process impossible.
You are all on your own. Your only
savior is God. You have to be a born entrepreneur to keep going. All you need
is hard work, your prayers in faith, consistence, determination and focus
period.
Where
do you see your business in the next five years?
God
The journey might be rough and tough but with believe God willing in the next
5years we should have made very good impact in the life of Nigerians especially
within the FCT. A lot of people would have been empowered through our academy
and become successful in their own ranks as entrepreneurs and the kitchen
should grow to have some branches around the country which would have driven us
to our goal to empower and create employment opportunity for Nigerians.
What
is your strategy in achieving that goal in five years?
The journey might be
rough and tough but with believe, Prayer, hard work, consistence, determination
and focus it is achievable.
What
is the one thing you could change about business in Nigeria?
We have no other
country except this Nigeria. Therefore, we need to have honest mentality to
support and encourage one another if not greed will continue to set us
backward.
30 March, 2017, 9:00am
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