A combined photo of Leo Stan Ekeh and Zinox logo
Come February 22, 2025, renowned Nigerian businessman, Leonard Stanley Nnamdi Ekeh, will clock 69 years, a major milestones for a man who has done so much to achieve success and greatness, and who has done much more for his country in the area of computer technology among others.
A human dynamo and a dogged fighter for best practices in business founded and remains chairman of Zinox Group. He is also the chairman of Konga.com.
Leo Stan Ekeh set up Zinox Technologies Limited in 2001 basically to manufacture computers. He ensured that at launch Zinox Computers already had the WHQL certification, the first in sub-Saharan Africa, consolidated five years later with the attainment of the NIS ISO 2000: 9001 QMS Certification.
In October 2013, the company announced the production of its computer tablet line named Zipad. In February 2018, Ekeh’s company Zinox acquired Konga.com from its owners buying 99% of the total company shares.
An incredible man of extraordinary ideas, in no time, this billionaire business mogul was able to turn a humble start into a multibillion-dollar empire. As the founder of Zinox Group and the driving force behind Konga.com, Ekeh has revolutionised Africa’s technology landscape with groundbreaking innovations. His story is an inspiring parable of possibility of rising from a relative poverty to prominence.
He explored his bold business strategies, the challenges he overcame, and his unwavering vision for shaping Nigeria’s tech future.
Given the ever-competitive world of Nigeria’s business sector, with success breeding both admiration and envy, e-commerce dynamo has , for over 30 years, led his company not only to prosperity but also to set the good standard for excellence in the sector.
In a sector where shortcuts are tempting, Ekeh has consistently chosen the path of integrity. He has steered his company with an unwavering commitment to the highest standards.
Indeed, it is a stamp of honour for Ekeh who has always demonstrated his efforts to keep his honesty intact no matter the situation.
Ekeh’s story contradicts the principles and norms of ego-tripping. He parades himself as a mushroom on which the dew of heaven drops from time to time. He never draws attention to how rich he is neither does he function on the oxygen of his blooming renown, and that is a wonderful trait in a shrewd businessman.
One good attribute that remains sacrosanct for this Imo born business tycoon is that he cherishes hard work and this has culminated in his success story. He is also humble to a fault. He understands that humility is not a peculiar habit of self-effacement but rather an insipid trait like having an inaudible voice, a selfless respect for reality and one of the most difficult and central of all the virtues. Hence his desire to remain humble, even when with his contemporaries and lesser men.
Not a few people are awestruck by Ekeh ’s humility.
These marvelous traits accompany him to his work. Thus Ekeh, like the proverbial bee, silently does his work in the hive, knowing that without humility all will be lost. But nothing is lost in the hive of the technology magnate.
NATIONAL WAVES salutes Ekeh as he turns 69.
Ekeh was born in Ubomiri Mbaitoli, Imo State in to a middle-class family with three brothers and two sisters. His mother was a dietitian, and his father was a nurse.
Ekeh attended Holy Ghost College, Owerri for his secondary education. During his early years, he wanted to own the biggest transport company in Nigeria.
He later went to India for his university education, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Punjab University. Ekeh believes that studying in India was “a great turning point in my life because I found the economy of India a realistic economy”. Ekeh also earned an MSc in Risk Management from the University of Nottingham.
