Turning Palm Oil into The New Crude Oil
Looking dapper in a forest green jacket with matching pants, he exudes confidence, brilliance, and intelligence. For Joshua Idiong, it was a long walk to academic and business attainment but determination has been his driving force. When his name was announced as the winner of the Next Titan Season 7, he was overwhelmed. Joshua was a shining light at the just concluded seventh edition of the Next Titan, defeating 15 other contestants to clinch the coveted prize of N10 million. Funke Olaode writes about his trajectory.
Nigeria’s Poster Boy for Entrepreneurship
The stage was set. The expectation was high but the anxiety from the contestants could be felt. Not even the melodious songs from the De Jay Szee could douse the tension in the air. It was a defining moment. A moment of destiny that would be determined after 10 weeks of intense display of intellectual business acumen under the tutelage of four boardroom gurus and judges comprising of
Heritage Bank Plc has empowered the winner of The Next Titan Season-7 with the sum of N10 million.
An entrepreneur, Joshua Joseph Idiong, who is the CEO of Josult Oil Processing Company, a palm oil processing company in Akwa Ibom State emerged the winner of the Next Titan Season-7, themed: The Unstoppable.”
The graduate of Federal University of Technology, Owerri, emerged winner after competing with Ifeanyi Nkwonta, Chidinma Eriobu and Ifeoma Benjamin at the grand finale in Lagos.
Idiong’s entry in the show was amongst the 18, 000 entries, followed by online auditions before the top 16 moved into the Titan House for 10 weeks to compete against top notch young entrepreneurs in real-life entrepreneurial tasks.