BUA Group chairman Abdul Samad Rabiu receives industrial leadership award

Abdul Samad Rabiu, Executive Chairman of BUA Group, has been named the Edge Industrial Leadership Icon of the Year at the 2026 Edge Awards. The recognition highlights his role in developing BUA into a major African industrial conglomerate with interests in cement, food production, ports, terminals, and construction materials.

In addition to the individual honor for Rabiu, BUA Group received the Edge Outstanding Industrial Brand of the Year award for its contributions to indigenous industrialization and Nigeria’s economic growth. The group’s two publicly listed subsidiaries, BUA Foods and BUA Cement, currently hold a combined market capitalization of nearly N24 trillion on the Nigerian Exchange.

Chimaobi Madukwe, the group’s Chief Operating Officer, accepted the awards on behalf of Rabiu. He noted that the group’s expansion is driven by a long-term commitment to local production, industrial capacity development, and job creation within Nigeria.