Abdul Samad Rabiu, BUA Group honoured at the Edge Awards 2026

Billionaire industrialist and philanthropist Abdul Samad Rabiu, Executive Chairman of BUA Group, has received the Edge Industrial Leadership Icon of the Year award at the Edge Awards 2026, organised by MarketingEdge. The award recognises BUA’s growth under his leadership into one of Africa’s leading industrial groups, with investments in foods, cement, ports and terminals, construction materials and other critical sectors.

BUA Group also won the Edge Outstanding Industrial Brand of the Year award for its work in indigenous industrialisation and brand building and its contribution to Nigeria’s economic development.