The Nigerian Serial Entrepreneur Who Built A $14 Million Mobile Content Business

John Orajiaka

Nigerian-born serial entrepreneur John Orajiaka, 43, is the founder of Adnol Multimedia a $14 million (annual revenues) Pan-African value-added telecommunication service provider.

Active in more than ten African countries including Nigeria, South Africa, Liberia, Cameroon, Rwanda and Swaziland, Adnol Multimedia provides everything from basic messaging and voice applications to digital lifestyle solutions using short codes for subscription services such as caller ring-back tunes, mobile advertising, mobile health, coupon services and mobile games to more than 7 million customers.


Apart from his VAS content business, Orajiaka under the Adnol Group owns a successful property development company in Lagos and a Private Equity company that invests in small and medium scale enterprises in Nigeria.

Also, Orajiaka is currently expanding his business interests into North America.