Onwula Kalu

Onwula Kalu
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Abiriba (en) , 24 Mayu 1954
Mutuwa	23 ga Faburairu, 2015
Yanayin mutuwa	(sankaran bargo)
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan kasuwa

Onwuka Kalu (24 Mayu 1954 a Abiriba, Jihar Abia, Nigeria - 23 Fabrairu 2015 a Edgware, London, Ingila) wani dan kasuwa ne dan Najeriya wanda ya kafa Onwuka Hi-Tek a masana'antu damuwa a Aba wanda daga baya aka nakalto a kan Najeriya Stock Musanya amma daga baya ta fadi bayan da Kalu ya samu sabani da gwamnatin Najeriya. Ya kasance mai tallata sana’ar yi a Najeriya kuma an yi shi a kayayyakin Aba sannan ya kasance wanda ya kafa bankin Fidelity Union Merchant Bank.

Tarihi

An haifi Kalu a Abiriba, Jihar Abia[1] ga iyayen masu tawali’u. Ya fara aikinsa yana aiki da kungiyar Chika ta yammacin Afirka da ke Togo da Jamhuriyar Benin inda ya bunkasa fasaharsa ta kasuwanci. Kamfanin ya kasance damuwa na kasuwanci tare da mayar da hankali kan shigo da kayayyaki kamar su tufafi na hannu amma Kalu ya fara a matsayin mai gida kafin ya zama sakatare kuma daga baya yana kula da sashen shigo da kaya. Ya kuma kafa kamfani nasa mai suna Onwuka Interbiz tare da ajiyar kudi daga aikinsa don kasuwanci da masaku na Japan. A shekarar 1977, ya dawo Najeriya inda ya kafa kamfani mai suna Nails and General Steel Manufacturing Industry Ltd don samar da farce. Ya kara da samar da sukurori, kusoshi da wayoyi a cikin jerin alamar kamfanin. Lokacin da injinan da aka yi amfani da su wajen kera ƙusoshi suka yi kasala, sai ya juya ga kera kayayyakin gyara motoci irin na samfuran da aka riga aka yi a kasuwa.

Don tallata hajar kamfanin da kuma karfafa masana'antu na cikin gida, ya shirya baje kolin kasuwanci na Made in Nigeria a Aba a shekarar 1982 wanda shugaba Shehu Shagari ya bude. Daga nan sai ya ci gaba da bayar da shawarwari don tallafawa kayayyakin da ake kerawa a cikin gida, daga baya kuma ya buga littafi a shekarar 1986 mai suna The Challenge of Industrialization in Nigeria.

Kamfanin ya haɓaka alaƙar kasuwanci tare da kamfanoni na ƙasa da ƙasa kamar Lever Brothers, UAC da Peugoet da wasu kamfanoni na asali. A cikin 1991, an jera hannun jari na Onwuka Hi-Tek a bainar jama'a akan musayar hannun jari.