Africa Housing News, your number one housing news hub frequently beam the spotlight on eminent personalities in the housing sector who are making giant strides, in recognition of their outstanding roles.
This week, Africa Housing News is proud to celebrate Ali Mohammed Magashi.
Ali Mohammed Magashi is the Chairman, Countrywide Housing Company Ltd, a company that provides creative housing solutions for Upper Middle class citizens nationwide using various models that will deliver affordable housing to its target market.
Ali is a graduate of Aeronautical Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, a licensed Avionics Engineer, Flight Engineer, and a former Instructor and National Examiner on the Boeing-727 aircraft.
After a meritorious career in Aviation spanning over a decade with over 5,500 flight engineer hours on the Boeing-727 aircraft, he went back to school and acquired a Post Graduate Diploma in Management and a Master’s in Business Administration.
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His passion for the Telecommunication led him to found Kitari Systems Ltd, a Telecommunications and IT company that among many other projects, successfully provided the local content in the design, financing and implementation of the first Broadband Wireless Teleport in West Africa, the Jigawa Wireless Broadband Network, that gave birth to the concept of the present Galaxy Backbone Plc.
He ventured into Mortgage Banking in 2003 as MD/CEO of Jigawa Savings and Loans Ltd, and attended many executive programs in Strategic Finance, International Housing Finance and Marketing at the Harvard Business School, Wharton School, and Fannie Mae Institute, all in the United States.
Ali successfully turned around Jigawa Savings and Loans Ltd from June 2003 to June 2007, from a moribund and obscure outfit, into a national household name in Mortgage Banking.
He held the position of Deputy President of the Mortgage Banking Association of Nigeria (MBAN), and created the largest single pool of perfected NHF mortgages ever in Nigeria.
He was in many State and Federal Government Committees on Land Reforms and Housing Finance, and he attended various local and international courses, seminars and workshops on Real Estate, Housing Finance, Islamic Real Estate Finance, Leadership and Marketing.
As aviation consultant to AMCON, Ali held the largest aviation portfolio in Africa that included Arik Air, Air Nigeria, Aero Contractors, Afrijet Airline, Chanchangi Airline and IRS Airline, to mention just a few.
He was a consultant to the World Bank/IFC on Land Reforms, Housing Finance, Urban Renewal and Doing Business in Nigeria, and is widely travelled across all continents.
Ali Magashi was appointed national coordinator for the Nigeria Vision 20:2020 National Technical Working Group on Housing, and later selected to serve on the 27 man panel of experts, the Central Working Committee that produced the final blue print of the Vision 20:2020 document for Nigeria.
He is an independent board member of Aso Savings and Loans Plc, Union Homes Plc and a member of the board of Babura Microfinance Ltd.
He also currently serves in a number of capacities due to his wealth of experience and technical know-how. Some of them are Chairman, Aso Savings and Loans Plc, Chairman, Nigeria Agricultural Insurance Corporation, Member, Technical Board of Arik Air Ltd as well as Member, Technical Board of Aero Contractors Airline Ltd
As a way of impacting the knowledge he has gained over the years, Ali teaches Real Estate Management and Mortgage Finance to MBA students at the Post Graduate School of Business of Bayero University in Kano.
Ali is fluent in a number of foreign languages and has travelled the world across all continents.
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