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  • Edmark Nigeria…2023 closing as zero business year… 5% shareholder lock down majority shareholders

    Edmark Nigeria…2023 closing as zero business year… 5% shareholder lock down majority shareholders

    When will I get one of my three favourite natural toothpastes to buy? I learned to not trust many natural toothpastes which are formulated with poisnous substances when some of them tormented my mouth, teeth and gums!  When will one of my two favourite chlorophyll drinks return to the market? By last weekend, I still had no answers to these questions. The economy has pushed prices up, no doubt, and many nutritional supplements and natural products have, also, become scarce or extinct in the Nigerian market. However, the overheated economy and rocketing prices are not the problems of EDMARK SPLINA TOOTHPASTE, made largely from chlorophyll, and SPLINA LIQUID CHLOROPHYLL, the first liquid chlorophyll in the Nigerian market.  Swords of Damocles have been hanging over them and other nutritional supplements of Edmark International Limited sold in Nigeria since boardroom politics erupted into the open in July 2021 and became the subject of court battles which have led to business shut down since then.

    Mr Maurice Etim Anthony, a Nigerian, sued Edmark International Limited, claiming the company forged his signature and supressed his rights as an unpaid five per cent minority shareholder, to keep him in the dark about what was going on in the company.

    From the outside, Edmark appears to be a small company. But within its books, it had grown larger than life from humble beginnings on May 7, 2010 when it registered in Nigeria for business. Hitherto, Nigerian distributors of Edmark’s multilevel marketing nutritional supplements went to Accra, Ghana, to bring them to Nigeria. In those days, Ghana was the choice first port of call for Asian companies coming to English West Africa because it was relatively freer of corruption  and offered an easier environment for doing business.

    This arrangement of Ghana being the first port of call for such businesses made Ghanaians the uplines of Nigerians or, better still, Nigerians the geese which lay the golden eggs and Ghanaians, the farmers of the geese and owners of the golden eggs.

    Edmark began operations in Malaysia in 1984 as ever dynamic marketing which operates in more than 30 countries today.

    I knew of Edmark through the SPLINA CHLOROPHYLL drink. A young woman who was an avid reader of this column asked me how she could rid herself of certain health challenges. I gave her some recipes for blood and tissue cleansing and said I could have added liquid chlorophyll but that it was not available in Nigeria. She said it was. I asked her for the evidence. She called a gentleman named Emeka Ononiwu. He and I spoke. He invited me to lunch the following day with his Ghanaian upline who was in Lagos. This young woman and I went over, and, over lunch, I was shown samples of SPLINA CHLOROPHYLL drink. I asked the young woman to immediately purchase some. Thereafter, she joined the group of Nigerians who travelled to Ghana to bring SPLINA CHLOROPHYLL and some other products of Edmark to Nigeria. She was the person who helped Edmark to secure its first office in Nigeria on Opebi Road, Ikeja, Lagos. From this humble beginning in a duplex, eEdmark Nigeria grew into a Colossus by the time Mr Maurice Etim Anthony went to court.

    A boardroom crisis has destabilised the company since 2021 and a Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, has ordered the business premises of EDMARK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, marketers of the products, closed. The quarreling minority and majority shareholders of EDMARK Nigeria returned to court last Monday, after my deadline to submit this article to the editor. However, it is doubtful if EDMARK nutritional supplements will see the light of day in Nigeria before 2023 takes its bow. A court case under which its Nigerian head offices in Lagos have been under lock and key since July 2022 was still in progress last Monday.

    Minority shareholder Maurice Etim Anthony requested the closure, claiming that Edmark Marketing Limited was owing him his five per cent unpaid minority shares.

    Arguably, Edmark ranked among the biggest three nutritional medicine providers in Nigeria, rubbing shoulders with Forever Living Products (FLP) and Longrich. Edmark and FLP are neighbours on Aromire Street, a connecting road for Adeniyi Jones Avenue and Obafemi Awolowo Way. FLP, which began business in Awuse Estate, Opebi, Ikeja, Lagos, was the first to arrive on Aromire Avenue, knocked down old buildings which it purchased and built an international-class all-purpose head office. Edmark acquired the next set of property and did exactly the same. That is where their stories ended in July that year.

    When Mr Maurice Etim Anthony said he did not know what was going on in the company, he was probably referring to giant strides which Edmark Nigeria had made.  These strides  encompassed giant companies such as Edmark Direct Marketing Limited, Al Mansour Engineering and Contracting Limited, Edmark Direct Holding Limited and Edmark City Development Limited. Edmark Nigeria became so successful that it even planned to build a multi-billion naira smart city in Lagos, similar to those in Dubai, London and Barcelona. The location was to be on the Lagos-Epe Expressway, starting from the third round about from Lekki Phase One. It was to be called Edmark City, possibly an answer to a proposed Longrich City by competitor Longrich which was striving to migrate from its Opebi Road location to its own smart city where businesses would be wired to accept crypto currency for all transactions. The government of Lagos State supported the Edmark smart city project under its plans to transform Lagos megalopolis into a smart mega city hub. The Edmark Smart City was designed to be Nigeria’s and Africa’s first block-chain fuelled city driven project.

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    Contracts for the superstructure which included piling and above ground services were awarded on March 15, 2022 to Al Mansour Engineering and Contracting Limited, whose Chief Executive Officer is Mr Wael Mansour and was expected to be delivered in 2024.  The award ceremony took place at the podium International Event Centre, 31B Aromire Avenue, off Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja, Lagos.

    This is a great achievement for a nutritional medicine MLM company and suggests that food supplement nutrition has taken deep root in Nigeria.

    Mr Maurice Etim Anthony told the Federal High Court Judge Mr Justice Chukwujekwu J Aneke in Lagos that he did not know how decisions of the Board of Directors of Edmark International Limited (Nigeria) were taken. He said he was kept in the dark through a forgery of his signature which permitted the company without his knowledge to appoint other directors with a view to edging him out of the board.

     On May 24, 2022, Mr Justice Chukwujekwu J Aneke appointed Mr Seyi Akinwunmi as Receiver/Manager of Edmark following a request by Mr Anthony. On the order of the judge, Mr Akinwunmi, from the insolvency chambers of  Akinwunmi and Busari, was to block Edmark Marketing Limited, all Edmark distributors in Nigeria and all agents of the company from importing Edmark products and selling them. The police and the customs service were ordered to give him helping hands. Thus, all Edmark products that were awaiting customs clearance at the ports got stuck there, many of them have expired or are expiring.

    At the receiving end of Mr Maurice Etim Anthony’s suit against Edmark are Mr Lo Ban Chai, chairman and chief executive of Edmark International Limited, holden company of Edmark Nigeria; Edmark Direct Marketing, Edmark Direct Holden Limited, Wapiano Bienviendo, chief operating officer, Edmark Development Company, Nigeria Jordan Noel Noa.

     Mr Justice Aneke reversed the ex parte ruling five months later on October 11, 2022 at the request of Edmark Marketing Limited following agreement on bank guarantee for the payment of Mr Anthony’s five per cent unpaid shares. Meanwhile, the hearing in the substantive suit continued.

    Dissatisfied with the exparte ruling of Mr Justice Aneke, Edmark CEO Lo ban Chai petitioned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja Mr Justice John Terhemba Tsoho, claiming bias and requesting transfer of the suit to another judge. One of the grounds of the petition was that Mr Justice Aneke ought not to have appointed the receiver/manager for his company since it was not declared bankrupt or insolvent. He said the decision impacted Edmark in several ways. One was  abandonment of the multi-billion naira Edmark smart city project. Another was loss of income by 22,000 independent distributors of Edmark nationwide. Yet another loss for Edmark was the departure to their various countries of many specialist foreign employees whose work contracts were stalled. Besides, he said Edmark lost money from its branded products which were stuck at the ports, expired and attracted  port fines or demurrage.

    Mr Justice Daniel Emeka Osiagor took over the case in May 2023. The hearing continued six months later on May 2, 2023 before Mr Justice Osiagor. He appointed the Anderson Group as forensic auditors to determine the value of Mr Anthony’s five per cent shares, after Edmark and Mr Anthony agreed he could do so.

    There was a mild twist, however, to the arrangement on July 4, 2023 when the hearing resumed before Mr Justice Osiagor. Edmark counsel Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) objected to Mr Alade making an appearance for Mr Seyi Akinwunmi, the receiver/manager. He said the judge had ruled against Mr Akinwunmi being receiver/manager. For Mr Akinwunmi, the ruling of May 2, 2023 was in respect of a “liquidator” and the “receiver/manager”. As there was no “liquidator” for Edmark, the court corrected itself by substituting the “Receiver/Manager” for the “liquidator” and saying the error was a minor slip which it had the power to correct. Mr Justice Osiagor then ruled that Mr Akinwunmi hand over Edmark offices to the Anderson Group for a forensic audit. Last Monday, the court was expected to receive a report of the forensic audit.

    The Nigerian legal battle between Edmark Marketing Limited and Mr Maurice Etim Anthony has spread to the United States where, it was reported, Edmark tried to open an office for business. Several Nigerian Edmark distributors were reported to have visited the venue to protest that their earnings were unpaid and their work years wasted.  In the prime of Edmark business in Nigeria, some middle level distributors earned between N350,000 and N650,000 every month. Top fliers earned millioms. Some of them were given Jeeps as car gifts, money to build their own houses and sponsored on foreign holidays. Under Edmark business policy, the distributor cannot serve two masters, that is be an independent distributor for Edmark and another nutritional medicine company at the same time. Some beat the order under cover and whoever is found out is downgraded, suspended or stopped from representing the company. Many of them who complied with the policy have been left prostrate in the quarreling of shareholders, with no earnings for about 17 months. Thus, many have found means of livelihood in other pre occupations, dining and wining with Mammon.

    Back home in Nigeria, Mr Justice Osiagor has decided, in  favour of Edmark, Mr Anthony’s claim that his signature was forged to enable the company appoint other directors without his knowledge, a step he said was taken preparatory to getting him out of the board. According to a report by Unini Chioma, quoted by goggle, Mr Justice Osiagor’s ruling is:

    • “A statement that the police’s request to Edmark staff to assist in any investigation activities related to forgery claims is a gross infringement of their fundamental rights and is thus, illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.

    • “A declaration that the forensic investigative report obtained by the police on July 18, 2022, is conclusive and binding on the police in relation to any and all charges of the forging of Mr Etim’s  signature in relation to the operations, control and management of Edmark Direct Marketing Limited.

    • “While a forensic investigative report had already been completed, the police were barred from conducting any further inquiry into any and all charges of forgery of Mr Etim’s signature  in relation to the operations, control, and management of Edmark Direct Marketing Limited.

    • “In regard to charges of the forging of Mr Etim’s signature in relation to the operations, control, management of Edmark Direct Marketing Limited, an order prohibiting the police from compelling Edmark’s staff to attend any meeting, interview or honour any invitation in any way.

    Apart from these reliefs, the court awarded Edmark Management N50,000 in general damages”.

    Another ruling of Mr Justice Osiagor was based on the agreement of Mr Anthony and Edmark to appoint the Anderson Group to comprehensively audit the account of Edmark. This was to help all parties determine the value of Mr Anthony’s unpaid five per cent shares and other claims. The receiver/manager was to vacate Edmark head offices and give the auditors unimpeded access to them, from June 21, 2022.

    The ruling was stalled, however. Mr Anthony appealed it, and the Anderson Group stayed away. Mr Anthony declined to work with the Anderson Group. Mr Anthony took other decisions which till now have foreclosed a resolution of the quarrel of the shareholders. He asked the administrative judge of the Federal High Court to transfer the case from Mr Justice Osiagor, saying he did not trust him. Before this could be done, Mr Anthony filed two more motions. One was for the case to be transferred from Mr Justice Osiagor. The other requested suspension of the rulings of Justice Osiagor.

    On July 4, 2023, Mr Ebun-Ola Adegboruwa (SAN), for Edmark, informed Mr Justice Osiagor, Mr Anthony and his lawyers were deliberately frustrating all efforts to resolve the dispute and that this was causing economic distress to the company and its distributors and laying waste to EDMARK branded products which were expiring in ports warehouses. He said as well that it was unethical for Mr Anthony and his lawyers to attempt to scandalise Mr Justice Osiagor simply because they did not agree with his ruling which, in any case, they had appealed.

    Mr Justice Osiagor reviewed proceedings of May 2, 2023 which showed his order was based on the agreement of the lawyers of Mr Anthony and EDMARK.

    Irrespective of this, Mr Bidemi Ademola-Bello, for Mr Anthony, moved the motion for Mr Justice Osiagor to suspend his ruling, saying he was biased.

    Mr Adegboruwa (SAN) replied that the request was incompetent on two grounds. One was that Mr Anthony was party to Mr Justice Osiagor’s ruling. Besides, Mr Anthony had referred his objection to the administrative judge and good reason required that he wait for the outcome.

    Mr Justice Osiagor dismissed Mr Anthony’s two applications. He declined to do away with an agreement mutually agreed by Mr Anthony and Edmark. Mr Anthony failed to seek the court’s permission for his appeal of the ruling to be permitted, so the request was thrown out, the judge said. In conclusion of the proceedings, Mr Justice Osiagor gave the Anderson Group 60 days to check the accounts of all parties to the dispute and adjourned the hearing to last Monday.

    THE MARKET

    The food medicines market awaits the return of EDMARK. It, too, must have missed the market. I have missed the SPLINA TOOTHPASTE and the SPLINA CHLOROPHYLL in particular. I do not use any TRICLOSAN containing toothpaste, as I stated long ago in a column I titled DANGEROUS POISONS IN YOUR POPULAR TOOTHPASTES. Triclosan is in many toothpastes. The ALOE VERA based toothpaste from FLP, like SPLINA toothpaste, is free of it. The mouth is highly vascularised. Anything placed under the tongue has chances of being rapidly absorbed into the body cells from there. This is why it is not always good to leave some brands of toothpaste too long in the mouth and on the gums. Some of the common poisons in toothpastes are flouride, a neuro poison…artificial sweeteners…Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS)…TRICLOSAN, a carcinogen likely to slough the gums,… MEA, DEA, CEA, a trinity of methylating compounds which may weaken the liver and kidneys and cause cancer…microplastics, which, when accumulated in muscles, may cause systemic inflammation and cancer…propylene glycol, a thickener and carcinogen linked with prostate gland problems. They will be discussed again in future.

    Whenever Edmark returns to the market, it may find the market a stranger. Many products are not selling fast because their prices have gone up with inflation and purchasing power as ebbed. I hope Edmark, whenever it returns, will not be tempted to recoup losses from it’s expired products, abandoned smart city project and employee claims by making sky scrapers of the prices of its products. Some of these products include ginseng coffee, a flagship product in those days until the market found it too sugary and Edmark had to remove the sugar and the product lost some of its wings. There is also SHAKE OFF for curbing abdominal fat and constipation. Cocolagen firm breast vagina is for what the name says. What about Edmark troika cafe? Edmark cafe 73 will also pop its head. Aha! there is also Edmark red bubble tea. We cannot forget Edmark Red Yeast Tea. The same goes for Edmark Capuccino, Edmark Slimming Kit, Edmark MRT Complex, Edmark Bio Elixir, Edmark Mocha, Edmark Spiro, Edmark Bubble C and many more.

  • Edmark hosts SMEs at exhibition, talent hunt

    Edmark International,  managers of D-Podium International Event Centre, has hosted an exhibition by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) at its premises in Ikeja, Lagos.

    The event was part of activities marking its three-day Xmas Mega Trade Fair.

    Among items exhibited were clothes, hair products, shoes, bags, foods, drinks, artworks, makeup kits, weave-on, wigs, perfumes and barbeque.

    The evening also featured the grand finale of the D-Podium talent hunt, in which skills, including singing, comedy, stunts, dance and rap, were displayed.

    At the fair, over 3000 participants got vouchers worth over N3 million.They were converted into e-money through the firm’s App called EDPoints, enabling the participants to shop from the SMEs at the exhibition.

    The first winner got N100,000, the second N50,000, the third got N30,000, the fourth and fifth were given consolation prizes.

    According to the Crown Manager, Edmark International, Kingsley Anozie, the fair was aimed at helping SME’s promote their business.

    “Looking at what is happening around the world today; most people are ignorant of the fact that businesses now evolve around smartphones, because it is used by almost everybody at almost round the clock.

    “Edmark has found out this secret and we are helping merchants to advertise their business in a more comfortable way. This is why we have an App called EDPoints, with which merchants have the opportunity to advertise their business and services and also get buyers purchase and make payments. As people play around their phones every time, the businesses of these merchants are seen the more,” he said.

    He said the fair would make the SMEs to be more known to the public, and also enable them to have a new payment system to avoid the problems of other cashless payment systems in the country.

    She added: “The essence of this programme is to promote our payment system, which is EDPoint, a cashless payment system which rewards you when you convert your money into EDPoint. The app also promotes our merchants on the platform.”

    He urged SMEs to embrace the technology provided by smartphones, describing it as the new way of doing business.

    He charged Nigerians to embrace the new way of doing business, saying this would stimulate the economy, move their business forward and make life better.

    He asked the government to promote the new mode of doing business and make the business environment conducive in the nation.

    The Manager of Edmark International, Mr Kingsley Eze, said: ‘’D-Podiun talent hunt grand finale was open to everybody that had something to offer and that is smart enough.Our first audition was on December 1; today is the grand finale. We have 15 contestants, five of them will emerge winners. The first prize is N100,000, the second is N50,000 while the third is N30,000. The fourth and fifth were also given consolation prizes.”

    ‘’The essence of the talent hunt is to promote our event centre called D-Podium International Event Centre,’’ he said. One of the participants, Ebi Soroaye, said   participants were given a free voucher of 1000 EDPoints which is equivalent to N20,000 and is used to purchase anything within N100,000.

    “Whatever you purchase, you will also get loyalty points and with it, you can purchase other points and it is a good one that Edmark has done here today.  With the voucher, I got a Chinese drink and popcorn. Other people got several things,” she added.

     

  • EDMARK unveils first cashless night market, focuses on SMEs

    A multinational health wellness firm, EDMARK International Group of Companies has launched the first cashless  night market in Nigeria with focus on growing up the small Scale medium enterprise (SMEs), network marketing, information technology, real estate and other sectors.

    Speaking over the weekend at the first ever Faaji Night Cashless Market in Nigeria powered by an arm of the company, ED2E (Edmark2Everything), the Founder and Chairman of the Company, Mr. Sam Low said his company, which currently has over 50, 000 Nigerians on its payroll through full-time employment and network marketing, plan to create 10, 00 jobs per year in Nigeria commencing from 2019.

    Aside through distribution of his company’s numerous products that help fight obesity, overweight and many viruses that leads to cancer in all the 36 states of the federation, Low, a Malaysian Citizen, said EDMARK is currently constructing a 100-flat low, medium and diamond cost Housing estate on a 21-hectare of land in Lekki, Eti Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State to mark the his entry into real estate business in Nigeria, a stride he said has created over 1, 000 direct and indirect jobs alone in the last three months.

    “Since we arrived in Nigeria nine years ago, we have created over 200, 000 jobs. As things stand today, we have over 50, 000 Nigerians on our payroll through direct and indirect jobs. We are providing jobs and platforms for young and enterprising Nigerians to excel through network marketing, real estate and information technology.

    “We are also involved in advocacies of sensitising and educating Nigerians on how to live a healthy life. We are alerting Nigerians on dangers associated with obesity and overweight. Over 500, 000 dies yearly as a result of overweight and obesity in the world. We have brought NAFDAC certified products to Nigerians to help them stay healthy, shake off and flush their body system to reduce the chance of contacting cancer and other killer diseases,” Low said.

    On the purpose of the Cashless Night Market powered by his company, Low said it is to encourage Nigerians to imbibe the culture of cashless policy that is currently trending across the globe.

    Corroborating Low, a Double Crown Manager of EDMARK, Mr. Emeka Ononiwu, in a chat with news men at the event said the company is helping the nation to stimulate the economy and make money circulate easily.

    “We bring Merchants (Business Onwers) and buyers together and provide them the platform to interface and also an easy means of making payments without having to carry money around. Today, there is free Wifi for everyone to access the EDPoints mobile app.”

    A participant who came to sell furniture at the cashless Night Market, Chidi Okeke exhibited excitement at the rate his products were rushed at the event, comically saying he was leaving the event to go home and pay his house rent which he said has expired since August with no money to pay due to lack of sales.

    Part of the products displayed by business owners whom the firm described as “Merchant” at the Cashless Night Market include but not limited to the following; interior decoration, furniture, electronics, food, drinks, clothes and shoes, jewelleries, provisions, books, hair accessories, Suya, Asun, cake, snacks and all products of EDMARK Group of Companies.

  • EDMARK unveils first cashless night market, focuses on SMEs

    A multinational health wellness firm, EDMARK International Group of Companies has launched the first cashless  night market in Nigeria with focus on growing up the small Scale medium enterprise (SMEs), network marketing, information technology, real estate and other sectors.

    Speaking over the weekend at the first ever Faaji Night Cashless Market in Nigeria powered by an arm of the company, ED2E (Edmark2Everything), the Founder and Chairman of the Company, Mr. Sam Low said his company, which currently has over 50, 000 Nigerians on its payroll through full-time employment and network marketing, plan to create 10, 00 jobs per year in Nigeria commencing from 2019.

    Aside through distribution of his company’s numerous products that help fight obesity, overweight and many viruses that leads to cancer in all the 36 states of the federation, Low, a Malaysian Citizen, said EDMARK is currently constructing a 100-flat low, medium and diamond cost Housing estate on a 21-hectare of land in Lekki, Eti Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State to mark the his entry into real estate business in Nigeria, a stride he said has created over 1, 000 direct and indirect jobs alone in the last three months.

    “Since we arrived in Nigeria nine years ago, we have created over 200, 000 jobs. As things stand today, we have over 50, 000 Nigerians on our payroll through direct and indirect jobs. We are providing jobs and platforms for young and enterprising Nigerians to excel through network marketing, real estate and information technology.

    “We are also involved in advocacies of sensitising and educating Nigerians on how to live a healthy life. We are alerting Nigerians on dangers associated with obesity and overweight. Over 500, 000 dies yearly as a result of overweight and obesity in the world. We have brought NAFDAC certified products to Nigerians to help them stay healthy, shake off and flush their body system to reduce the chance of contacting cancer and other killer diseases,” Low said.

    On the purpose of the Cashless Night Market powered by his company, Low said it is to encourage Nigerians to imbibe the culture of cashless policy that is currently trending across the globe.

    Corroborating Low, a Double Crown Manager of EDMARK, Mr. Emeka Ononiwu, in a chat with news men at the event said the company is helping the nation to stimulate the economy and make money circulate easily.

    “We bring Merchants (Business Onwers) and buyers together and provide them the platform to interface and also an easy means of making payments without having to carry money around. Today, there is free Wifi for everyone to access the EDPoints mobile app.”

    A participant who came to sell furniture at the cashless Night Market, Chidi Okeke exhibited excitement at the rate his products were rushed at the event, comically saying he was leaving the event to go home and pay his house rent which he said has expired since August with no money to pay due to lack of sales.

    Part of the products displayed by business owners whom the firm described as “Merchant” at the Cashless Night Market include but not limited to the following; interior decoration, furniture, electronics, food, drinks, clothes and shoes, jewelleries, provisions, books, hair accessories, Suya, Asun, cake, snacks and all products of EDMARK Group of Companies.

  • Edmark launches mobile app for payment services in Lagos

    A health wellness and lifestyle company, EDMARK International Group of Companies on Monday in Lagos unveiled the future of digital payment in Nigeria.

    It launched EDpoints, a mobile application designed to connect  customers to distributors through a cashless mobile payment platform that embarks Matrix QR code technology for  customers’ seamless transactions.

    The new mobile app, which allows customers to do transactions digitally, is similar to mobile wallet where users securely keep their money and pay for shopping and utility bills in any of the company’s partnered distributors.

    It is invented by a subsidiary of the EDMARK Group, called Edmark2Everything (ED2E).

    EDpoints also offers a premium package tailored to suit consumers’ requirements, such as advertising services to enable users boost their ranking on the ED2E merchant listing, and an opportunity for business traffic and revenue to increase at minimal cost with a passive income through referral as ED2E member.

    Speaking at the unveiling of the mobile app at EDMARK’s new Corporate office, called D’Podium, at Aromire Avenue, Allen, Ikeja, Chief Operating Officer of ED2E Marc Richard Camaligan explained the new mobile will help users to make cashless transactions and give a unique experience to enable people to carry out seamless transactions with ease.

    He said ‘’the new ED2E mobile app leverages on technology to make our customers happy and enable them to take advantage inherent in Information Communications Technology that is ever growing in Nigeria. This is the beginning of a large platform that helps us connect to a large community.

    “The mobile app can be downloaded from the play store on any android phone; it makes purchase of products easy without having to carry large cash around. Currently the company has 450,000 Edmarkers and 11 branches in Nigeria, you see, this indeed is the beginning of much bigger platform to help Nigerians succeed’’ Camaligan, a Malaysian Citizen said.

    In his remarks, the Chairman and Founder of EDMARK International Group of Companies, Mr. Sam Low added that wealth could only be created when money flows and Edmark with the new mobile app has created a very simple way to shop for both users and merchants by getting 5% loyalty bonus on any purchase with the Endpoints.

    The Malaysian citizen explained further ‘’Edmark is not just doing business and making profit but our mission is to help boost the economy of Nigeria, where we operate. There are many opportunities here in Nigeria such as in huge human resources, technology, infrastructure, entrepreneurialship, and transportation just to mention but a few.

    “ED2E mobile app will help facilitate easy financial transactions and help put the economy of Nigeria on a digital eco system that will improve the people’s lives and stimulate economic growth to which Edmark is committed to help people succeed.  The new mobile app consists of three components among real estate, merchants and Multi Level Marketing that is solidly built on technology which is the mobile payment that is more reliable, faster, safer and more efficient.

    “The current economy in the global system is designed on digital technology that will solve many current challenges we face daily. With this new innovation, Edmark can become the biggest platform in business where everyone, no matter where they are or reside can do business. This is the wonderful opportunity we have brought to Nigeria and I am glad it is happening here’’

    In addition,  Edmark’s  Managing Director of Industries, Mrs Hema Hee added that  the new mobile app would be of great advantage to both users and merchants because the technology is built in such a way that will speedy up financial transactions that is cashless and this can be done anywhere around the world.

    “Edmark is a forward thinking company, we are innovative, we create opportunities and help bring people out of poverty to wealth and with this new digital innovation unveiled today we are a company to do business with’’ she said.

    Responding to questions from news men on how the company would face the challenges associated with digital technology such as poor network, the firm’s Head of Operations, Mr. James Dinio said the company had put in place effective strategy to combat future challenges and with their well grounded technology team, they would be able to surmount any future problem.

    Present at the event were other members of Edmark International Management team such as, Group Chief Operation Officer, Mr. Bien Wapanio, General Manager, Edmark Industries, Mr. Gilbert Yeoh and other dignitaries like the President of Nigeria-Malaysia Busines Council, Dr. Michael Oladipo Aderohunmu and former Ambassador of Nigeria to Malaysia, Mr. Ringo Bello amongst others.

     

     

     

     

  • Ambode,others unveils EDMARK’s first international event centre in Lagos

    EDMARK Group of Companies, a multinational company present in 30 countries, on Sunday unveiled its state of the art International Event Centre in Lagos, Nigeria.

    The company also announced his venture into real estate business in Nigeria, stating that their 2nd project is currently under construction in Lekki, Eti Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State to mark the flag off of the project.

    The commissioning of the EDMARK’s D’Podium, situated at Aromire Avenue, off Allen, Ikeja, was attended by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode who was represented by his Personal Assistant, Mr. Bolaji Are, Philippines Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms. Shirley Vicario and her Husband, Mr. Pascario Vicario, Malaysian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mohd Yunus Bin Ibrahim and Kano born Nigerian Business Mogul, Alhaji Hassan Dantata.

    The Chairman/Founder, EDMARK Group of Companies, Mr. Sam Low (middle), Philippines Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms. Shirley Vicario, Senator Akin Odunsi, and during the grand opening of D’Podium International Event Centre situated at Aromire Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos on Sunday July 22nd 2018.

     

    Also present were Former Nigerian Ambassador to Malaysia, Mr. Ringo Bello, former Nigerian Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District, Mr. Akin Odunsi, top management executives of EDMARK led by its Founder/Chairman, Mr. Sam Low and many of the company’s distributors and guests alike.

    Speaking at the official grand opening of the master piece edifice that was partially opened earlier in March, the Chairman/Founder of EDMARK Group of Companies, Mr. Sam Low expressed his happiness over the feats his organization had achieved within nine years of starting businesses in Nigeria despite the initial huddles encountered.

    In his words, the Malaysian said “I am very happy to be in Nigeria to commission this multi billion naira edifice. Some years ago, I heard a voice in me, “Sam stop going to America to expand your business and go to Africa but i asked which part of Africa because at that time Africa was the last place I thought of investing.

    “But finally, I found out from my map that Nigeria was in the centre of Africa and ironically was the biggest and the darkest part to invest at the time. After making up my mind to invest in Nigeria, we were faced with some challenges but we were not deterred, we re-planed and re- strategized and for this I want to say, I am grateful to my team who believed in our dream.

    “Though our operation started in Ghana as a result of the initial challenges we faced when we attempted to set up our businesses in Nigeria; however, a year later, we moved into Nigeria after crossing the hurdles with the regulatory authorities and to cut the long story short; today we have eleven branches all over the major cities of the nation of Nigeria including Lagos and Abuja, where we have built up with employees from across the globe.

    “Ours is a company committed to people’s well-being. We want citizens of Africa to live well and that is why our healthy supplement products help to tackle obesity and reduces the spread of cancer.” The joyous Low said amidst cheers from the audience.

    He said that he strongly believe that the newest property which is humanitarian in approach, will enhance more businesses, open more opportunities, change the face of businesses and help boost the economy of Nigeria and other African countries.

    In his opening remarks, EDMARK General Manager, Nigeria, Mr. Maurice Etim stated that the firm started the construction of the multi-billion naira building at a very trying period when recession was at its peak in the country and of course in Africa, but despite the economic challenges at the time that made so many investors to run away from Nigeria, his Chairman, Sam Low did not run away, rather, he invested heavily in Nigeria, creating over 5, 000 jobs in the process.

    “Today, Edmark International is not only a success in Nigeria but a huge success in West Africa. Edmark International has helped to combat obesity in Nigeria as well as empowered many Nigerians and other African citizens.”

    “I must also say that the success would not have been possible without our hardworking team and distributors. Today, we can see that Edmark International is a big success in Nigeria and the evidence is why we are in this multi billion naira state of the art edifice in the heart of Lagos” Etim said.

    The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Edmark International whose office constructed the event centre, Mr. Bien Wapiano listed the several infrastructures embedded in the edifice such as offices in fourth floor, Staff House and Kitchen at the sixth floor, Modern Restaurant for Malaysia, Chinese, Philippines and Nigerian Foods, Seminar Hall and Open Roof-top with Waterproof Membrane.

    Other features of the building are a Roof-top Cooling System for Fun Seekers, a State of the Art 2, 000 Capacity Event Hall, Well-Equipped Offices for all Employees of the Company in Lagos, a Micro Finance Banking Hall, Food Outlet, Office and Store Spaces for Rent, just to mention but a few.

    Also present at the event were the President, Edmark, Philippine, Sir Joey Urquia, Chief Marketing Officer, Edmark International, Mr. Lynden Valdez, Chief Operation Officer, Edmark Nigeria, Mr. Bien Wapanio, Chief Operating Officer, Edmark to Everything (ED2E), Mr. Marc Camaligan and several other staff of the company from Ghana, Sudan, Cameroon, Togo, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Kenya, Congo, Saudi Arabia, Philippines and Malaysia.

  • Edmark holds cashless exhibition in Lagos

    A Multinational Health Wellness and anti-obesity firm, EDMARK International Group of Company, has held the first-ever cashless product exhibition in Nigeria, tagged: “Cashless Shopping Bazzar”.

    The exhibition held at its yet-to-be opened Corporate Headquarters on Aromire Avenue, Ikeja.

    The event was attended by the company’s distributors and financial institutions who came to display their products and services with only the newly invented mobile application of the firm called ED-POINT accepted as means of payment instead of cash.

    Invented by ED2E, a subsidiary of the EDMARK International, ED-POINT is a mobile application that can be downloaded from Google or apple play stores on iphone and android phones.

    The mobile payment platform, which started in Philippines in 2016, has now been moved to five African countries – Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria.

    Founder/Chairman of EDMARK Group Mr. Sam Low said: “EDPOINT is a mobile application that needs to be loaded as currencies to avoid using physical cash for payments in all our branches nationwide.

    “Once the app is loaded, it can be used to purchase our products from our distributors. The app can be reloaded in any of the EDMARK branches across Nigeria. We believe that the new development will make transactions fast, user friendly and also reduce risk associated with movement of cash and promote transparency and accountability.”

  • EDMARK holds first-ever cashless exhibition in Lagos

    …to Promote Entrepreneurship in Nigeria with Two Million Dollar

    …unveil Mobile Payment Application

    A Multinational Health Wellness and anti-obesity firm, EDMARK International Group of Company on Thursday held the first ever cashless product exhibition in Nigeria tagged “CASHLESS SHOPPING BAZZAR” aimed at promoting transparency, accountability, customers’ satisfaction, stress reduction and risk associated with physical movement of cash to in and out of her outlets across the federation.

    The bazaar exhibition which took place at the yet-to-be commissioned newly completed Corporate headquarters of the company situated at Aromire Avenue, Ikeja was attended by the company’s distributors popularly known as Crown and Double Crown Managers and several private Business Men and Women including financial institutions who came to display their products and services with only the newly invented mobile application of the firm called ED-POINT accepted as means of payment instead of cash.

    Invented by ED2E, a subsidiary of the EDMARK International, ED-POINT is a mobile application that can be downloaded from goggle or apple play stores by iphone and android phones users. The mobile payment platform which started in Philippine in 2016 has now been moved to five African countries namely Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria.

    Speaking with news men on the features of the mobile payment platform and the ongoing cashless bazaar which ends today, The Founder/Chairman of the EDMARK Group of Company, Mr. Sam Low said “EDPOINT is a Mobile application that needs to be loaded as currencies in order to avoid the use of physical cash for payments in all the branches across the federation.

    He said “once the app is loaded, it can be used to purchase our products from our distributors. The App can be reloaded in any of the EDMARK branches across Nigeria. We are of the believe that the new development will make transactions to be fast, user friendly and also for reduce risk associated with movement of cash and promote transparency and accountability and also to make our relationship with our over 450, 000 distributors easy and productive.

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    Low, a Philippine citizen who claimed that his firm has invested over $5billion in Nigeria in the last 10 years, also announced that his company is currently working out a measure that will promote entrepreneurship in Nigeria with about $2milliom through Information Technology, Health and Real Estate.

    “I started entrepreneurship on the street of Malaysia as a Street hawker, today; I sit over a firm with about $20billion investment in 17 countries of the world. I wasn’t lucky to have people to mentor me but I want to offer the young people of Nigeria what I was not lucky to be offered yet I succeeded. I am committed to abolishing poverty in Nigeria through Information Technology< Health and Real Estate.” Low said in an emotion-laden speech.

    The Chief Operating Officer of EDMARK International who also doubles as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ED2E, Mr. Marc Camaligan said that the application is outstanding because it has reload features with 5% bonus. He said the company diverted from traditional to technological method of payment because their distributors are becoming isolated from the global best practices.

    Some of the company’s Crown Managers and participants who graced the cashless bazaar and products exhibition in an interview with our correspondent expressed joy and happy over the new innovation.

    To Mr. David T. Obinwizu, a Double Crown Manager at EDMARK International, the new mobile platform will afford him and his colleagues a golden opportunity to showcase their businesses and sell their products with an amazing ease without the use of cash. He said it is an opportunity for distributors to maximize profit and reduce stress of going to banks to make deposit and withdrawal cash.

    Another participant, Christiana Begusa who came to the exhibition center for shopping said the mobile app is designed in such a way that a low-cadre education person can make use of it and that it is data friendly and it can switch on with limited internet connection.

    The cashless bazaar and exhibition had several products for sale ranging from clothes, shoes, all EDMARK products, provisions, inspirational books, hair accessories etc using the EDPOINT mobile application.

  • Firm urges Enugu residents to lose weight

    A firm, Edmark has made a strong case for weight loss, saying it is a good way to be in fine health.

    The firm organised a slim-down tagged P4 Lose to win in Enugu, using it to explain the importance of controlling one’s weight.

    The event was well attended.

    After hours of exhaustive physical exercise held at the auditorium of the Oakland Centre, a business seminar was held where the company outlined its business opportunities. The company said it kicked off the first P4 Lose to win in 2014.

    “Edmark Nigeria has since helped over 1,300 individuals lose over 12,000 kilograms of their excess weight collectively. The weight loss challenge rewards participants for their discipline in achieving their healthy body mass index,” said a manager of the company at the event.

    A participant at the event, Ms Esther Nwokedi stood out as the one who lost the most amount of weight.

  • EDMARK holds exhibition in Lagos

    As part of its campaign against obesity especially among Nigerians, a multinational health wellness firm, Edmark International, during the week, held an exhibition talk show in Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria.

    Speaking at the event, the Double Crown Manager, EDMARK Nigeria, Engr. Emeka Raymond Onanewu, said the event was organised because the company was concerned with the rate at which Nigerians are dying through many diseases associated with overweight and obesity.

    Speaking with our correspondnt, Onanewu, said: “We converge every three months to let the people know how to maintain a healthy wealth, the danger associated with overweight and to also suppress what is called obesity.

    “So, we are here today to celebrate achievers, we are here to sensitise the people against modern day challenges, we are saying enough to obesity, we are here to let people know about the danger of overweight and fatness in human health.

    “As a company, we took it as a responsibility to let people know why they should live healthy, the food they should eat, and what they should not eat and we have drugs produced by our firm in Malaysia according to international best practice that can help one to burn fat and help one come back to the normal healthy weight.”

    On the suitability of their products, Onanewu said “our products are very healthy and hygienic to the people. We are not marketing for any firm, we produce our products ourselves. The processing plant that mixes EDMARK liquid drugs and juice in Malaysia is the biggest and largest in the world. It was built with over ten million dollar.

    “Our plant is certified by World Health Organisation in Malaysia and our products here in Nigeria are certified by National Agency for Food, Drugs, Administration and Control (NAFDAC).”

    Another speaker at the event, Mr. Canice Anozie, said obesity is a pandemic disease that has broken many people’s homes and made many people lose their jobs.

    The firm, as part of its corporate social responsibility, conducted Body Mass Index, BMI, test for twenty participants at the event free of charge and gave out both tablet and liquid drugs to those who are overweight to help them burn fat.

    Founded by a Philippine, Sam Low Ban Chai, Edmark Group of Companies is a multi-million dollar company with market presence in over 25 countries.