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Former NBA Player Obinna Ekezie Talks about his New Business Venture in Nigeria

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Posted by: CareTaker on June 10, 2009 Under: Business & Technology, Nigeria, Positive Africa, Profile, Travel, USA



Obinna Ekezie, a former professional basketball player in the United States talks (with Erin Burnett of CNBC) about his new business venture in back home in Nigeria: Zeep Travel Network is acclaimed to be Nigeria’s first online travel portal.

According to the company’s website, Zeeptravel.com, the company “partners include major International and Local Airlines operating in Nigeria” and also “provides over 45000 hotels globally at discounted rates”.

Ekezie played for five NBA teams before he retired.


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  1. CNBC | Jun 10, 2009 | Reply

    This is from the “Dollars and Danger: Africa, the Final Investing Frontier” site on CNBC.com. Erin Burnett will report on both the companies and countries involved in African business ventures, and the risks involved. Its tonight (June 10th) at 9PM, 10PM and 1AM ET. For more show info, go here: http://bit.ly/XvQnU

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