Reinvention of the wheel: Nigerian turns tyres into ‘black gold’

Shrewd businesswoman now has a workforce of 128 to make in-demand products out of rubber rubbish

07 October 2021 - 19:28 By Fikayo Owoeye and Seun Sanni

In Nigeria, a country heavily reliant on revenues from its oil exports, entrepreneur Ifedolapo Runsewe has identified another type of black gold: used car tyres...

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