Christopher Tagbo Onyekwelu (1898) was a prominent Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

n businessman who played a pioneering role in developing an indigenous recording industry in the country. He was born in Nawfia, Anambra State

Anambra State

Anambra is a state in south-eastern Nigeria. Its name is an anglicized version of the original 'Oma Mbala', the native name of the Anambra River. The Capital and the Seat of Government is Awka. Onitsha and Nnewi are the biggest commercial and industrial cities, respectively. The state's theme is...

 and attended a primary school nearby.
He started trading in palm kernel

Palm kernel

Many plants and trees like olive, soybean, canola, sunflower and coconut palm produce one type of oil. The fruits of the oil palm tree, however, yields two distinct oils - palm oil and palm kernel oil....

 during the early 1920s and sold most of the produce to the Niger company. He later plunged into other ventures such as trading in bicycle spare parts and ragoon rice but he later discovered that expatriate

Expatriate

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 firms were formidable competitors who had the potential, connections and resources to drive out their competitors.