Founded 2012
Labacorp Group has been working for 10 years across African countries. We are now positioned as a strong player in economic sectors with a game plan and “blueprint” for taping into Africa’s opportunities, 100% geared towards the development of the African Continent.
Labacorp Group is built around the strong and development vision of its founder, Mr. Bako Ambianda.
2012
Labacorp Group was founded in 2012 as an events company in the United States, with deep roots in the arena of conferences, exhibitions, and trade missions. President Barack Obama is organizing the Energy Congress 2012 and speaking at various Colleges in DMV (D.C, Maryland, and Virginia). A need arises for a local agency to organize the Congresses at some colleges. It is on this occasion that Bako Ambianda who was serving as the President of International Student Association (ISA) at Anne Community College, will lead a major team to plan and organize community events, the recipe that will make the success of the GAA (Global Attain Advancement, LLC now GAA Exhibitions & Conferences) which can truly be considered as the foundation of the Labacorp Group.
Bako Ambianda International, LLC was formed to organize professional development events
2014
Desire and motivated to launch a diversified group of companies to contribute to the development of Africa, a holding company structure was formed in 2013, and the group systematically added more businesses and focused its operations, leveraging the synergies that exist between its operations in the events industry and its core economic operations in manufacturing, power, real estate, and agriculture.
Partnership with Eco-Ship for the Transformational programme to construct the planet’s most environmentally sustainable cruise ship.
Partnership with NxtPort, Port of the Future for a data utility platform which will collect and pool data from various stages in the supply chain of the Port of Antwerp.
2016
Established presence in Texas through Global Attain Advancement LLC, as a Texas company
Established Labacorp Holdings USA, LLC as a Delaware company.
Labacorp Industries Limited was formed to the contribute towards Africa’s industrialization
Labacorp Power Company was formed
Established ATIGS Group International LLC, a global-Africa business development company to provides a full spectrum of specialist advisory, consulting, trading, and business development services gear towards attaining increases trade, investment, business development, and industrialization in Africa.
Partnership with EPIcenter, a $74 million project – transforming a historic power plant in San Antonio into a world-class center with five (5) elements: think tank, incubator, fabrication laboratory, exhibit space, and a conference center – all focused on new energy innovation. Founders CPS Energy, Land is+Gyr, Silver Spring Networks, and OCI Solar.
Signed an MOU with two major Texas’s companies to operate manufacturing facilities in Central Africa, contributing to prosperity by supporting industrial progress in Africa.
2018
Global Attain Advancement LLC among IREX Top 100 African Focus Companies in U.S.A
Established Labacorp Investments SARL in Togo
Established GAA Events in Rwanda
Launch of Labacorp Energy Limited in Cameroon and its Labacorp Solar Academy initiative to popularize access to renewable solutions to quickly address the energy access challenge on the African continent.
Created the largest solar show in Texas, Solar Business Festival (SBF) through Global Attain Advancement LLC, a portfolio of leading solar exhibitions and conferences including Solar Business Festival (SBF), and Solar Business Expo (SBE). Solar Business Festival became a significant business platform for knowledge sharing, connectivity, marketing, and sales.
Created the high-level premier Africa Trade and Investment Global Summit (ATIGS) through Global Attain Advancement and hosted the 2018 edition in Washington, DC, USA at the World Trade Center and brought together over 2,500 key economic players from more than 70 countries. These players included high-profile African leaders, key policymakers, business leaders, project developers, investment and trade agencies, global investors, media, and senior intergovernmental representatives.
Launch of the Africa Worldwide Alliance Partnerships (AfriWAPA), a trade marketing and pavilion initiative structuring the Group and planning its dynamic growth strategy and expansion.
Partnership with Confortis International S.A for the Development of 5 MW solar plant, 2.5 MW inverter and battery station with a generator at the Wellcity project in Lome, Togo. This is a real estate project of 1,000 housing units which will offer complete and integrated accommodations for 10,000 inhabitants with residential duplex, health center, shops, school complexes, and sports complexes.
2020
Transition of Labacorp Group to Seychelles Offshore Holding
Established Laba Ventures FZ-LLC in UAE to engage in solar and components trading.
Established LMC EcoTech, Co.,Ltd in Nigeria, a JV Partnership with MECEN IPC Co., Ltd, a South Korea based company to set up a PET bottle waste recycling plant to recycle post-industrial and post-consumer PET bottle waste and produce more value-added products such as rPET flake, Polyester staple fiber and non-Woven geotextile which has wide application range in various industry fields.The target market of final product will be the domestic market in Nigeria as well as overseas market.
Launch of Laba Solar, an off-grid solar energy toolkit for sustainable living, farming, and public shows. The project is intended to provide an innovative containerized plug and play solar energy solutions in Cameroon and Ghana, offering best-in-class engineering, components, and workmanship to meet the needs of rural and remote residential, community, commercial, and agricultural applications.
2022
Launch of Labacorp Plaza, a three (3) phase mixed-use development project in the capital of Ghana that will feature high-end, attractively designed buildings setting with architectural controls. The complex will be the new center of gravity for entrepreneurship, leisure, and luxury lifestyle in Ghana, with modern infrastructure and world-class amenities, facilities, and security within the Labacorp Plaza.
Since switching to a holding company structure, it has demonstrated the ability to transform itself and capitalize on opportunities in key economic sectors and has established a presence in five African countries and four overseas countries. The dynamics of this growth is from strategic partnerships that provide a solid foundation for the Group to continue its operations and expansion. So far, Labacorp Group has made considerable developments in Africa.
The Labacorp family is an entrepreneurial company that is driven to grow and committed to the future of Africa with a goal for the Group to last a minimum of 120 years.