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Growth & Development Limited · Project Majapa-Japada · 2025
GDL Presents · A New Movement

The Best Minds Should Build Nigeria

Before you Japa, read this. GDL is recruiting the next generation of wealth creators, institution builders, and nation-shapers — not because staying is easy, but because it is the boldest move.

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What if staying
was the boldest
move you made?

Nigeria is not broken beyond repair. It is unbuilt. And the generation that has the tools, the education, the hunger, and the global perspective to build it — is packing bags and boarding planes.

Project Majapa-Japada is GDL's open invitation to exceptional young Nigerians: those who stayed, and those who left — to come and build something that lasts.

At GDL — a diversified financial institution committed to creating wealth, transforming society, and expanding Nigeria's middle class — we believe the brightest minds belong at the frontier of that mission.

01 · Majapa
Majapa
"Do Not Japa"
A call to those considering leaving. Your talent, your ambition, your education — they were never meant to build someone else's nation while yours waits for you.
02 · Japada
Japada
"Come Back"
A welcome to those who left. We know why you went. But Nigeria is at an inflection point — and what you learned out there is exactly what we need in here.
10+
Years of Institutional Excellence
5
Opportunity Pillars
1
Nation to Build Together

Nine frontiers.
Infinite impact.

📈
01
GDL Index Fund
Targeting returns superior to inflation
🛢️
02
GDL E&P Fund
Making Oil & Gas wealth available to several Nigerians
🏢
03
GDL REITs
Repositioning real estate investments to improve the income and capital gain mix
💳
04
Consumer Finance
Ending usurious and exploitative lending
🏗️
05
Transformation Plans
Birthing transformation plans for states and raising funding for them
💡
06
Innovation Funds
To commercialize home and diaspora patents
🎓
07
Education Fund
An impact education fund to get hundreds and thousands of students to school
🏥
08
Health Fund
An impact health fund to cover severe health incidents, usually not covered by most policies.
📱
09
Fintech Payments
Building a strong Fintech Payments Services presence

"Not every dream lives abroad. Some of the most important ones belong right here."

Project Majapa-Japada · GDL · 2026

Excellence
is the only
requirement.

  • First Class Graduates CGPA 4.5/5.0 or equivalent · Any discipline
  • Strong Second Class Upper 2:1 with exceptional profile, leadership, or demonstrated impact
  • Exceptional Thinkers Intellectual curiosity · Strategic mind · Drive to build
  • Future Leaders You've built things, led people, solved hard problems

Nigerian Institutions

University of Ibadan UNN Ahmadu Bello OAU UNILAG UNIBEN Covenant University Babcock University Pan-Atlantic University + Other Elite Institutions
Global Institutions

We also recruit from Top 100 Global Universities worldwide — from London to Lagos, Oxford to Ottawa. If you studied at a world-class institution and want to bring that excellence home, we want to meet you.

Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
Shortlisted candidates proceed to an assessment, panel interview, and final selection.

Only the exceptional need apply.

Build
The Future is Recruiting

A Different Future
Starts With You.

GDL is not just offering a job. We are offering a seat at the table where Nigeria's future is being built. Are you ready?

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