SME Spotlight: Agoa Waste Management Company

Agoa Waste Management Company operates in the environmental services industry. It takes care of the pick-up, transportation, and disposal of a variety of waste materials, including medical and pharmaceutical waste, and offers cleaning services for domestic and industrial sites.

Companies like Agoa are attending to what has become a ubiquitous challenge for Nigeria. Each year the country generates about 32 million tonnes of solid waste, but only between 20% and 30% of this amount is collected. Poor or non-existent waste disposal and collection systems and practices have resulted in the accumulation of garbage in public spaces, constituting a health hazard to people who live or work in and around such environments.

Agoa is doing its bit to tackle this situation. Thanks to the expertise and cumulative years of experience of its team members, it is able to deliver waste management solutions to clients in multiple industries, allowing them to devote more time and resources to their core operations. The quality of its cleaning and waste collection services have earned it a good number of clients spread over broad portions of some of Nigeria’s major cities.

Founded in 2006, Agoa has walked a gradual but consistent path to scaling. It started at a single modest base, but has since expanded its geographical reach and range of services, and has built a brand for itself that is becoming recognized by entities in its target market: medical facilities, pharmaceutical establishments, construction sites, commercial settings, and private dwellings.

Agoa currently operates out of three locations: Ota in Ogun State, Surulere in Lagos State, and Ibadan in Oyo State. The company’s customers tend to be organizations and domestic residences situated in and around the cities in which Ago operates. It aims to expand into new locations as it grows its clientele and revenues, both goals that it continuously strives to achieve.

Agoa also offers fumigation services to residential and industrial clients. Businesses and domestic clients that intend to control the proliferation of pests in their environment can have this done by Agoa’s fumigation team. The company also helps with drainage and management, something that’s often top of the list of concerns of many communities and business establishments.

The clients for which Agoa has worked include construction and property development companies, medical facilities, and engineering companies. It has helped these firms with cleaning services, as well as the transportation and disposal of their waste. It has also supplied waste receptacles to customers in need of proper waste disposal containers.

Agoa aims to become one of Nigeria’s top hygiene and waste management firms by the year 2025, and wants to be an industry leader in Africa by 2030. It has a long way to go on its path to achieving this dream. But it could come close to touching its goals if it accelerates its current pace of growth– an accomplishment that’s probably within its reach.