Julius is an alumnus of the famous and prestigious Lagos Business School having attended several business management and leadership courses including the Enterprise Management Program which he completed in 2018/2019. In February 2020, he completed the Owners Managers Program at the prestigious Lagos Business School vis a vis an exchange program at the Strathmore Business School, Nairobi Kenya; and a field trip to Ethiopia.
Julius has in his official and personal capacity won several awards for his pace-setting innovation, excellence and impact in the real estate sector such as the Nigerian Property Merit Award & Real Estate Excellence Award 2017 as well as the Nigerian Real Estate Industry and African Child Prize for Impacting the Nigerian Child through Real Estate, to mention but a few. He won the 2018 Real Estate Excellence Award for the Most Enterprising Managing Director of the Year. Mr Julius was the key note speaker at the National Real Estate Summit organized by the Federal House of Representative Committee on Land & Housing held in May 2019, where he also received on behalf of his company, the award for the “Most Outstanding Real Estate Marketing Company of the Year”. In September 2019, he received on behalf of PWAN PLUS, the award of the “Best Real Estate Marketing Company of the Year” at the 13th edition of the Nigerian Media Nite-Out Award, a public and private sector award. In his capacity as the MD, he won the Real Estate Marketing Personality of the Year Award in September 2019. By November 2019, he led his company to receive the highly coveted Top 100 SMEs Award from Business Day Ltd. He has recently been nominated for the Most Outstanding Real Company CEO of the Year in the Real Estate Excellence Award 2020 for his outstanding contribution in the real estate industry, humanity & the fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic while his company, PWAN PLUS was nominated as the Most Outstanding Real Estate Company of the Year.
During the COVID-19 pandemic when business were shutting down and many organizations were laying off employees and implementing pay-cuts, Julius ensured that his employees got their full pay whilst the company expanded to Abia (Aba) and Akwa Ibom (Uyo), opening three (3) new estates with two (2) new estates to be unveiled in Umuahia and Abakaliki. During the lockdown, Julius served as the coordinator of the PWAN Group COVID-19 Palliative Initiative where thousands of beneficiaries across over 12 communities and locations in Lagos got food items and reliefs during a 2 weeks distribution exercise. Julius continues to bring his humanitarian and alternative dispute resolution expertise to solve problems and resolve disputes on behalf of the PWAN Group and customary, private and public sector stakeholders. He has successfully impacted the lives of local miscreants (a.k.a. omo oniles) in his estates’ host communities by his exemplary lifestyle and conduct, and many of them have left their primitive and violent lifestyles to become successful entrepreneurs and business owners, and who are in turn impacting their families and communities.
Julius is the convener of the School of Strategy which held its inaugural intensive sales & marketing training in September 2019 for over 200 realtors and other entrepreneurs cutting across the financial, manufacturing, health, sales and other sectors of the economy. He organizes and facilitates regular online and offline business trainings and workshops where thousands have been empowered for financial freedom. He mentors thousands of youth via his social media and private sessions as his schedules allow.
Julius is consummate and committed family man. He is happily married to the special woman he calls his “heartbeat”- Peace Chinyere Oyedemi and they have two wonderful kids.
He was decorated with an honorary doctorate degree by the American European University, for his distinguished achievements in real estate development and management.
Perfecting the honorary conferral, at the prestigious Landmark building, Lekki Lagos recently, the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the international institution said: “In consideration for the outstanding achievements of Julius Olaniyi Oyedemi in real estate development and management which has positively impacted lives and contributed to the socioeconomic development of the country Nigeria, the Senate of European American University hereby confers on him the award of Doctor of Science (D.Sc) in Real Estate Development, Business Strategy and Corporate Governance, with all its rights and privileges of the University.
