George Calil (businessman)

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rdf:langString George Calil (died 1967) was a Lebanese businessman who operated his business in the Nigerian city of Kano. He was a major groundnut trader in the 1940s–1960s, and was one of the earliest entrepreneurs who invested in manufacturing units in the city of Kano and other parts of the country. George Calil arrived in Kano in 1928, and soon joined the groundnuts trade. He was able to win minimal concessions from the commodity control boards which allowed him to become a produce agent. In 1951, he founded an oil processing mill in Kano, he later established a few foundries producing tea kettles and silver plates and supplying casting materials to the Nigerian Railway Corporation and a few other local plants. He died in 1967, and his business was transferred to his sons, Ely Calil and Bernard Calil.