Dr Samuel Maduka Onyishi got a degree in Social Works and Community from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He later earned an MBA in Entrepreneurship from the Institute for Transformative Thought and Learning in the Doctoral Research Centre of the University of Arizona, Phoenix, in the United States and founded the transportation company – Peace Mass Transit Limited (PMT) in 1996. He joined the Board of C & I Leasing Plc. in 2020.