What most times separates the outliers from the rest of us is the adeptness to see things differently. When we are faced with difficulties in life, outliers see an opportunity to create magic, others just complain, adapt and move on. Temilola’s journey into the world of entrepreneurship was a response to a difficult situation; a […]
Oparah Adaugo Chioma This article will expose you to how to make money from our wonderful social insects, bees. And before I proceed, I will like you to have some background knowledge of bees. Bees are social insects that live in a colony, consisting of a queen, drones and workers. There are different kinds of […]
Boluwatife Okeowo Credit (loans) availability remains one of the most pivotal keys to building a sustainable enterprise. Businesses are funded by two major means; equity and loans. While it is most desirable to start and expand your business through equity, sometimes it makes more financial sense to take a loan to support the cash flow […]
Rois Ola The life of an entrepreneur involves speaking to customers, employees, suppliers and most importantly speaking to sell their products and services. While having a fantastic product is very important, the ability to convince potential buyers and investors about the product is perhaps much more important. The mastering of effective communication, especially to a […]
Daniel Ogiku The internet has continued to define the way businesses are run. Nowadays, it is not uncommon to see businesses whose models are purely online driven. With the aid of web tools and applications, business transactions have become seamless, eliminating the need to move from one place to the other or having to interact […]
Mariam Haruna Detty December was super fun! I went to a couple of places in Lagos. I had the fun of my life! I cannot wait for December 2020 to come. I want to, however, share one odd experience I had. One evening during the festive season, my friend and I were looking for a […]
Temitope Adeyemo Living in Lagos, especially during the raining season is perhaps one of the most unpleasant experiences you can have in a cosmopolitan city. It was nine in the morning, the downpour refused to abate. I had no option but to leave the house for the interview Favour and I had scheduled for 10.30am. […]
Anselem Kadiri Doing business in Nigeria is hard enough, but the ever-increasing activities of cybercriminals and the ripple effects they have on businesses are making an already terrible situation worse. Killing Trust Nigeria is a low-trust society. What this means is that we are generally untrusting as a people. We manage to get along cautiously, […]
Temitope Adeyemo We begin our Top Ten Series with the twitter handles you must follow as an African entrepreneur. One of the most powerful inventions of this generation is the microblogging social network called Twitter. Twitter allows 280 characters per tweet, so users are compelled to be clear, precise and succinct. Again, the amount of […]
Temitope Adeyemo “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.” – Steve Jobs Adewale’s journey into the business world exemplifies Steve Jobs’ quote on trusting the process rather than placing too much emphasis on the […]