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Dealing with Recession: SMEs Can Adopt Business Sustainable Models to Make Profit

Adiya Atuluku is a management and sustainability consultant, working on national projects mainly in Information Technology (IT), telecommunications, and environmental industries in multicultural environments. She is a LEAP Africa alumnus where she participated in its Youth Leadership Programme as a youth corp member 10...

This 36-year-old journalist owns the 2nd largest rice farm in Nigeria

Meet 36-year-old Rotimi Williams, a journalist turned farmer who owns the 2nd largest rice farm in Nigeria. Nigerians consume more than 5 million metric tons of rice every year, with a significant portion of its consumption sourced from imports. However, Rotimi wants to change...

There is huge market untapped in PayTV – ACTV Boss

African Cable Television (ACTV) is a Nigerian-owned multi-media company that offers a Direct to Home (DTH) pay-TV. The company entered the Nigerian broadcast industry with determination to push its way into the pay-TV market amidst fierce competition which the likes of Multichoice, owners of...

I was a street hawker before fortune smiled on me through music – Don Jazzy

Whenever he struts out of his N19 million worth Porsche 911 Carrera, the picture that looms large is that of opulence. But unknown to many people, especially his fans, Michael Collins Ajereh famously known as Don Jazzy once hawked on the streets of Ajegunle,...

How I Became a Billionaire from Oil Business – Folorunsho Alakija

She is described as "billionaire oil tycoon, Fashion designer and philanthropist" and her net-worth is estimated to be around $3.3 billion, making her the richest black woman pushing Oprah Winfrey's $2.7 billion dollar net worth into 2nd place in the world. But 30 years...

The Business of Show Business: How Ace Comedian Ali Baba Became a Millionaire through Comedy

Since the late 1980s when he embraced the comedy business with passion, Akporobome has literally changed the face of the industry in Nigeria. Indeed, he pioneered and took the comedy business to a new and unprecedented height. He not only made joke-making fashionable and...