Interview with Google Star Ambassador.

Entrepreneurship is not trade. It’s more about spotting opportunities and matching them up with a course of study, a vocation or an idea to create value. Adepoju Emmanuel Abiodun’s story basically exemplifies that. Popularly called “Biggy” among his pears, he has been able to rise from the average student status to being a model to so many students in Nigeria and beyond its shores. Biggy is a 400 level student of the Department of Computer Science,...

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The reality of an Entrepreneur.

You'll never make anything good and sustainable in one day. You'll start in unbelief. You'll be disrespected. You'll go broke for weeks, though most likely, months. You'll eat foods that will normally disgust you. You'll sleep in very uncomfortable places. You may not experience this much but you'll surely come across some. Suddenly, you'll discover that you are beginning to know quite much, and then due to consistency, hard work, prayer, and...

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Interview with the Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Ibadan.

Professor Gbemisola Oke is the Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Ibadan. As regards series of event piling up towards the maiden edition of The Nigerian Campus Enterprise Challenge, holding fast at the University of Ibadan this month (September), we deemed it fit to hear from her. What purpose does the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation serve? The centre for entrepreneurship and innovation of the...

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Treading the unusual path - Interview with Ifeoluwa Olatayo Tryphena, CEO, Soupah Kitchen.

One of the students fronting unusual entrepreneurship at the University of Ibadan is Ifeoluwa Olatayo Tryphena; an English major and CEO of Soupah Kitchen. She's been able to make good use of her opportunities, ideas and leverage. As a student entrepreneur model, She shares with us her journey so far in sprouting a mountain from a magma. What in the world inspired you to start a business like this? Well, first is that I’ve always wanted...

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Interview with Mr Opeyemi Awoyemi, Co-Founder of Jobberman.

Can you give us a brief insight into who you are and what you love doing? I am Opeyemi Awoyemi. My Nigerian friends call me Opeawo. I have no Jamaican friends. I am a technology entepreneur and I love creating scalable and commercially viable products (internet or physical). How did you “find yourself”? It was not a well thought out process, I must confess, but I’d always wanted to do something beyond just going to school. I tried out...

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Interview with Award-Winning Social Student Entrepreneur Ludwick Marishane

Late last year, 21 year-old Ludwick Marishane of Cape Town, South Africa was named the 2011 Global Student Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2011 GSEA (Global Student Entrepreneur Awards), beating out 1,600 other student nominees from 42 countries. Ludwick won the title for his product Drybath, the only non-water based bath substitute lotion for the whole body. What is DryBath and what problem does it solve?LM: DryBath is the world's first and...

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8 questions for emerging entrepreneurs

     Having started, run and lead various companies since I was 15 years old, I’ve learned a few things about being an entrepreneur – often the hard way. I’ve had successes, failures and massive failures, but each taught me something valuable.While a lot has been written previously about the key qualities of successful entrepreneurs, I’ve always thought there were a few items that were missing. Sure, things...

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