Stumbled on a phenomenal Ghanaian entrepreneur last week and spent time to understand her business and her motivations. She is serving small shop owners in the area around where she lives and has 700 of them as customers already. She has a degree in Actuarial Science and a Masters in Computer Science. Almost about to start a PhD.
I convinced her not to raise anything yet. This is a business that is already profitable and can expand through partnerships. Helping her with those partnerships and giving her more support in the process.
What fascinated me the most is that she is running this startup from her living room and her car. She showed me her dashboard with all the small shops she is serving and pictures of products piled up in her living room. I even went outside and saw products inside her car.
Other people are struggling with ideas but she is doing it. This is the thing I found out about Ghanaian women from my early days here. They have more self motivation than most Africans I know. They just get shit done.
She reminds me of my wife’s aunt who runs the largest trading operation I have ever seen in my life here in Accra. That is the person I want to introduce her to next, as they have so much in common.
All she did was walk up to me and introduce herself at a conference. Now, I am introducing her to family members who can help. All thanks to #3iSummit
From Sefton Road to Vicarage Road to Villa Park to Wembley to Old Trafford to San Siro back to Villa Park to Goodison Park and finally to Portman Road. It’s been some journey that I only dreamt of as a boy! But with this dream there has to be an ending and Saturday might be the Last Game Of My Professional Career🤘🏾💛💜🤍❤️💙 23 years and OUT!
To be continued….
Living near e-waste dumps in Ghana & Nigeria erodes trust, safety, and community ties—poisoning not just land, but social fabric. New study in *Ecological Economics*. 🔗https://t.co/SyIp3ygx8Z #Ewaste#SocialCapital
BEAST GAME EPISODE 3 IS OUT NOW!
To celebrate, I'm giving away $100,000 total to 10 random people who like and retweet this post!
Go watch it here: https://t.co/Yntf9E7FTN