Letter to Nigerian parents on university fess

[Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth]

Dear nigerian  parents

Times are hard economically.do not bother sending you ward to the university. Instead try to get  get a good lap top ,seĺl your car or do not think of buying one  and make the most of your trips via your lap top. Log on to a e library fill your mind with knowledge.you would appreciate. Do online shopping. Meet your friends online

Log on to the website of the worlds top publishers  and Africa's top publishers  to build your personal library. Talk to a librarian to help you. Look  at publishers catalog  like pearson 

Find out about venture capitalist,Angel investors and hubs.

Get your friends and family to brain storm about business ideas.foolish ideas are welcome. All ideas should be encouraged as long as they are legitimate.

What are you angry about? In the words of aðjuct faculty university of lagoss  subomi plumptre, you might have found a business opportunity. Or as Dr Abiodun egbetokun put it an entrepreneurial  gap.

 When you find a gap, you fill it with a product  or service according to the acronym ACcORD so revealed olu akanmu  now executive resident lagos businees  school. 

There are trilions of dollars  looking for projects to finance especially if the projects are scalable and have big impact.think big!

Try and assemble a competent  board of directors. Not nepotism.of diversity  of people and experience.do stakeholder  capitalism  not dare holder.do ESG enviroment  social and Governance issues. Then you are more likely to  attract  funding from these idle trilions  of dollars. Read the financial newspapers to know where the money flows.and the vital statistics  of the market. 

Try and look up the names I have mentioned  including Tunde oshobi,management consultant and Helen emore adjust faculty  lagos business school.dr ola brown mfr.follow them on  linkedin