Correction.Letter to Nigerian parents on university fess

[Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth]

Dear nigerian  parentsin nigeria

Try and exploit the Africa continental  free trade agreements instead of  choosing to live vicariously through your children.

Times are hard economically.do not bother sending you ward to the university.

 Instead try to get  get them 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 an e library fill your mind with knowledge.you would appreciate.ee sre in a knowledge society. 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. See how you can advance one  some or any of the SDGS .

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.then separate The wheat from the chafe

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 shareholders ..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. 

Àfrica is a huge market be knowledgeable  about Africa.read important works by  olusegun obasanjo like making Africa work same Wole soyinka Toyin falola,Afe babalola. Its a 1.4 bilion people market but you're going to just grab and grab alone.uou also contribute to the conversation  as to how to make Africa work. Because if it worlrs well it sure to be a jolly ride. Check out books by ayeba  Clark  they sre publishes of African books. Check Pan African universty press. Palgrave mcmillan.routledge and Indiana universty.oxford univerdty press and Cambridge University press for African books.you can even contact the associstion of African librarians. For any kind of book thst would help you to underframe Africa.Adrica must be conquered in a positive way. Maybe you can do it.1.4 biliin people.its a huge market.sesrch for the  speeches of dr Akinwunmi Adesina ,president of the Africa develoment Bank. Yhry sre compulsory reading.i cal him Mr Africa.!

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