SWEET INDULGENCE BY K.

by: RUFAI-LARIBA KIITAN 14/0786

9 to 5 jobs definitely don’t cut it for a lot of people these days, not even with the situation of our country(Nigeria) right now. People graduate with excellent results and find it very hard to get good jobs or any job at all. A lot of people would rather have side hustles and become their own bosses, right from their secondary school days and university days.

Rosemary Awoh, a 300 level Mass Communication student is a young entrepreneur who has decided to be self-employed and has decided to be her own boss. She makes special body soaps for different skin types and for different purposes.

Her entrepreneurship journey started when she was in primary school. She would buy things from the “tuck shop” as it was called then and go back to resale to her class mates and her teacher encouraged her. She went on to high school (Holy Child College), when in Jss2 she started making beads and also sold them to her class mates which went really well. Fast forward to her final year in high school, she started selling shawarma and cupcakes that went averagely well.

In 2015, she started her hair brand called Fleek hair and this was working well for her because she pushed her business through her Instagram. In 2016, she came up with Sweet Indulgence. it is a skincare brand, infused with pure organic products. She says that she is an average student but wants to be recognised for something different that nobody can possibly beat her in.

She says that being a student as well an entrepreneur has been good, because she has a lot of her course mates supporting her and also helping her publicize her brand. She also says that her family is really supportive and her mum is her number one fan. She mentioned that the recession has also been a bit of a problem but she’s working with it.

When asked where she sees herself in 5 years, she said she sees herself being a self-made entrepreneur and supplying not less than 3 countries as well as different stores in Nigeria. She advices other entrepreneurs to be passionate and original and aim to be better than their role models.

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