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The problem is, many entrepreneurs who need capital don’t know where to look for it. That’s why the real problem is actually a lack of awareness about where and how to raise capital, and not a lack of capital. Over the last decade, more capital has been flowing into places like Africa like never before. In 2015, the continent received up to $276.5 million in startup funding. In 2016, the number rose to $366.8 million . And these numbers are just for tech startups alone. Over the long term, I really don’t see anything that would stop these capital flows from rising higher and higher as the years go by. In this article, I dispel the myth of capital by showing you several examples of African entrepreneurs who have successfully raised funding to start, grow and expand their businesses. I don’t just want to give you the facts. Facts can be boring, especially when you’re desperately looking for capital. Instead, I’ll be sharing the success stories that prove just how possible it

 The founder and CEO of SLOT systems limited  Nnamdi Ezeigbo ,Who also is the brain behind TECNO and INFINIX, the fastest selling phone brands in Nigeria. Many people are not even aware that these popular phone brands are the brainchild of a fellow Nigerian. His success story is a very remarkable on Nnamdi Ezeigbo studied Electrical Electronics Engineering at the Yaba College of Technology in 1988, and got a Higher National Diploma (HND), before serving his country, Nigeria, during his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) year at Guinness Nigeria PLC, in 1996. After completing his youth service year, Nnamdi Ezeigbo tried to no avail to secure a job with a co. in Nigeria. With no promising signs of any potential employment, he went on to work as an apprentice  learning how to repair computers. After which he launched out on his own to repair computers for individuals.  Since he didn’t have any cash at the time, he had to squat with a friend

                                  A LESSON TO LEARN A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said, "I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat."  "Is the man of the house home?" they asked. "No", she said. "He's out."  "Then we cannot come in", they replied.  In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened. "Go tell them I am home and invite them in," he said. The woman went out and invited the men in. "We do not go into a house together," they replied. "Why is that?" she wanted to know. One of the old men explained: "His name is Wealth," he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, "He is Success, and I am Love." Then he added, "Now go in and di

Have you been thinking how you really want make your relationship work but you keep wondering why things aren’t going as planned you need not worry much but sometimes, We get afraid when a relationship gets too good so we end up messing it up. Yet beyond the fear, beyond the mess-up, beyond all our layers and all the walls we put up, we truly want our relationships to work, to be happy, to evolve and be successful. Here am going to show you tips of how your successful your relationship can be not minding the ups & down things go in your relationship before now. 1. BE DEPENDABLE Dependability in relationships is perhaps the most important factor, and also the most neglected one. We all have been in situations where we have suffered because of lack of dependability on someone, somewhere. At the same time we all have been in situations where we too have not been dependable in relationships, both professional and personal. No one likes to be in a position where they are co

Most time when we find ourselves at the edge of Success and it all seems at that point you want or need give up or you can't go on, before you go on with those decisions of yours, here are Success Quotes that keeps you going and put you back in shape, never think failure keep aiming for the best.  QUOTES "I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate."  George Burns "I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy."  Tony Robbins "You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take."  Wayne Gretzky "Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable."  Coco Chanel "Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure."  George Edward Woodberry "You b

It never ceases to amaze me how much time people waste searching endlessly for magic shortcuts to entrepreneurial success and fulfillment when the only real path is staring them right in the face: real entrepreneurs who start real businesses that employ real people who provide real products and services to real customers. Yes, I know that’s hard. It's a lot of work. What can I say, that’s life. Besides, look on the bright side: You get to do what you want and you get to do it your way. There’s just one catch. You’ve got to start somewhere. Ideas and opportunities don’t just materialize out of thin air. The only way I know to get started is by learning a marketable skill and getting to work. In my experience, that’s where the ideas, opportunities, partners, and finances always seem to come from. Sure, it also takes an enormous amount of hard work, but that just comes with the territory. If you want to do entrepreneurship right, here are three stories you’ve probably never h