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 "You see, my advice for my colleagues in this industry is to expect to face challenges in anything they do. And I know that with time, one will overcome those challenges. All you need is just for you to have faith and focus on where you are going, and with that, God will support you to accomplish your dream." #COINKWARA ENTREPRENEUR OF THE MONTH_APRIL One of the cardinal developmental parts of the CoinKwara Programme is to pick our ‘Entrepreneur of the Month’ and hold an exclusive interview with him or her. This interview gives opportunity to the particular entrepreneur being chosen to evaluate him or herself and assess the growth of his company. We also believe that this kind of interview will educate and motivate fellow entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs. In April, our Entrepreneur of the Month was Mr. Oluwasegun Ayanda. Mr. Oluwasegun is the owner of Shigo Leather Shoe which produces palm sandal, sandal, shoe, bag (made with ankara/ aso-oke/leath
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FROM NADIR TO ZENITH: THE REAL ENTREPRENEURIAL LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF KATY PERRY “I had no money. My car was impounded twice. Nothing was going my way. People saw me as damaged goods.” - Katy Perry “I think the lowest point in her life was when she called me, her 16years old brother and asked me for money. I was like sorry I don’t even have money for myself.” - Katy’s younger brother I’ve had this video, ' Katy Perry-Part of Me' , on my laptop for a while but I’ve never seen it as worth watching because I thought it was a film and I was not interested in the title. One day I decided to play it and after watching it for 2 minutes I saw that it was a documentary of Katy Perry and I knew great learning would take place. Have it in mind that I knew the name, Katy Perry, but I didn’t really know her. I couldn’t even identify her, though I’ve heard one of her song before. As an entrepreneur, what I saw in the documentary was the life of an entrepreneur not actua
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“I studied computer science and I am always very good at it but look at me now it is the processing and packaging of Ijebu Garri that everyone now knows me for”.  - Ganiyat Jimoh nee Owolewa(CEO Ggee Foods) From Right- Mrs. Muhammed, Alh.Babatunde(SSA Youth Empowerment), Mr. Hanafi, Student, Mr. Ayanlere and Mrs. Jimoh PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY: LAST STAGE ON THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR AND ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS Recall that Coin Consults under its CoinKwara programme collaborated with Youth Elite Group to support the schools and our future (the students) by organizing an ‘ Entrepreneurship Development Seminar and Essay Writing Competition for Primary and Secondary School Students’ . The programme held on 25 th November, 2017 at Government Day Senior Secondary School, Adewole, Ilorin, Kwara State and was gracefully attended by 30 participants made up of primary, junior and senior secondary school students alongsi

WHEN CUSTOMERS HAVE TRUST IN YOU, THEY WILL BE CONFIDENT IN CONDUCTING BUSINESS WITH YOU_Engr. Dauda

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                                                                        “My advice is that, whatever you engage in, the first thing is trust. When customers have trust in you, they will be confident in conducting business with you. And you must also try to have self discipline” _ Engr. Dauda Aremu COINKWARA ENTREPRENEUR OF THE MONTH_NOVEMBER One of the cardinal developmental parts of the CoinKwara Programme is to pick our ‘Entrepreneur of the Month’ and hold an exclusive interview with him or her. This interview gives opportunity to the particular entrepreneur being interviewed to evaluate him or herself and assess the growth of his/her enterprise. This interview also serves as an avenue to educate and motivate fellow entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs and the general public. For the month of November, our Entrepreneur of the Month was Engr. Aremu Arisekola Dauda, CEO of Hariss Computer and IT Solutions. His workshop is located at: Opposite

ESSAY COMPETITION RESULT

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RESULTS OF THE STUDENTS WHO WROTE THE ESSAY WRITING EXAM HELD AT GOVERNMENT DAY SECONDARY SCHOOL, ADEWOLE, ILORIN, ON 25 TH NOVEMBER, 2017. The participating schools were: ·          Al-Ikhlas Nursery and Primary School, Adewole, Ilorin, Kwara State. ·          Excel Kiddies Academy, Islamic Village, Ilorin, Kwara State. ·          Evergreen International College, Asa-Dam, Ilorin, Kwara State. ·          As-Sekinat Nursery and Primary School, Osere, Ilorin, Kwara State. ·          Imam Dar Al-Hijra School, Mandate, Ilorin, Kwara State. ·          Government Day Secondary School, Adewole, Ilorin, Kwara State. PRIMARY SCHOOL CATEGORY S/N NAME SCORE SCHOOL 1 Ibrahim hameedah 80 Evergreen 2 Jimba Haliyah 68 Excel kiddies 3 Yahaya Asiya 65 Evergreen 4 Bolarinwa Aishat 65 Evergreen 5 Al-Ameen Murtadoh 60 Excel 6 Ahmad Muh