A West African Entrepreneur's Challenging Path to Financial Freedom
Follow the journey of a Nigerian entrepreneur who builds from nothing to owning multiple businesses and creating financial success.
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What can the lived experience of a Nigerian entrepreneur teach us about overcoming challenges and achieving financial freedom?
Author and entrepreneur Ike Onyema Obi recounts his life story from Nigeria to Ghana and beyond, documenting the sacrifices and hard choices that have led him to financial success and a better future for himself, his family, and others.
Along the way, Ike shares how his focus on financial freedom and building wealth has been driven by an avid ability to solve problems and seize opportunities, while balancing risk with consistent strategies for investing in his future. Through anecdotes and recollections, this book highlights the importance of building meaningful relationships and seeking advice to achieve business goals.
A journey from failure, and tough luck, to financial freedom, this entrepreneurial memoir is ideal reading for students of Entrepreneurship, Business Studies, African Studies, Migration, and Sociology, as well as aspiring entrepreneurs.
What can the lived experience of a Nigerian entrepreneur teach us about overcoming challenges and achieving financial freedom?
Author and entrepreneur Ike Onyema Obi recounts his life story from Nigeria to Ghana and beyond, documenting the sacrifices and hard choices that have led him to financial success and a better future for himself, his family, and others.
Along the way, Ike shares how his focus on financial freedom and building wealth has been driven by an avid ability to solve problems and seize opportunities, while balancing risk with consistent strategies for investing in his future. Through anecdotes and recollections, this book highlights the importance of building meaningful relationships and seeking advice to achieve business goals.
A journey from failure, and tough luck, to financial freedom, this entrepreneurial memoir is ideal reading for students of Entrepreneurship, Business Studies, African Studies, Migration, and Sociology, as well as aspiring entrepreneurs.
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Learning objectives
- 1 Shaping a new mindset out of poverty
- 2 Finding Mr Smith and the study boys
- 3 Seeing my father’s fortunes and failures
- 4 A journey of optimism into my future
- 5 A million Ghana Cedis means nothing
- 6 Homeless and hungry become my constant companions
- 7 Choosing a path for my future
- 8 Bleak times and unexpected misfortune
- 9 Winning and losing and learning all the time
- 10 Going offshore and growing rich
- 11 Navigating to new opportunities
- 12 If you want to go far, go together
- 13 Seeds of transformation
- 14 And then Covid came
- Glossary
- Recommended assignments
- References
- Index
Ike Onyema Obi is an entrepreneur and multiple business owner
A West African Entrepreneur's Challenging Path to Financial Freedom was nominated for the prestigious BCA African Business Book of the Year.
Nominees: https://bcafrica.org/book-awards
The Business Council for Africa, in collaboration with Brand Communications and African Business magazine, hosts this annual competition dedicated to illuminating the compelling business narratives of Africa.
On Thursday June 13, 2024, we held a seminar in our Topics in Emergent Entrepreneurship series:
The Risks and Rewards of African Entrepreneurship: Overcoming Africa’s Challenging Landscape
This free seminar was a conversation between author Ike Onyema Obi and Drew Harris, Lived Places Publishing Collection Editor. They talked about Ike's experience as a Nigerian entrepreneur, reflecting the challenges many emergent entrepreneurs face. The context of Nigeria posed unique challenges, and Ike recounts taking risks, seizing opportunities, learning persistently, and building his networks to help grow his businesses.
