A West African Entrepreneur's Challenging Path to Financial Freedom
For Future and Family

Follow the journey of a Nigerian entrepreneur who builds from nothing to owning multiple businesses and creating financial success.

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ISBN: 9781916704725
Pages: 142

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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.

A WEST AFRICAN ENTREPRENEUR’S CHALLENGING PATH TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM
A WEST AFRICAN ENTREPRENEUR’S CHALLENGING PATH TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM
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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

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.

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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.

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A WEST AFRICAN ENTREPRENEUR’S CHALLENGING PATH TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM
A WEST AFRICAN ENTREPRENEUR’S CHALLENGING PATH TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM
A message from the author
Copyright Page
Abstract
Contents
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
About The Author

Ike Onyema Obi is an entrepreneur and multiple business owner

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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.

>> VIEW SESSION REPLAY

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