Now you've graduated or about to and now you wondering what exactly you going to do for a living, probably you have been hearing tales of graduates not getting employed and the general job scarcity in country which never made sense to you because you are so used to calling home for help, you know, your parents; oh! You call your uncles and aunties too, that's good.
Now is the time to wake up buddy, the most horrible nightmare of being a graduate in Nigeria is about to dawn on you
"Unemployment and frustration with responsibilities along the line"
Its not too late you can start up something.
The only way out of this situation in a country like Nigeria where companies are constantly downsizing their work force is to think Business!!!
Here are nine businesses you can make a fortune from. Your choice of business may be determined by locality, infrastructures inplace in your locality, proximity to allied because you going to need a lot of new friends that are doing something related to your chosen business etc
1. Start a Farm
Agriculture is an ever Booming Business Venture anywhere around the world, the fact that people eat food makes it a significant Business Venture, right before people think of what to wear, and cars to buy, they will surely get Food to eat, it is after that as been taken care of, that they will consider Other Things, so Food and AGRIC Industry is a Industry that is ever growing and ever promising.
Starting up a Farm is a key, because there are various Businesses You can do in the FARM, Which ranges from
Pig Farming , Rabbit Farming , Poultry Farming , Fish Farming , Snail Farming , Pineapple Farming , Yam ,
Cassava , Maize and the likes of other, these Businesses are very lucrative, with time, you will have your profits back in Bigger scale!
Fortunately, there a lot of Government Loans out there, that can also help you with running a Farm Business Successfully, Nigerian Government for example, are regularly working on Improving the
Food Production level in Nigeria and the Agricultural Productivity, Agric Business takes some quality time to grow and develop, but when you have master the nitty gritty of the Business, You can make Goo Income from this Businesses, there are a lot of People making Millions from the Agriculture Industry, even Nigerian Richest man “Aliko Dangote “, makes most of his Money from Food and Agriculture Industry.
Agriculture is never a get-rich-quick venture, but with consistency and time, you will build a great entire around your Business.
2. Content writing/provider
Content writing is very lucrative. Presently, blogs, sites and companies are looking for content writers and providers to create contents for their websites and other social media platforms for promotions. So you can actually stay at home and become a freelance content writer. I know content writers who charges as much as N2,000 per article. So imagine you charging N1,000 and you write for about 5 to 10 companies daily. Oga you don make money pass some civil servants. If you are good in writing, why don’t you advertise yourself on social media and other websites like Nairaland etc Those who needs your services will get intouch with you.
3. Digital marketing
All companies needs digital marketers. As business trends are changing, companies, brands are marketing and promoting their brands on the internet so they need digital marketers who can use online avenues and tools like social medias, emails, blogs, websites etc to market their products and services. You can become a freelance digital marketer, promoting goods and services for companies.
4 Social media manager
So many guys have turned to millionaires by getting paid managing social media handles for brands. Some weeks back, I was contracted by two brands to manage their social media handles, posting daily news about the company and new innovations while seating at the comfort of my house. Ofcourse I was paid for it. If I can do it! You can. Being a Nigerian Unemployed graduate doesn’t limit you delving into other things. You can really make huge amount of money managing many company’s handles.
5. Start a Blog
The Internet makes more money than the physical world today, due to the huge volume of people that uses it, Social Media is a major part of the web and its engaging Billions of people around the world, thus, making it possible to build a Business around the web, Advertisement as been a rewarding adventure on the world wide world, with many Companies making Billions of Dollars from Digital Advertisement, as a Nigerian Graduate, who is unemployed, you can consider Digital Marketing Business , and use the power of the Internet to build a Good Business .
Blogging is one of the fast growing Internet Business in Nigeria today, with many Content Publishers, Bloggers and Writers earning a lot of money from both direct adverts,
Google Adsense and other forms of
Monetization , Blogging is indeed a Sure and Reliable Business, if you are interested, in building a good income online from the comfort of your home, then you can consider starting up a Blog .
6. Egg Distribution Business
This Business is a loaded one, Do you know right now in Nigeria, the demand for Egg is Outrageous?
The Demand for Egg is too massive! Infact, Nigeria as a nation, still import Egg, because the demand for the Product, exceed the supply!
This is Good Business, you don’t even have to set up your own Poultry Farming Business, you don’t need to own a Farm and go through all those stress, what you are going here is to buy directly form the Farm and deliver to your Customers at your rate.
Often times, buying from the Farm directly makes it so cheap and affordable, and you then proceed to deliver, you can even rent a shop in a open place suitable for this purpose and have it as an outlet for your Egg Delivery Business, you are surely going to make a lot of money doing this, and you can also get your own Van to make it easy
7. Home Delivery Service
There are various products in Nigeria, that requires an home delivery service, like an Eatery, Restaurants, Bread Factory, eCommerce and a lot more, you can set-up a Home delivery agency, that can partner with you to make this a reality!
For Instance, there is an increasing demand for Home delivery for Food in Nigeria , many people would have love that their food should be deliver it to their home or officers, and you will charge them the cost.
Konga and Jumia amongst every other, they encourage Home Delivery Service, by enabling a Pay-on-Delivery to a larger percentage of their customers, this will ultimately increase the order ratio on the two platforms.
8. A Tech Start-up
This is not restricted to Nigeria, Africa and the entire World are changing by various Tech start-ups, many years ago, someone came up with Facebook and other forms of Social Media Companies that are changing the world today, they are powerfully impacting the society and Million other Businesses are hosted and running on that platform, so you can take a good look into the society and come up with productive tech ideas, to meet up with the ever changing world and daily demands in various human life and by so doing, you will impact the world and also build a Good Business around what you do.
The World is going more mobile daily, you can come up with potential Mobile Apps to help people with various essential needs in their lives, and sell them off for a fortune, even Game apps are making serious money these days.
9. Dry Cleaning Business
Now, This is a Business that i strongly believe, any Nigerian Graduate should be able to do excellently well, because it cost nothing, and it is very easy to get through, you deal with people and their laundry services, you just need to be situated in a conducive environment to be able to do it well, and also secure good electricity, you can buy a bigger Generator to be your power supply, as the electricity in some of our nation is not reliable at all.
You can make a lot of Money from Laundry Business, there are many Nigerians who work in official places and they need their cloth be well ironed and be in order, also celebrities, Pastors and dignitaries will patronize you, especially if you develop a quality inter-personal relationship with them and you can make a fortune from this Business.
These are just some of the engagement you can get your hands on as an Unemployed Graduate, I strongly believe, if you stay focus and committed, before you know it, you will build an empire around this Businesses and even egin to employ laborers and workers.
I have made this emphasis a number of time that, the Lasting Solution to Unemployment in Nigeria or any other nation of the world, is Business!
It is Business that you start today, that will grow tomorrow and employ more people!
Sources of funding your business would be treated in our subsequent publications.
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