1. BY
SOTONYE ANGA,
AGRIBUSINESS STRATEGIST & ENTREPRENEUR
EMAIL; anga4000@yahoo.com
PAPER PRESENTED AT St AUGUSTINE’S COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ON
THE 8TH JULY 2008

2.  Students will have a better understanding
about entrepreneurship.
 Discover ways they could create their own
business
 Learn to make business decisions
 Be ready and willing to work

3.  When thinking of a career, entrepreneurship is
an option for those who would like to be in
business for themselves and promote their idea.
 It is about seeing problems or needs and taking
steps to provide appropriate solutions.
 The whole concept of Entrepreneurship is based
on innovation and the desire for change,for new
ideas, for new ways of doing same thing, for new
products, new services,new markets and new
methods.

4.  ‘One who organises, operates and assumes
the risk in a business venture in expectation
of gaining the profit’ (Webster Dictionary).
 ‘A person who makes money by starting or
running businesses, especially when this
involves taking financial risks’ (Oxford
Dictionary).

5.  Creativity and vision
 Ambition
 Self confidence
 Willingness to take risk
 Capacity for hardwork and sacrifice
 Honesty and good work ethics
 Team spirit and concern for others
 Leadership ability, decisiveness and ability to
delegate
 Flexibility
 Persistence and ability to take action
 Commitment and love for your business idea

6.  Have an idea
 Determine the sort of business you want
 Assessment of your skills and interest
 Evaluation of the cost
 Seek as much information as you can
 Develop a business plan
 Take Action; go get the people, the money,
infrastructure and all the resources that you
will need.

7.  YOU ARE YOUR OWN BOSS
 OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE FINANCIAL
INDEPENDENCE
 SOLUTION PROVIDER
 IMPROVED FINANCIAL LITERACY
 JOB CREATION

8.  Aliko Dangote
 Femi Otedola
 Erastus Akingbola
 Tony Elumelu
 Jim Ovia
 PascalDozie
 Cosmas Maduka

9.  BANK
 FAMILY
 FRIENDS
 INVESTORS

10.  WRITE DOWN FIVE THINGS YOU LOVE
DOING
 WRITE DOWN THE KIND OF BUSINESSES
YOU CAN CREATE FROM THEM
 SHARE ONE IDEA

11.  ‘I studied the lives of great men and famous
women, and i found that the men and the
women who got to the top were those who
did the jobs they had in hand, with everything
they had, of energy and enthusiasm and
hardwork’

12. THANK YOU