As a little girl, I wrote in my diary, ‘she is just Floxy whom the world is waiting for her debut.'”

The world indeed was waiting for my debut. I grew up in a family that was business-oriented. My grandmother ran a local gunpowder business, and I still vividly remember the process that got her products from raw material to finished product.

Being exposed to business from a young age and having the most curious mind I knew made me understand money from a young age.

As I entered my teenage years, I knew I wanted to own a business empire, but I did not know the business I wanted to run. I also knew the importance of capital when starting a business so I lived a frugal live that allowed me to save aggressively for when the business idea will strike.

By the time I was in the university, I had already learned the fundamentals of not just saving but investing and was a millionaire before I graduated from the university.

My first degree was from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, known for its honey. I underwent tutelage from my friend who was trading in the honey business. We were both students at the time.

That’s how I started my first business: selling honey.

I initially aimed to become a doctor, but circumstances beyond my control led to a change in plans. I felt frustrated until one day, my Pathology lecturer shared how one of his students had become a bank manager after studying Vet Medicine.

I came alive again; it was like my hope was renewed. I wanted to find out how someone could move from Vet Medicine to a bank manager. I waited every day for the lecturer until we had a conversation, and he guided me on the path to take.

Armed with this information, I enrolled in a post-graduate program to study business management. Graduating as the best student, I was accepted into Hult International Business where I graduated with a master’s in International Business.

Upon graduation in 2012, I returned home, poured the business knowledge I gained into my family’s business, improved the business structure, and expanded it with branches in different states.

After four years, when I was certain the business could run without me, I started ReDahlia as an online resource center for entrepreneurs.

I moonlighted ReDahlia for months until I took the leap to venture into the unknown. I relocated to Lagos where I had no family to build a new business from the ground up.

Firstly, I established a physical business – ReDahlia Workspaces, one of the biggest co-working spaces in Lagos, Nigeria.

Secondly, we built Entrepreneurs.ng, one of the largest entrepreneurial platforms offering various support services to entrepreneurs.