Entrepreneurship is not an accident!

Entrepreneurship is not an accident! – Deborah Adeboyejo.

As much as Entrepreneurship is a national emergency in many developing nations of the world like Nigeria. Structured, Opportunity entrepreneurship should be the ideal choice.

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Entrepreneurship should be seen as a deliberate holistic decision to create value for society rather than a 'QUICK FIX' to 'FAST MONEY' or just for 'SURVIVAL'.  Opportunity over Necessity.

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Yes, we need Entrepreneurs but we also need to let them know it is not first for the pleasure but a national service (sometimes delayed gratification)... This type of MINDSET PRODUCES EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

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Yes, avalanche of businesses are needed daily, some will fail and some will succeed. Hence entrepreneurship should be encouraged, celebrated, empowered, and structured to facilitate the emergence of more.

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Yes, there is a need to tie the ends of large informal sectors (value created is so powerful here) and get them empowered to facilitate structured entrepreneurship.

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OUR SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING NATIONS SHOULD BE STRUCTURED TO FACILITATE THIS ☝AND TO TURN POPULATION TO ASSETS THAT CREATE VALUE FOR OUR ECONOMIES. IF NOT, THERE IN LIES THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE.

About the Author…

Debbie is an Enterprise Education Entrepreneur by day and Baker by night. Her professional career has featured stints at the Hara Business Group in Nottingham where she served as a Business Analyst developing solutions for the public transportation system in London, and the Students in Free Enterprise (ENACTUS) where she led sixty entrepreneurs to develop five award-winning projects.

As of today, Debbie is a full-time founder of a for profit-for-impact enterprise called ElleVienne Streams which provides advisory services to young and budding female entrepreneurs in Africa to help them properly structure and manage their enterprises. She is also the creator of “EntrepediaWithDebbie,” a vlog focused on providing enterprise education for African SME owners in the most edgy and pragmatic form. Lastly, she manages a home-based bakery that serves clientele spanning corporates to independent retail stores and individual consumers.

Debbie holds a BSc (Honours) in Economics from Babcock University and an MSc in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Management from Nottingham University Business School. She is also an alumnus of Junior Achievement Nigeria’s Venture in Management Program (ViMP). She is fondly referred to as the “Queen of Enterprise Education.”